Tables

Table 1.
PREVALENCE OF UNDERNOURISHMENT in developing countries and countries in transition

DEVELOPING WORLD

Total population

Number of people undernourished

Proportion of undernourished in total population

Region/subregion/country
(undernourishment category)

1979-81

1990-92

1998-2000

1979-81

1990-92

1998-2000

1979-81

1990-92

1998-2000

millions

millions

%

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