Table 1. PREVALENCE OF UNDERNOURISHMENT in developing countries and countries in transition
DEVELOPING WORLD Region/subregion/country [undernourishment category] |
Total population |
Number of people undernourished |
Proportion of undernourished in total population | ||||||
1990-1992 |
1995-1997 |
2000-2002 |
1990-1992 |
1995-1997 |
2000-2002 |
1990-1992 |
1995-1997 |
2000-2002 | |
millions |
millions |
% | |||||||
DEVELOPING WORLD |
4058.7 |
4431.1 |
4796.7 |
823.8 |
796.7 |
814.6 |
20 |
18 |
17 |
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC* |
2815.2 |
3039.5 |
3256.1 |
569.2 |
509.5 |
519.0 |
20 |
17 |
16 |
East Asia |
1241.5 |
1307.2 |
1364.5 |
198.8 |
155.1 |
151.7 |
16 |
12 |
11 |
China [3] |
1175.7 |
1237.8 |
1292.5 |
193.5 |
145.6 |
142.1 |
16 |
12 |
11 |
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea [5] |
20.3 |
21.6 |
22.4 |
3.7 |
7.6 |
8.1 |
18 |
35 |
36 |
Mongolia [4] |
2.3 |
2.4 |
2.5 |
0.8 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
34 |
46 |
28 |
Rep. of Korea [1] |
43.3 |
45.4 |
47.1 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Southeast Asia |
444.2 |
484.7 |
522.8 |
78.4 |
66.3 |
65.5 |
18 |
14 |
13 |
Cambodia [4] |
10.1 |
11.8 |
13.5 |
4.3 |
5.2 |
4.4 |
43 |
44 |
33 |
Indonesia [3] |
185.2 |
200.1 |
214.3 |
16.4 |
11.2 |
12.6 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
Lao People's Dem. Rep. [4] |
4.2 |
4.8 |
5.4 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
29 |
28 |
22 |
Malaysia [1] |
18.3 |
20.9 |
23.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
3 |
-- |
-- |
Myanmar [3] |
41.2 |
44.8 |
48.2 |
4.0 |
3.2 |
2.8 |
10 |
7 |
6 |
Philippines [4] |
62.5 |
69.9 |
77.1 |
16.2 |
16.3 |
17.2 |
26 |
23 |
22 |
Thailand [4] |
55.1 |
58.5 |
61.6 |
15.2 |
12.0 |
12.2 |
28 |
20 |
20 |
Viet Nam [3] |
67.5 |
74.0 |
79.2 |
20.6 |
16.7 |
14.7 |
31 |
23 |
19 |
South Asia |
1125.3 |
1242.7 |
1363.3 |
291.3 |
287.3 |
301.1 |
26 |
23 |
22 |
Bangladesh [4] |
112.1 |
126.3 |
140.9 |
39.2 |
50.4 |
42.5 |
35 |
40 |
30 |
India [4] |
863.3 |
948.6 |
1033.3 |
215.8 |
203.0 |
221.1 |
25 |
21 |
21 |
Nepal [3] |
19.1 |
21.4 |
24.1 |
3.9 |
5.6 |
4.0 |
20 |
26 |
17 |
Pakistan [4] |
113.7 |
128.4 |
146.3 |
27.7 |
23.8 |
29.3 |
24 |
19 |
20 |
Sri Lanka [4] |
17.0 |
17.9 |
18.8 |
4.8 |
4.6 |
4.1 |
28 |
26 |
22 |
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN |
443.4 |
482.5 |
521.2 |
59.5 |
54.8 |
52.9 |
13 |
11 |
10 |
North America |
84.8 |
92.7 |
100.5 |
4.6 |
5.0 |
5.2 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
Mexico [3] |
84.8 |
92.7 |
100.5 |
4.6 |
5.0 |
5.2 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
Central America |
28.8 |
32.7 |
36.9 |
5.0 |
6.5 |
7.4 |
17 |
20 |
20 |
Costa Rica [2] |
3.2 |
3.6 |
4.0 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
El Salvador [3] |
5.2 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
12 |
14 |
11 |
Guatemala [4] |
9.0 |
10.3 |
11.7 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
2.8 |
16 |
21 |
24 |
Honduras [4] |
5.0 |
5.8 |
6.6 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
23 |
21 |
22 |
Nicaragua [4] |
3.9 |
4.6 |
5.2 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
1.4 |
30 |
33 |
27 |
