REGION, SUB-REGION, COUNTRY |
Proportion of population under-nourished |
Number of under-nourished 1996-98 |
Average per capita dietary energy supply (DES) |
Share of cereals and roots/ tubers in total DES+ |
Life expectancy at birth (years) |
Under five mortality rate per 1,000 |
Prevalence of child malnutrition |
DEVELOPING WORLD |
18 |
791.9 |
2650 |
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ASIA AND THE PACIFIC |
17 |
515.2 |
2670 |
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East Asia |
12 |
155.0 |
2920 |
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China (Mainland Taiwan) [3] |
11 |
140.1 |
2930 |
62 |
68/72 |
36 |
16 |
China,H.Kong SAR [1] |
* |
0.1 |
3200 |
32 |
76/82 |
... |
... |
Korea DPR [5] |
57 |
13.2 |
1860 |
64 |
... |
... |
... |
Korea Rep [1] |
* |
0.5 |
3120 |
51 |
69/76 |
11 |
... |
Mongolia [5] |
45 |
1.1 |
1960 |
49 |
65/68 |
60 |
9 |
Oceania |
29 |
1.3 |
2140 |
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Papua N Guinea [4] |
29 |
1.3 |
2140 |
56 |
52/55 |
76 |
30 |
Southeast Asia |
13 |
64.7 |
2650 |
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Cambodia [4] |
33 |
3.4 |
2060 |
79 |
152/55 |
143 |
... |
Indonesia [3] |
6 |
12.3 |
2880 |
70 |
64/67 |
52 |
34 |
Laos [4] |
29 |
1.5 |
2120 |
82 |
52/55 |
200 |
40 |
Malaysia [1] |
* |
0.5 |
2890 |
43 |
70/75 |
12 |
20 |
Myanmar [3] |
7 |
3.1 |
2830 |
78 |
58/62 |
118 |
43 |
Philippines [4] |
21 |
15.2 |
2390 |
56 |
67/71 |
40 |
30 |
Thailand [4] |
21 |
12.2 |
2440 |
49 |
70/75 |
33 |
... |
Viet Nam [4] |
22 |
16.5 |
2410 |
76 |
66/71 |
42 |
40 |
South Asia |
23 |
294.2 |
2420 |
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Bangladesh [5] |
38 |
46.8 |
2060 |
84 |
58/59 |
96 |
56 |
India [4] |
21 |
207.6 |
2470 |
64 |
62/64 |
83 |
... |
Nepal [4] |
28 |
6.2 |
2190 |
80 |
58/58 |
107 |
57 |
Pakistan [4] |
20 |
28.9 |
2430 |
57 |
61/63 |
120 |
38 |
Sri Lanka [4] |
25 |
4.5 |
2300 |
56 |
71/76 |
18 |
38 |
LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN |
11 |
54.9 |
2810 |
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North America |
5 |
5.1 |
3130 |
||||
Mexico [3] |
5 |
5.1 |
3130 |
47 |
69/75 |
35 |
... |
Caribbean |
31 |
9.6 |
2260 |
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Cuba [4] |
19 |
2.1 |
2420 |
42 |
... |
... |
... |
Dominican Rep [4] |
28 |
2.2 |
2270 |
32 |
69/73 |
47 |
6 |
Haiti [5] |
62 |
4.8 |
1840 |
56 |
51/56 |
116 |
28 |
Jamaica [3] |
10 |
0.2 |
2660 |
40 |
73/77 |
24 |
10 |
Trinidad & Tobago [3] |
13 |
0.2 |
2690 |
39 |
... |
... |
... |
REGION, SUB-REGION, COUNTRY |
Proportion of population under-nourished |
Number of under-nourished 1996-98 |
Average per capita dietary energy supply (DES) |
