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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

Côte 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
in total population 2000-2002
Country

Food availability
Dietary energy supply (DES)

Diet diversification
Share of non-starchy food in total DES

Child mortality
Under-five mortality rate

Child nutritional status
Under-five underweight

Education
Literacy rate

Urbanization
Urban share in total population

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

Côte 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