Table 1. |
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DEVELOPING WORLD |
Total population |
Number of people undernourished |
Proportion of undernourished in total population |
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Region/subregion/country |
1979-81 |
1990-92 |
1998-2000 |
1979-81 |
1990-92 |
1998-2000 |
1979-81 |
1990-92 |
1998-2000 |
millions |
millions |
% |
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DEVELOPING WORLD |
3 240.2 |
4 050.0 |
4 638.9 |
920.0 |
818.5 |
798.8 |
28 |
20 |
17 |
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC |
2 303.5 |
2 812.1 |
3 162.5 |
727.3 |
567.3 |
508.1 |
32 |
20 |
16 |
East Asia |
1 060.9 |
1 241.1 |
1 342.4 |
307.7 |
198.2 |
128.4 |
29 |
16 |
10 |
China* [3] |
998.9 |
1 169.5 |
1 264.6 |
303.8 |
193.0 |
119.1 |
30 |
16 |
9 |
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea [4] |
17.2 |
20.3 |
22.1 |
3.0 |
3.7 |
7.5 |
18 |
18 |
34 |
Hong Kong SAR of China [1] |
5.0 |
5.8 |
6.7 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
- |
- |
- |
Mongolia [5] |
1.7 |
2.3 |
2.5 |
0.3 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
16 |
34 |
42 |
Rep. of Korea [1] |
38.1 |
43.3 |
46.4 |
0.5 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
- |
- |
- |
OCEANIA |
3.0 |
3.9 |
4.7 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
24 |
25 |
27 |
Papua New Guinea [4] |
3.0 |
3.9 |
4.7 |
0.7 |
0.9 |
1.3 |
24 |
25 |
27 |
SOUTHEAST ASIA |
354.8 |
444.8 |
509.4 |
88.4 |
76.5 |
63.5 |
25 |
17 |
12 |
Cambodia [5] |
6.7 |
10.0 |
12.8 |
4.0 |
4.3 |
4.6 |
60 |
43 |
36 |
Indonesia [3] |
150.3 |
185.6 |
209.3 |
36.6 |
16.7 |
12.3 |
24 |
9 |
6 |
Lao People's Dem. Rep. [4] |
3.2 |
4.2 |
5.2 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
33 |
29 |
24 |
Malaysia [1] |
13.8 |
18.3 |
21.8 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
4 |
3 |
- |
Myanmar [3] |
33.7 |
41.3 |
47.1 |
6.2 |
4.0 |
3.1 |
18 |
10 |
6 |
Philippines [4] |
48.0 |
62.5 |
74.2 |
12.8 |
16.2 |
16.8 |
27 |
26 |
23 |
Thailand [3] |
46.0 |
55.5 |
62.0 |
10.4 |
15.6 |
11.5 |
23 |
28 |
18 |
Viet Nam [3] |
53.0 |
67.5 |
77.1 |
16.8 |
18.0 |
13.7 |
32 |
27 |
18 |
SOUTH ASIA |
884.9 |
1 122.4 |
1 306.1 |
330.5 |
291.6 |
314.9 |
37 |
26 |
24 |
Bangladesh [5] |
85.5 |
112.7 |
134.6 |
33.8 |
39.2 |
47.0 |
40 |
35 |
35 |
India [4] |
689.0 |
861.3 |
992.7 |
261.5 |
215.6 |
233.3 |
38 |
25 |
24 |
Nepal [3] |
14.6 |
18.6 |
22.5 |
7.1 |
3.5 |
4.3 |
49 |
19 |
19 |
Pakistan [3] |
81.3 |
112.5 |
137.6 |
25.1 |
28.2 |
26.0 |
31 |
25 |
19 |
Sri Lanka [4] |
14.6 |
17.2 |
18.7 |
3.0 |
5.0 |
4.3 |
21 |
29 |
23 |
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN |
355.9 |
442.2 |
504.4 |
45.9 |
58.8 |
54.8 |
13 |
13 |
11 |
NORTH AMERICA |
67.6 |
84.8 |
97.4 |
3.0 |
4.3 |
5.2 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
Mexico [3] |
67.6 |
84.8 |
97.4 |
3.0 |
4.3 |
5.2 |
4 |
5 |
5 |
CENTRAL AMERICA |
22.1 |
28.7 |
35.2 |
4.5 |
4.8 |
7.1 |
20 |
17 |
20 |
Costa Rica [3] |
2.3 |
3.1 |