Panama [4] |
2.5 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
21 |
23 |
26 |
The Caribbean |
28.5 |
30.2 |
31.7 |
7.8 |
8.9 |
6.7 |
27 |
30 |
21 |
Cuba [2] |
10.7 |
11.0 |
11.2 |
0.8 |
1.9 |
0.4 |
8 |
18 |
3 |
Dominican Rep. [4] |
7.2 |
7.8 |
8.5 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
2.1 |
27 |
26 |
25 |
Haiti [5] |
7.0 |
7.6 |
8.1 |
4.6 |
4.5 |
3.8 |
65 |
59 |
47 |
Jamaica [3] |
2.4 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
14 |
11 |
10 |
Trinidad and Tobago [3] |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
13 |
15 |
12 |
South America |
301.3 |
327.0 |
352.2 |
42.0 |
34.4 |
33.6 |
14 |
11 |
10 |
Argentina [1] |
33.0 |
35.2 |
37.5 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Bolivia [4] |
6.8 |
7.6 |
8.5 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
28 |
25 |
21 |
Brazil [3] |
151.2 |
162.8 |
174.0 |
18.5 |
16.5 |
15.6 |
12 |
10 |
9 |
Chile [2] |
13.3 |
14.4 |
15.4 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
Colombia [3] |
35.7 |
39.3 |
42.8 |
6.1 |
5.1 |
5.7 |
17 |
13 |
13 |
Ecuador [2] |
10.5 |
11.6 |
12.6 |
0.9 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
Guyana [3] |
0.7 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
21 |
12 |
9 |
Paraguay [3] |
4.3 |
5.0 |
5.6 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
18 |
13 |
14 |
Peru [3] |
22.2 |
24.3 |
26.4 |
9.3 |
4.6 |
3.4 |
42 |
19 |
13 |
Suriname [3] |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
13 |
10 |
11 |
Uruguay [2] |
3.1 |
3.2 |
3.4 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
6 |
4 |
4 |
Venezuela [3] |
20.0 |
22.4 |
24.8 |
2.3 |
3.5 |
4.3 |
11 |
16 |
17 |
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA* |
322.8 |
362.6 |
399.4 |
24.8 |
34.9 |
39.2 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
Near East* |
202.5 |
230.2 |
255.0 |
19.4 |
29.2 |
33.1 |
10 |
13 |
13 |
Iran, Islamic Rep. of [2] |
58.0 |
63.3 |
67.3 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
2.7 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
Jordan [3] |
3.4 |
4.4 |
5.2 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
4 |
7 |
7 |
Kuwait [3] |
2.1 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
23 |
5 |
5 |
Lebanon [2] |
2.8 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
-- |
3 |
3 |
Saudi Arabia [2] |
17.1 |
19.5 |
22.8 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
4 |
4 |
3 |
Syrian Arab Rep. [2] |
13.1 |
15.0 |
17.0 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
Turkey [2] |
58.7 |
64.1 |
69.3 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
-- |
-- |
3 |
United Arab Emirates [1] |
2.1 |
2.6 |
2.9 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
4 |
-- |
-- |
Yemen [5] |
12.5 |
15.7 |
18.7 |
4.2 |
5.7 |
6.7 |
34 |
36 |
36 |
North Africa |
120.4 |
132.4 |
144.4 |
5.4 |
5.7 |
6.1 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
Algeria [3] |
25.6 |
28.4 |
30.8 |
1.3 |
1.7 |
1.7 |
5 |
6 |
5 |
Egypt [2] |
57.0 |
62.8 |
69.1 |
2.5 |
2.2 |
2.4 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [1] |
4.4 |
4.8 |
5.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
Morocco [3] |
25.0 |
27.3 |
29.6 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