Share of cereals and roots/ tubers in total DES+ |
Life expectancy at birth (years) |
Under five mortality rate per 1,000 |
Prevalence of child malnutrition |
Central America |
20 |
6.6 |
2360 |
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Costa Rica [3] |
6 |
0.2 |
2740 |
35 |
74/79 |
15 |
5 |
El Salvador [3] |
11 |
0.6 |
2540 |
57 |
67/72 |
36 |
11 |
Guatemala [4] |
24 |
2.5 |
2180 |
57 |
61/67 |
52 |
27 |
Honduras [4] |
22 |
1.3 |
2340 |
46 |
67/72 |
46 |
25 |
Nicaragua [4] |
31 |
1.5 |
2190 |
54 |
66/71 |
42 |
12 |
Panama [4] |
16 |
0.4 |
2450 |
40 |
72/76 |
25 |
6 |
South America |
10 |
33.6 |
2810 |
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Argentina [1] |
* |
0.4 |
3140 |
35 |
70/77 |
22 |
2 |
Bolivia [4] |
23 |
1.8 |
2200 |
48 |
60/64 |
78 |
8 |
Brazil [3] |
10 |
15.9 |
2960 |
35 |
63/71 |
40 |
6 |
Chile [2] |
4 |
0.6 |
2820 |
42 |
72/78 |
12 |
1 |
Colombia [3] |
13 |
5.2 |
2580 |
40 |
67/73 |
28 |
8 |
Ecuador [3] |
5 |
0.5 |
2710 |
38 |
68/73 |
37 |
... |
Guyana [3] |
18 |
0.2 |
2450 |
52 |
... |
... |
... |
Paraguay [3] |
13 |
0.7 |
2570 |
42 |
68/72 |
27 |
... |
Peru [3] |
18 |
4.4 |
2390 |
51 |
66/71 |
47 |
8 |
Suriname [3] |
10 |
0.0 |
2640 |
44 |
... |
... |
... |
Uruguay [2] |
4 |
0.1 |
2810 |
34 |
70/78 |
19 |
4 |
Venezuela [3] |
16 |
3.7 |
2360 |
39 |
70/76 |
25 |
5 |
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA |
10 |
35.9 |
2970 |
||||
Near East |
13 |
30.3 |
2850 |
||||
Afghanistan [5] |
70 |
14.6 |
1620 |
82 |
... |
... |
... |
Iran [3] |
6 |
4.1 |
2830 |
56 |
70/76 |
33 |
16 |
Iraq [3] |
17 |
3.5 |
2340 |
58 |
... |
... |
... |
Jordan [3] |
5 |
0.2 |
2790 |
54 |
69/73 |
31 |
5 |
Kuwait [2] |
4 |
0.1 |
3050 |
39 |
74/80 |
13 |
2 |
Lebanon [1] |
* |
0.1 |
3270 |
39 |
68/72 |
30 |
3 |
Saudi Arabia [2] |
3 |
0.6 |
2850 |
49 |
70/74 |
26 |
... |
Syria [1] |
* |
0.2 |
3350 |
55 |
67/72 |
32 |
13 |
Turkey [1] |
* |
1.2 |
3500 |
51 |
67/72 |
42 |
10 |
United Arab Em [1] |
* |
0.0 |
3370 |
35 |
... |
... |
... |
Yemen [5] |
35 |
5.7 |
2050 |
69 |
55/56 |
96 |
46 |
North Africa |
4 |
5.6 |
3180 |
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Algeria [3] |
5 |
1.4 |
2980 |
62 |
69/72 |
40 |
13 |
Egypt [2] |
4 |
2.6 |
3280 |
67 |
65/68 |
59 |
12 |
Libya [1] |
* |
0.0 |
3250 |
48 |
... |
... |
... |
REGION, SUB-REGION, COUNTRY |
Proportion of population under-nourished |
Number of under-nourished |
Average per capita dietary energy supply (DES) |
Share of cereals and roots/ tubers in total DES+ |
Life expectancy at birth (years) |
Under five mortality rate per 1,000 |
Prevalence of child malnutrition |
Morocco [3] |
5 |
1.4 |
3130 |
63 |
65/69 |
61 |
10 |
Tunisia [1] |
* |
0.1 |
3260 |
55 |
70/74 |
32 |
9 |