3.9 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
8 |
6 |
5 |
El Salvador [3] |
4.6 |
5.2 |
6.2 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
17 |
12 |
14 |
Guatemala [4] |
6.8 |
9.0 |
11.1 |
1.2 |
1.2 |
2.8 |
18 |
14 |
25 |
Honduras [4] |
3.6 |
5.0 |
6.3 |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
31 |
23 |
21 |
Nicaragua [4] |
2.9 |
3.9 |
4.9 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
26 |
30 |
29 |
Panama [3] |
1.9 |
2.4 |
2.8 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
21 |
19 |
18 |
THE CARIBBEAN |
24.1 |
28.5 |
31.3 |
4.7 |
7.4 |
7.9 |
20 |
26 |
25 |
Cuba [3] |
9.7 |
10.7 |
11.2 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
1.5 |
4 |
5 |
13 |
Dominican Rep. [4] |
5.7 |
7.2 |
8.2 |
1.4 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
25 |
27 |
26 |
Haiti [5] |
5.5 |
7.0 |
8.0 |
2.6 |
4.5 |
4.0 |
48 |
64 |
50 |
Jamaica [3] |
2.1 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
10 |
14 |
9 |
Trinidad and Tobago [3] |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
6 |
13 |
12 |
SOUTH AMERICA |
242.2 |
300.1 |
340.6 |
33.8 |
42.3 |
34.6 |
14 |
14 |
10 |
Argentina [1] |
28.1 |
33.0 |
36.6 |
0.3 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
- |
- |
- |
Bolivia [4] |
5.4 |
6.7 |
8.1 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
26 |
26 |
23 |
Brazil [3] |
121.6 |
150.3 |
168.2 |
18.1 |
19.4 |
16.7 |
15 |
13 |
10 |
Chile [2] |
11.1 |
13.3 |
15.0 |
0.7 |
1.1 |
0.6 |
7 |
8 |
4 |
Colombia [3] |
28.4 |
35.7 |
41.4 |
6.1 |
6.1 |
5.6 |
22 |
17 |
13 |
Ecuador [3] |
8.0 |
10.5 |
12.4 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.7 |
11 |
8 |
5 |
Guyana [3] |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
13 |
19 |
14 |
Paraguay [3] |
3.1 |
4.3 |
5.4 |
0.4 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
13 |
18 |
14 |
Peru [3] |
17.3 |
22.0 |
25.2 |
4.9 |
8.9 |
2.9 |
28 |
40 |
11 |
Suriname [3] |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
18 |
12 |
11 |
Uruguay [2] |
2.9 |
3.1 |
3.3 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
3 |
6 |
3 |
Venezuela [4] |
15.1 |
20.0 |
23.7 |
0.6 |
2.3 |
4.9 |
4 |
11 |
21 |
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA |
237.0 |
321.3 |
384.5 |
21.5 |
26.0 |
40.0 |
9 |
8 |
10 |
NEAR EAST |
145.6 |
200.6 |
244.2 |
14.1 |
20.5 |
33.8 |
10 |
10 |
14 |
Afghanistan [5] |
15.0 |
14.6 |
21.2 |
5.6 |
9.2 |
14.9 |
37 |
63 |
70 |
Iran, Islamic Rep. [3] |
39.2 |
59.9 |
69.2 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
3.8 |
7 |
4 |
5 |
Iraq [4] |
13.0 |
17.8 |
22.3 |
0.5 |
1.2 |
5.9 |
4 |
7 |
27 |
Jordan [3] |
2.2 |
3.4 |
4.8 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
6 |
4 |
6 |
Kuwait [2] |
1.4 |
2.1 |
1.8 |
0.1 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
4 |
22 |
4 |
Lebanon [2] |
2.7 |
2.8 |
3.4 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
8 |
- |
3 |
Saudi Arabia [2] |
9.6 |
15.8 |
19.6 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
Syrian Arab Rep. [2] |