2.0 |
6 |
6 |
7 |
Tunisia [1] |
8.4 |
9.1 |
9.6 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA* |
477.3 |
546.4 |
620.0 |
170.4 |
197.4 |
203.5 |
36 |
36 |
33 |
Central Africa |
63.4 |
73.6 |
82.0 |
22.7 |
38.8 |
45.2 |
36 |
53 |
55 |
Cameroon [4] |
12.0 |
13.8 |
15.4 |
4.0 |
4.6 |
3.9 |
33 |
33 |
25 |
Central African Rep. [5] |
3.0 |
3.4 |
3.8 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
50 |
51 |
43 |
Chad [4] |
6.0 |
6.9 |
8.1 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
2.7 |
58 |
49 |
34 |
Congo [5] |
2.6 |
3.0 |
3.5 |
1.4 |
1.8 |
1.3 |
54 |
59 |
37 |
Dem. Rep. of the Congo [5] |
38.8 |
45.3 |
49.9 |
12.2 |
27.2 |
35.5 |
32 |
60 |
71 |
Gabon [3] |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.3 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
10 |
8 |
6 |
East Africa* |
167.8 |
190.8 |
217.7 |
76.4 |
88.7 |
86.2 |
46 |
46 |
40 |
Burundi [5] |
5.7 |
6.1 |
6.4 |
2.7 |
3.8 |
4.4 |
48 |
63 |
68 |
Eritrea [5]** |
na |
3.3 |
3.9 |
na |
2.2 |
2.8 |
na |
68 |
73 |
Ethiopia [5]** |
na |
59.0 |
67.3 |
na |
35.8 |
31.3 |
na |
61 |
46 |
Kenya [4] |
24.4 |
28.1 |
31.1 |
10.7 |
10.8 |
10.3 |
44 |
38 |
33 |
Rwanda [5] |
6.4 |
5.5 |
8.0 |
2.8 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
44 |
52 |
37 |
Sudan [4] |
25.5 |
28.7 |
32.2 |
8.0 |
6.6 |
8.5 |
32 |
23 |
27 |
Uganda [3] |
17.9 |
20.9 |
24.2 |
4.2 |
5.4 |
4.6 |
24 |
26 |
19 |
United Rep. of Tanzania [5] |
27.0 |
31.7 |
35.6 |
9.9 |
15.8 |
15.6 |
37 |
50 |
44 |
Southern Africa |
71.0 |
80.6 |
90.1 |
34.1 |
36.5 |
35.7 |
48 |
45 |
40 |
Angola [5] |
9.6 |
11.2 |
12.8 |
5.6 |
5.4 |
5.1 |
58 |
49 |
40 |
Botswana [4] |
1.4 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
0.6 |
23 |
27 |
32 |
Lesotho [3] |
1.6 |
1.7 |
1.8 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
17 |
14 |
12 |
Madagascar [5] |
12.3 |
14.2 |
16.4 |
4.3 |
5.7 |
6.0 |
35 |
40 |
37 |
Malawi [4] |
9.6 |
10.3 |
11.6 |
4.8 |
4.1 |
3.8 |
50 |
40 |
33 |
Mauritius [3] |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
Mozambique [5] |
13.9 |
16.4 |
18.2 |
9.2 |
9.5 |
8.5 |
66 |
58 |
47 |
Namibia [4] |
1.5 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
35 |
36 |
22 |
Swaziland [3] |
0.9 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
14 |
23 |
19 |
Zambia [5] |
8.4 |
9.6 |
10.6 |
4.0 |
4.6 |
5.2 |
48 |
48 |
49 |
Zimbabwe [5] |
10.7 |
11.9 |
12.7 |
4.9 |
5.6 |
5.6 |
45 |
47 |
44 |
West Africa |
175.1 |
201.4 |
230.3 |
37.2 |
33.5 |
36.4 |
21 |
17 |
16 |
Benin [3] |
4.8 |
5.6 |
6.4 |
1.0 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
20 |
17 |
15 |
Burkina Faso [3] |
9.2 |
10.6 |
12.3 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
2.3 |
21 |
19 |
19 |
Cτte d'Ivoire [3] |
12.9 |
14.7 |
16.1 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
2.2 |
18 |
16 |
14 |
Gambia [4] |
1.0 |
1.2 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
22 |
31 |
27 |
Ghana [3] |
15.7 |
17.9 |
20.0 |
5.8 |
3.2 |
2.5 |
37 |
18 |
13 |
Guinea [4] |
6.4 |
7.5 |
8.2 |
2.5 |
2.3 |
2.1 |
39 |
31 |
26 |
Liberia [5] |
2.1 |
2.3 |
3.1 |
0.7 |
1.0 |
1.4 |
34 |
42 |
46 |
Mali [4] |
9.3 |
10.6 |
12.3 |
2.7 |
3.4 |
3.6 |
29 |
32 |
29 |
Mauritania [3] |