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA |
34 |
185.9 |
2190 |
||||
Central Africa |
50 |
38.5 |
1900 |
||||
Cameroon [4] |
29 |
4.1 |
2190 |
57 |
53/56 |
150 |
22 |
Central African Rep [5] |
41 |
1.4 |
2000 |
54 |
43/46 |
162 |
23 |
Chad [5] |
38 |
2.7 |
2070 |
63 |
47/50 |
172 |
39 |
Congo, Dem R [5] |
61 |
29.3 |
1750 |
75 |
49/52 |
141 |
34 |
Congo, Rep [4] |
32 |
0.9 |
2170 |
62 |
46/51 |
143 |
... |
Gabon [3] |
8 |
0.1 |
2540 |
47 |
... |
... |
... |
East Africa |
42 |
79.9 |
1990 |
||||
Burundi [5] |
68 |
4.3 |
1640 |
47 |
41/44 |
196 |
... |
Eritrea [5] |
65 |
2.2 |
1650 |
78 |
49/52 |
90 |
44 |
Ethiopia [5] |
49 |
28.4 |
1840 |
79 |
42/44 |
173 |
48 |
Kenya [5] |
43 |
12.2 |
1970 |
61 |
50/52 |
124 |
23 |
Rwanda [5] |
39 |
2.3 |
2030 |
46 |
40/42 |
205 |
29 |
Somalia [5] |
75 |
6.6 |
1550 |
35 |
... |
... |
... |
Sudan [3] |
18 |
5.1 |
2430 |
57 |
... |
... |
... |
Tanzania [5] |
41 |
12.7 |
2000 |
68 |
46/48 |
136 |
31 |
Uganda [4] |
30 |
6.0 |
2140 |
42 |
42/41 |
170 |
26 |
Southern Africa |
42 |
34.5 |
2020 |
||||
Angola [5] |
43 |
5.0 |
1910 |
66 |
45/48 |
204 |
... |
Botswana [4] |
27 |
0.4 |
2210 |
50 |
45/47 |
105 |
... |
Lesotho [4] |
29 |
0.6 |
2230 |
80 |
54/57 |
144 |
16 |
Madagascar [5] |
40 |
5.8 |
2010 |
74 |
56/59 |
146 |
40 |
Malawi [4] |
32 |
3.2 |
2170 |
74 |
42/42 |
229 |
30 |
Mauritius [2] |
6 |
0.1 |
2940 |
46 |
... |
... |
... |
Mozambique [5] |
58 |
10.7 |
1860 |
79 |
44/47 |
213 |
26 |
Namibia [4] |
31 |
0.5 |
2130 |
66 |
54/55 |
112 |
26 |
Swaziland [3] |
14 |
0.1 |
2490 |
50 |
... |
... |
... |
Zambia [5] |
45 |
3.9 |
1960 |
79 |
43/43 |
192 |
24 |
Zimbabwe [5] |
37 |
4.2 |
2140 |
63 |
50/52 |
125 |
16 |
West Africa |
16 |
33.0 |
2560 |
||||
Benin [3] |
14 |
0.8 |
2540 |
74 |
52/55 |
140 |
29 |
Burkina Faso [4] |
32 |
3.5 |
2160 |
75 |
43/45 |
210 |
33 |
Côte d'Ivoire [3] |
14 |
1.9 |
2610 |
66 |
46/47 |
143 |
24 |
Gambia [3] |
16 |
0.2 |
2520 |
56 |
... |
... |
... |
REGION, SUB-REGION, COUNTRY |
Proportion of population under-nourished |
Number of under-nourished |
Average per capita dietary energy supply (DES) |
Share of cereals and roots/ tubers in total DES+ |
Life expectancy at birth (years) |
Under five mortality rate per 1,000 |
Prevalence of child malnutrition |
Ghana [3] |
10 |
1.9 |
2670 |
75 |
58/62 |
96 |
27 |
Guinea [4] |
29 |
2.1 |
2310 |
58 |
46/47 |
184 |
... |
Liberia [5] |
46 |
1.1 |
2000 |
60 |
... |
... |
... |
Mali [4] |
32 |
3.4 |
2150 |
73 |
49/52 |
218 |
27 |
Mauritania [3] |
13 |
0.3 |
2630 |
56 |
52/55 |
140 |
23 |
Niger [5] |
46 |
4.5 |
1940 |
74 |
44/48 |
250 |
50 |
Nigeria [3] |
8 |
8.6 |
2760 |
64 |
52/55 |
119 |
39 |
Senegal [4] |
23 |
2.0 |
2290 |
59 |
51/54 |
121 |
22 |
Sierra Leone [5] |
43 |
1.9 |
2050 |