8.7 |
12.8 |
15.8 |
0.3 |
0.6 |
0.5 |
3 |
5 |
3 |
Turkey [1] |
44.7 |
57.2 |
65.7 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
1.6 |
3 |
- |
- |
United Arab Emirates [1] |
1.0 |
2.1 |
2.6 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
- |
3 |
- |
Yemen [4] |
8.2 |
12.2 |
17.6 |
3.2 |
4.4 |
5.9 |
39 |
36 |
33 |
NORTH AFRICA |
91.4 |
120.7 |
140.3 |
7.4 |
5.5 |
6.2 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
Algeria [3] |
18.7 |
25.4 |
29.8 |
1.7 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
9 |
5 |
6 |
Egypt [2] |
43.8 |
57.4 |
66.7 |
3.6 |
2.6 |
2.5 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [1] |
3.0 |
4.4 |
5.2 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
- |
Morocco [3] |
19.4 |
25.1 |
29.3 |
1.9 |
1.5 |
2.0 |
10 |
6 |
7 |
Tunisia [1] |
6.4 |
8.3 |
9.4 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
3 |
- |
- |
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA |
343.8 |
474.5 |
587.5 |
125.4 |
166.4 |
195.9 |
36 |
35 |
33 |
CENTRAL AFRICA |
44.8 |
62.8 |
79.6 |
15.1 |
22.0 |
45.1 |
34 |
35 |
57 |
Cameroon [4] |
8.7 |
11.9 |
14.6 |
2.0 |
3.8 |
3.6 |
22 |
32 |
25 |
Central African Rep. [5] |
2.3 |
3.0 |
3.6 |
0.6 |
1.5 |
1.6 |
24 |
49 |
44 |
Chad [4] |
4.5 |
6.0 |
7.6 |
3.1 |
3.5 |
2.5 |
68 |
58 |
32 |
Congo [4] |
1.7 |
2.3 |
2.9 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
31 |
37 |
32 |
Dem. Rep. of the Congo [5] |
26.9 |
38.5 |
49.6 |
8.9 |
12.3 |
36.4 |
33 |
32 |
73 |
Gabon [3] |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
13 |
11 |
8 |
EAST AFRICA |
120.4 |
166.1 |
204.0 |
42.5 |
73.7 |
83.0 |
35 |
44 |
41 |
Burundi [5] |
4.1 |
5.7 |
6.3 |
1.6 |
2.8 |
4.3 |
39 |
49 |
69 |
Eritrea [5] |
na |
na |
3.5 |
na |
na |
2.0 |
na |
na |
58 |
Ethiopia [5] |
na |
na |
61.4 |
na |
na |
27.1 |
na |
na |
44 |
Kenya [5] |
16.4 |
24.3 |
30.0 |
4.0 |
11.5 |
13.2 |
24 |
47 |
44 |
Rwanda [5] |
5.2 |
6.4 |
7.0 |
1.2 |
2.2 |
2.8 |
24 |
34 |
40 |
Somalia [5] |
6.4 |
7.2 |
8.4 |
4.3 |
4.8 |
6.0 |
67 |
67 |
71 |
Sudan [4] |
19.3 |
25.4 |
30.4 |
5.6 |
7.8 |
6.5 |
29 |
31 |
21 |
Uganda [4] |
12.5 |
17.8 |
22.6 |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.7 |
33 |
23 |
21 |
United Rep. of Tanzania [5] |
18.8 |
27.0 |
34.3 |
5.2 |
9.8 |
16.2 |
28 |
36 |
47 |
SOUTHERN AFRICA |
51.9 |
71.0 |
87.1 |
17.0 |
34.0 |
37.1 |
33 |
48 |
43 |
Angola [5] |
7.1 |
9.9 |
12.8 |
2.6 |
6.0 |
6.3 |
37 |
61 |
50 |
Botswana [4] |
0.9 |
1.3 |
1.5 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
30 |
17 |
25 |
Lesotho [4] |
1.4 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
30 |
27 |
26 |
Madagascar [5] |
9.1 |
12.3 |
15.5 |
1.8 |
4.3 |
6.2 |
20 |
35 |
40 |
Malawi [4] |
6.2 |
9.6 |
11.0 |
1.6 |
4.8 |
3.7 |
26 |
49 |
33 |
Mauritius [3] |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
10 |
6 |
5 |
Mozambique [5] |
11.8 |
14.1 |
17.9 |
6.5 |
9.7 |
9.8 |
55 |
69 |
55 |
Namibia [3] |
1.0 |
1.4 |
1.7 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
20 |
15 |
9 |