2.1 |
2.4 |
2.7 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
15 |
11 |
10 |
Niger [4] |
7.9 |
9.4 |
11.1 |
3.2 |
3.9 |
3.8 |
41 |
42 |
34 |
Nigeria [3] |
88.7 |
102.7 |
117.8 |
11.8 |
8.9 |
11.0 |
13 |
9 |
9 |
Senegal [4] |
7.5 |
8.5 |
9.6 |
1.8 |
2.2 |
2.3 |
23 |
25 |
24 |
Sierra Leone [5] |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.6 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
2.3 |
46 |
44 |
50 |
Togo [4] |
3.5 |
4.0 |
4.7 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
1.2 |
33 |
25 |
26 |
COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION Region/subregion/country [undernourishment category] |
Total population |
Number of people undernourished |
Proportion of undernourished in total population | |||
1993-1995 |
2000-2002 |
1993-1995 |
2000-2002 |
1993-1995 |
2000-2002 | |
millions |
millions |
% | ||||
COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION |
413.6 |
409.8 |
23.3 |
28.3 |
6 |
7 |
Commonwealth of Independent States |
284.5 |
281.7 |
19.0 |
24.1 |
7 |
9 |
Armenia [4] |
3.4 |
3.1 |
1.8 |
1.1 |
52 |
34 |
Azerbaijan [3] |
7.7 |
8.2 |
2.6 |
1.2 |
34 |
15 |
Belarus [1] |
10.3 |
10.0 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
-- |
-- |
Georgia [4] |
5.4 |
5.2 |
2.1 |
1.4 |
39 |
27 |
Kazakhstan [3] |
16.7 |
15.5 |
0.2 |
2.0 |
-- |
13 |
Kyrgyzstan [3] |
4.5 |
5.0 |
0.9 |
0.3 |
21 |
6 |
Rep. of Moldova [3] |
4.4 |
4.3 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
5 |
11 |
Russian Fed. [2] |
148.4 |
144.9 |
6.4 |
5.2 |
4 |
4 |
Tajikistan [5] |
5.7 |
6.1 |
1.2 |
3.7 |
21 |
61 |
Turkmenistan [3] |
4.1 |
4.7 |
0.5 |
0.4 |
13 |
9 |
Ukraine [2] |
51.7 |
49.3 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
-- |
3 |
Uzbekistan [4] |
22.3 |
25.3 |
1.7 |
6.6 |
8 |
26 |
Baltic States |
7.6 |
7.2 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
5 |
2 |
Estonia [3] |
1.5 |
1.4 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
9 |
5 |
Latvia [2] |
2.5 |
2.4 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
3 |
4 |
Lithuania [1] |
3.6 |
3.5 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
4 |
-- |
Eastern Europe |
121.4 |
120.9 |
3.9 |
4.0 |
3 |
3 |
Albania [3] |
3.2 |
3.1 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
5 |
6 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina [3] |
3.6 |
4.1 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
9 |
8 |
Bulgaria [3] |
8.5 |
8.0 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
8 |
11 |
Croatia [3] |
4.5 |
4.4 |
0.7 |
0.3 |
16 |
7 |
Czech Rep. [1] |
10.3 |
10.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
-- |
-- |
Hungary [1] |
10.2 |
10.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
-- |
-- |
TFYR Macedonia [3] |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
15 |
11 |
Poland [1] |
38.5 |
38.6 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
-- |
-- |
Romania [1] |
22.8 |
22.4 |
0.4 |
0.2 |
-- |
-- |
Serbia and Montenegro [3] |
10.5 |
10.5 |
0.5 |
1.1 |
5 |
11 |
Slovakia [3] |
5.3 |
5.4 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
4 |
5 |
Slovenia [1] |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
3 |
-- |
For notes on Table 1, please see page 39.