63 |
36/39 |
283 |
... |
Togo [3] |
18 |
0.8 |
2460 |
77 |
47/50 |
144 |
25 |
COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION |
6 |
26.4 |
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Commonwealth of Independent States |
6 |
26.2 |
|||||
Armenia [4] |
21 |
0.7 |
2350 |
61 |
71/78 |
18 |
3 |
Azerbaijan [4] |
32 |
2.4 |
2190 |
69 |
68/75 |
21 |
10 |
Belarus [1] |
* |
0.1 |
3160 |
47 |
63/74 |
14 |
... |
Georgia [4] |
23 |
1.2 |
2320 |
67 |
69/77 |
20 |
... |
Kazakhstan [3] |
5 |
0.7 |
2860 |
63 |
59/70 |
29 |
8 |
Kyrgyzstan [3] |
17 |
0.8 |
2490 |
65 |
63/71 |
41 |
11 |
Moldova Rep [3] |
11 |
0.5 |
2690 |
52 |
63/70 |
22 |
... |
Russian Fed [3] |
6 |
8.6 |
2840 |
49 |
61/73 |
20 |
3 |
Tajikistan [4] |
32 |
1.9 |
2160 |
70 |
66/71 |
33 |
... |
Turkmenistan [3] |
10 |
0.4 |
2620 |
58 |
63/70 |
44 |
... |
Ukraine [3] |
5 |
2.6 |
2830 |
53 |
62/73 |
17 |
... |
Uzbekistan [3] |
11 |
2.6 |
2550 |
59 |
66/73 |
29 |
... |
Baltic States |
3 |
0.2 |
|||||
Estonia [3] |
6 |
0.1 |
2950 |
44 |
64/75 |
12 |
... |
Latvia [2] |
4 |
0.1 |
2930 |
43 |
64/76 |
19 |
... |
Lithuania [1] |
* |
0.1 |
3110 |
53 |
67/77 |
12 |
... |
Eastern Europe |
3 |
3.6 |
3160 |
||||
Albania [2] |
3 |
0.1 |
3030 |
53 |
69/75 |
31 |
8 |
Bosnia Herzegovina [3] |
10 |
0.4 |
2660 |
67 |
... |
... |
... |
Bulgaria [3] |
13 |
1.1 |
2700 |
41 |
67/75 |
15 |
... |
Croatia [3] |
12 |
0.5 |
2610 |
38 |
69/77 |
10 |
1 |
Czech Rep [1] |
* |
0.1 |
3280 |
33 |
71/78 |
6 |
1 |
Hungary [1] |
* |
0.1 |
3350 |
29 |
66/75 |
12 |
... |
Macedonia [3] |
7 |
0.1 |
2780 |
45 |
70/75 |
18 |
... |
Poland [1] |
* |
0.3 |
3330 |
42 |
69/77 |
11 |
... |
REGION, SUB-REGION, COUNTRY |
Proportion of population under-nourished |
Number of under-nourished |
Average per capita dietary energy supply (DES) |
Share of cereals and roots/ tubers in total DES+ |
Life expectancy at birth (years) |
Under five mortality rate per 1,000 |
Prevalence of child malnutrition |
Romania [1] |
* |
0.3 |
3280 |
54 |
66/73 |
25 |
6 |
Slovakia [2] |
4 |
0.2 |
2960 |
34 |
69/77 |
10 |
... |
Slovenia [2] |
3 |
0.1 |
2970 |
40 |
71/79 |
7 |
... |
Yugoslavia [2] |
3 |
0.3 |
3040 |
32 |
... |
... |
... |
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NOTES: TABLE 1 |
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SOURCES: Average dietary energy supply (DES) FAO estimates. Share of cereals and roots and tubers in total DES: FAO estimates Change in prevalence: FAO estimates. Prevalence of Child malnutrition: World Bank, World Development Indicators, 2000 Edition. Under-5 mortality rate: World Bank, World Development Indicators, 2000 Edition . Life expectancy at birth. World Bank, World Development Indicators, 2000 Edition | |||||||