Swaziland [3] |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
14 |
10 |
12 |
Zambia [5] |
5.9 |
8.3 |
10.2 |
1.5 |
3.7 |
5.1 |
26 |
45 |
50 |
Zimbabwe [5] |
7.1 |
10.5 |
12.4 |
1.9 |
4.5 |
4.7 |
26 |
43 |
38 |
WEST AFRICA |
126.7 |
174.7 |
216.7 |
50.7 |
36.7 |
30.7 |
40 |
21 |
14 |
Benin [3] |
3.5 |
4.8 |
6.1 |
1.3 |
0.9 |
0.8 |
37 |
19 |
13 |
Burkina Faso [4] |
6.9 |
9.3 |
11.3 |
4.5 |
2.2 |
2.6 |
64 |
23 |
23 |
Côte d'Ivoire [3] |
8.5 |
13.0 |
15.7 |
0.7 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
8 |
18 |
15 |
Gambia [4] |
0.6 |
1.0 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
58 |
21 |
21 |
Ghana [3] |
11.0 |
15.6 |
18.9 |
7.1 |
5.5 |
2.2 |
64 |
35 |
12 |
Guinea [4] |
4.7 |
6.4 |
8.0 |
1.5 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
32 |
40 |
32 |
Liberia [5] |
1.9 |
2.1 |
2.7 |
0.4 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
22 |
33 |
39 |
Mali [4] |
6.8 |
9.0 |
11.0 |
4.1 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
60 |
25 |
20 |
Mauritania [3] |
1.6 |
2.0 |
2.6 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
35 |
14 |
12 |
Niger [5] |
5.6 |
8.0 |
10.5 |
1.9 |
3.3 |
3.8 |
34 |
42 |
36 |
Nigeria [3] |
64.3 |
88.5 |
110.9 |
25.2 |
11.9 |
7.3 |
39 |
13 |
7 |
Senegal [4] |
5.5 |
7.5 |
9.2 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
2.3 |
23 |
23 |
25 |
Sierra Leone [5] |
3.2 |
4.1 |
4.3 |
1.3 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
40 |
46 |
47 |
Togo [4] |
2.5 |
3.5 |
4.4 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
26 |
28 |
23 |
COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION |
Total population |
Number of people undernourished |
Proportion of undernourished in total population |
Region/subregion/country |
1998-2000 |
1998-2000 |
1998-2000 |
COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION |
412.6 |
30.2 |
7 |
COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES |
284.0 |
25.5 |
9 |
Armenia [5] |
3.8 |
1.8 |
46 |
Azerbaijan [4] |
8.0 |
1.9 |
23 |
Belarus [1] |
10.2 |
0.2 |
- |
Georgia [3] |
5.3 |
0.9 |
16 |
Kazakhstan [3] |
16.3 |
1.2 |
8 |
Kyrgyzstan [3] |
4.8 |
0.4 |
8 |
Rep. of Moldova [3] |
4.3 |
0.4 |
10 |
Russian Fed. [3] |
146.2 |
7.2 |
5 |
Tajikistan [5] |
6.0 |
3.9 |
64 |
Turkmenistan [3] |
4.6 |
0.4 |
8 |
Ukraine [3] |
50.0 |
2.6 |
5 |
Uzbekistan [3] |
24.5 |
4.7 |
19 |
BALTIC STATES |
7.5 |
0.3 |
3 |
Estonia [1] |
1.4 |
0.0 |
- |
Latvia [3] |
2.4 |
0.1 |
5 |
Lithuania [2] |
3.7 |
0.1 |
3 |
EASTERN EUROPE |
121.0 |
4.5 |
4 |
Albania [3] |
3.1 |
0.3 |
8 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina [3] |
3.8 |
0.2 |
6 |
Bulgaria [3] |
8.0 |
1.2 |
15 |
Croatia [3] |
4.7 |
0.8 |
18 |
Czech Rep. [1] |
10.3 |
0.2 |
- |
Hungary [1] |
10.0 |
0.1 |
- |
TFYR Macedonia [2] |
2.0 |
0.1 |
4 |
Poland [1] |
38.6 |
0.3 |
- |
Romania [1] |
22.5 |
0.3 |
- |
Slovakia [1] |
5.4 |
0.1 |
- |
Slovenia [1] |
2.0 |
0.0 |
- |
Yugoslavia, Fed. Rep. of ** [3] |
10.6 |
0.8 |
8 |
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