Table 2. FOOD AVAILABILITY, DIET DIVERSIFICATION, CHILD MORTALITY, CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS, EDUCATION AND URBANIZATION in developing countries, classified by category of prevalence of undernourishment
CATEGORY OF PREVALENCE OF
UNDERNOURISHMENT |
Food availability |
Diet diversification |
Child mortality |
Child nutritional
status |
Education |
Urbanization | ||||||
1990-1992 |
2000-2002 |
1979-1981 |
2000-2002 |
1990 |
2002 |
1990 |
2000 |
1990 |
2003 |
1990 |
2000 | |
kcal/day/person |
% |
per 1000 live births |
% |
% |
% | |||||||
LESS THAN 2.5% UNDERNOURISHED |
||||||||||||
Argentina |
2990 |
3070 |
67 |
65 |
28 |
19 |
2 |
5 |
98 |
99 |
87 |
89 |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
3280 |
3320 |
54 |
51 |
42 |
19 |
na |
5 |
91 |
97 |
80 |
85 |
Malaysia |
2820 |
2890 |
48 |
53 |
21 |
8 |
25 |
20 |
95 |
98 |
50 |
62 |
Rep. of Korea |
3000 |
3060 |
32 |
51 |
9 |
5 |
na |
na |
100 |
100 |
74 |
80 |
Tunisia |
3150 |
3270 |
42 |
47 |
52 |
26 |
10 |
4 |
84 |
95 |
58 |
63 |
United Arab Emirates |
2930 |
3200 |
70 |
62 |
14 |
9 |
na |
na |
85 |
92 |
83 |
85 |
2.5 TO 4% UNDERNOURISHED | ||||||||||||
Chile |
2610 |
2850 |
51 |
56 |
19 |
12 |
2 |
1 |
98 |
99 |
83 |
86 |
Costa Rica |
2710 |
2860 |
62 |
65 |
17 |
11 |
3 |
na |
97 |
99 |
54 |
59 |
Cuba |
2720 |
3000 |
58 |
63 |
13 |
9 |
na |
4 |
99 |
100 |
74 |
75 |
Ecuador |
2510 |
2740 |
65 |
66 |
57 |
29 |
17 |
14 |
96 |
98 |
55 |
60 |
Egypt |
3200 |
3340 |
36 |
35 |
104 |
39 |
10 |
11 |
61 |
72 |
43 |
42 |
Iran, Islamic Rep. of |
2980 |
3070 |
39 |
38 |
72 |
41 |
na |
11 |
86 |
95 |
56 |
64 |
Lebanon |
3160 |
3160 |
58 |
62 |
37 |
32 |
na |
3 |
92 |
96 |
83 |
87 |
Saudi Arabia |
2770 |
2840 |
52 |
50 |
44 |
28 |
na |
na |
85 |
94 |
78 |
86 |
Syrian Arab Rep. |
2830 |
3040 |
51 |
54 |
44 |
28 |
12 |
7 |
80 |
89 |
49 |
50 |
Turkey |
3490 |
3360 |
45 |
47 |
78 |
41 |
10 |
8 |
93 |
97 |
59 |
65 |
Uruguay |
2660 |
2830 |
62 |
59 |
24 |
15 |
4 |
na |
99 |
99 |
89 |
92 |
5 TO 19% UNDERNOURISHED | ||||||||||||
Algeria |
2920 |
2990 |
41 |
41 |
69 |
49 |
9 |
6 |
77 |
91 |
51 |
57 |
Benin |
2340 |
2520 |
30 |
27 |
185 |
156 |
na |
23 |
40 |
57 |
34 |
42 |
Brazil |
2810 |
3010 |
57 |
66 |
60 |
37 |
7 |
6 |
92 |
96 |
75 |
81 |
Burkina Faso |
2350 |
2410 |
26 |
25 |
210 |
207 |
33 |
34 |
25 |
38 |
14 |
17 |
China |
2710 |
2960 |
20 |
42 |
49 |
38 |
17 |
10 |
95 |
98 |
27 |
36 |
Colombia |
2440 |
2580 |
59 |
59 |
36 |
23 |
10 |
7 |
95 |
97 |
69 |
75 |
Cτte d'Ivoire |
2470 |
2620 |
34 |
35 |
157 |
191 |
12 |
21 |
53 |
64 |
40 |
44 |
El Salvador |
2490 |
2550 |
44 |
48 |
60 |
39 |
15 |
10 |
84 |
89 |
49 |
58 |
Gabon |
2450 |
2610 |
58 |
51 |
92 |
91 |
na |
12 |
na |
na |
68 |
81 |
Ghana |
2080 |
2620 |
35 |
28 |
125 |
97 |
30 |
25 |
82 |
93 |
36 |
44 |
Guyana |
2350 |
2710 |
50 |
50 |
90 |
72 |
18 |
14 |
100 |
100 |
33 |
36 |
Indonesia |
2700 |
2910 |
25 |
30 |
91 |
43 |
38 |
25 |
95 |
98 |
31 |
42 |
Jamaica |
2500 |
2670 |
58 |
60 |
20 |
20 |
7 |
4 |
91 |
95 |
51 |
52 |
Jordan |
2820 |
2670 |
48 |
48 |
43 |
33 |
6 |
4 |
97 |
100 |
72 |
79 |
Kuwait |
2370 |
3050 |
62 |
58 |
16 |
10 |
11 |
2 |
88 |
93 |
95 |
96 |
Lesotho |
2450 |
2620 |
26 |
19 |
120 |
87 |
16 |
18 |
87 |
91 |
17 |
18 |
Mauritania |
2560 |
2780 |
50 |
49 |
183 |
183 |
48 |
32 |
46 |
50 |
44 |
58 |
Mauritius |
2890 |
2960 |
49 |
53 |
25 |
19 |
24 |
15 |
91 |
95 |
41 |
43 |
Mexico |
3100 |
3160 |
52 |
53 |
46 |
29 |
14 |
8 |
95 |
97 |
72 |
75 |
Morocco |
3030 |
3040 |
35 |
36 |
85 |
43 |
10 |
9 |
55 |
71 |
48 |
55 |
Myanmar |
2630 |
2880 |
20 |
27 |
130 |
108 |
32 |
35 |
88 |
92 |
25 |
28 |
Nepal |
2350 |
2440 |
19 |
23 |
145 |
87 |
na |
48 |
47 |
64 |
9 |
14 |
Nigeria |
2540 |
2700 |
45 |
35 |
235 |
201 |
35 |
31 |
74 |
89 |
35 |
44 |
Paraguay |
2400 |
2560 |
56 |
59 |
37 |
30 |
4 |
na |
96 |
97 |
49 |
55 |
Peru |
1960 |
2550 |
46 |
46 |
80 |
39 |
11 |
7 |
95 |
97 |
69 |
73 |
Suriname |
2530 |
2630 |
52 |
56 |
48 |
40 |
na |
13 |
na |
na |
65 |
74 |
Swaziland |
2460 |
2360 |
45 |
53 |
110 |
149 |
na |
10 |
85 |
92 |
23 |
23 |
Trinidad and Tobago |
2640 |
2730 |
59 |
62 |
24 |
20 |
7 |
6 |
100 |
100 |
69 |
74 |
Uganda |
2270 |
2360 |
52 |
55 |
160 |
141 |
23 |
23 |
70 |
81 |
11 |
12 |
Venezuela |
2460 |
2350 |
63 |
60 |
27 |
22 |
8 |
4 |
96 |
98 |
84 |
87 |
Viet Nam |
2180 |
2530 |
16 |
28 |
53 |
26 |
41 |
34 |
94 |
96 |
20 |
24 |
20 TO 34% UNDERNOURISHED | ||||||||||||
Bangladesh |
2070 |
2190 |
15 |
16 |
144 |
73 |
66 |
48 |
42 |
50 |
20 |
23 |
Bolivia |
2110 |
2250 |
52 |
50 |
120 |
71 |
11 |
8 |
93 |
97 |
56 |
62 |
Botswana |
2260 |
2160 |
45 |
51 |
58 |
110 |
na |
13 |
83 |
90 |
42 |
50 |
Cambodia |
1870 |
2060 |
12 |
22 |
115 |
138 |
na |
45 |
74 |
81 |
13 |
17 |
Cameroon |
2110 |
2260 |
45 |
43 |
139 |
166 |
15 |
23 |
81 |
92 |
40 |
49 |
Chad |
1780 |
2150 |
34 |
42 |
203 |
200 |
na |
28 |
48 |
71 |
21 |
24 |
Dominican Rep. |
2260 |
2320 |
65 |
67 |
65 |
38 |
10 |
5 |
88 |
92 |
55 |
58 |
Gambia |
2370 |
2270 |
36 |
47 |
154 |
126 |
na |
17 |
42 |
62 |
25 |
26 |
Guatemala |
2350 |
2190 |
40 |
48 |
82 |
49 |
33 |
24 |
73 |
81 |
41 |
45 |
Guinea |
2110 |
2380 |
40 |
40 |
240 |
165 |
24 |
23 |
na |
na |
25 |
33 |
Honduras |
2310 |
2350 |
46 |
54 |
59 |
42 |
18 |
17 |
80 |
86 |
40 |
44 |
India |
2370 |
2420 |
32 |
39 |
123 |
90 |
56 |
47 |
64 |
75 |
26 |
28 |
Kenya |
1920 |
2110 |
36 |
46 |
97 |
122 |
23 |
21 |
90 |
96 |
25 |
36 |
Lao People's Dem. Rep. |
2110 |
2290 |
14 |
23 |
163 |
100 |
44 |
40 |
70 |
80 |
15 |
19 |
Malawi |
1880 |
2150 |
29 |
24 |
241 |
182 |
28 |
25 |
63 |
73 |
12 |
15 |
Mali |
2220 |
2200 |
30 |
28 |
250 |
222 |
31 |
33 |
28 |
39 |
24 |
30 |
Mongolia |
2070 |
2240 |
52 |
53 |
104 |
71 |
12 |
13 |
99 |
99 |
57 |
57 |
Namibia |
2060 |
2270 |
42 |
40 |
84 |
67 |
26 |
na |
87 |
93 |
27 |
31 |
Nicaragua |
2220 |
2280 |
52 |
49 |
68 |
41 |
11 |
10 |
68 |
73 |
53 |
56 |
Niger |
2020 |
2130 |
28 |
26 |
320 |
264 |
43 |
40 |
17 |
25 |
16 |
21 |
Pakistan |
2300 |
2430 |
42 |
47 |
130 |
104 |
40 |
38 |
47 |
60 |
31 |
33 |
Panama |
2320 |
2240 |
61 |
61 |
34 |
25 |
na |
8 |
95 |
97 |
54 |
56 |
Philippines |
2260 |
2380 |
41 |
44 |
63 |
37 |
34 |
32 |
97 |
99 |
49 |
59 |
Senegal |
2280 |
2280 |
34 |
39 |
148 |
138 |
22 |
23 |
40 |
54 |
40 |
47 |
Sri Lanka |
2230 |
2390 |
42 |
45 |
23 |
19 |
37 |
33 |
95 |
97 |
21 |
21 |
Sudan |
2160 |
2260 |
50 |
47 |
120 |
94 |
34 |
41 |
65 |
80 |
27 |
36 |
Thailand |
2250 |
2450 |
33 |
50 |
40 |
28 |
25 |
18 |
98 |
99 |
29 |
31 |
Togo |
2150 |
2300 |
22 |
23 |
152 |
141 |
25 |
25 |
64 |
78 |
29 |
33 |
35% OR MORE UNDERNOURISHED | ||||||||||||
Angola |
1780 |
2040 |
40 |
32 |
260 |
260 |
na |
31 |
na |
na |
26 |
33 |
Burundi |
1900 |
1640 |
56 |
48 |
190 |
190 |
38 |
45 |
52 |
67 |
6 |
9 |
Central African Rep. |
1870 |
1980 |
34 |
43 |
180 |
180 |
27 |
24 |
52 |
71 |
37 |
41 |
Congo |
1860 |
2090 |
34 |
37 |
110 |
108 |
24 |
na |
93 |
98 |
48 |
52 |
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea |
2450 |
2140 |
34 |
36 |
55 |
55 |
na |
28 |
na |
na |
58 |
60 |
Dem. Rep. of the Congo |
2170 |
1630 |
28 |
24 |
205 |
205 |
na |
31 |
69 |
85 |
28 |
30 |
Eritrea |
na |
1520 |
na |
25 |
147 |
89 |
41 |
40 |
61 |
73 |
16 |
19 |
Ethiopia |
na |
1840 |
na |
20 |
204 |
171 |
46 |
47 |
43 |
59 |
13 |
15 |
Haiti |
1780 |
2080 |
49 |
45 |
150 |
123 |
27 |
17 |
55 |
67 |
29 |
36 |
Liberia |
2210 |
1990 |
27 |
36 |
235 |
235 |
na |
27 |
57 |
72 |
42 |
45 |
Madagascar |
2080 |
2060 |
27 |
23 |
168 |
135 |
41 |
40 |
72 |
82 |
24 |
26 |
Mozambique |
1740 |
2030 |
25 |
25 |
240 |
205 |
na |
26 |
49 |
64 |
21 |
32 |
Rwanda |
1950 |
2050 |
50 |
44 |
173 |
203 |
29 |
24 |
73 |
86 |
5 |
14 |
Sierra Leone |
1990 |
1930 |
40 |
36 |
302 |
284 |
29 |
27 |
na |
na |
30 |
37 |
United Rep. of Tanzania |
2050 |
1960 |
31 |
29 |
163 |
165 |
29 |
29 |
83 |
92 |
22 |
32 |
Yemen |
2040 |
2040 |
34 |
34 |
142 |
114 |
30 |
46 |
50 |
69 |
21 |
25 |
Zambia |
1930 |
1900 |
23 |
23 |
180 |
182 |
21 |
28 |
81 |
90 |
39 |
35 |
Zimbabwe |
1970 |
2020 |
34 |
44 |
80 |
123 |
12 |
13 |
94 |
98 |
29 |
34 |
Notes to Table 1
Countries revise their official statistics regularly for the past as well as the present. The same holds for population data of the UN. Whenever this happens, FAO revises its estimates of undernourishment accordingly. Therefore users are advised to refer to changes of estimates over time only within the same SOFI publication and refrain from comparing data published in editions for different years.
Figures following country name refer to the prevalence categories (proportion of the population undernourished in 2000-2002):
[1] < 2.5% undernourished
[2] 2.5-4% undernourished
[3] 5-19% undernourished
[4] 20-34% undernourished
[5] 
35% undernourished
Table does not list countries for which there were insufficient data.
* Although not listed separately, provisional estimates for Afghanistan, Iraq, Papua New Guinea and Somalia have been included in the relevant regional aggregates.
** Eritrea and Ethiopia were not separate entities in 1990-1992 but estimates of the number and proportion of undernourished in the former Ethiopia PDR are included in regional and subregional aggregates for that period.
Key
-- |
proportion less than 2.5% undernourished |
na |
data not available |
0.0 |
zero or less than half the unit shown |
Sources
Total population: UN Population Prospects, 2002 revision Undernourishment: FAO estimates
Notes to Table 2
Non-starchy food: all food sources for DES, except cereals and roots and tubers.
Under-five mortality rate: probability that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to current age-specific mortality rates. The probability is expressed as a rate per 1000 live births.
Under-five underweight: proportion of children under the age of five whose weight falls below the mean weight-for-age by two standard deviations or more. Dates of the surveys vary. For each country, data were included for the year closest to 1990 from the decade 1985-1994 and for the most recent year from the decade 1995-2004.
Literacy rate: The percentage of persons aged between 15 and 24 who can, with understanding, both read and write a short simple statement on everyday life.
Urbanization: Percentage of population at mid-year residing in urban areas.
Key
na data not available
Sources
Category of undernourishment, food availability and diet diversification: FAO Child mortality: UNICEF
Child nutritional status: WHO
Education: UNESCO
Urbanization: UN Population Division: UN Population Prospects, 2003 revision
