| DEVELOPING WORLD |
Total population |
Number of people undernourished |
Proportion of undernourished in total population |
||||||
| 1990–1992 |
1995–1997 |
1999–2001 |
1990–1992 |
1995–1997 |
1999–2001 |
1990–1992 |
1995–1997 |
1999–2001 |
|
millions |
millions |
% |
|||||||
| DEVELOPING WORLD |
4 050.0 |
4 418.6 |
4 712.2 |
816.6 |
779.7 |
797.9 |
20 |
18 |
17 |
| ASIA AND THE PACIFIC |
2 812.1 |
3 033.0 |
3 204.8 |
566.8 |
496.4 |
505.2 |
20 |
16 |
16 |
| East Asia |
1 241.1 |
1 306.7 |
1 353.4 |
198.3 |
153.3 |
144.5 |
16 |
12 |
11 |
| China* [3] |
1 169.5 |
1 231.0 |
1 275.0 |
193.0 |
144.6 |
135.3 |
17 |
12 |
11 |
| Dem. People's Rep. of Korea [4] |
20.3 |
21.6 |
22.3 |
3.7 |
6.9 |
7.5 |
18 |
32 |
34 |
| Hong Kong SAR of China [1] |
5.8 |
6.3 |
6.9 |
0.0 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
— |
— |
— |
| Mongolia [5] |
2.3 |
2.4 |
2.5 |
0.8 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
34 |
42 |
38 |
| Rep. of Korea [1] |
43.3 |
45.3 |
46.7 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
— |
— |
— |
| Oceania |
3.9 |
4.4 |
4.8 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
25 |
27 |
27 |
| Papua New Guinea [4] |
3.9 |
4.4 |
4.8 |
0.9 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
25 |
27 |
27 |
| Southeast Asia |
444.8 |
486.0 |
517.0 |
76.4 |
65.4 |
66.3 |
17 |
13 |
13 |
| Cambodia [5] |
10.0 |
11.7 |
13.1 |
4.3 |
5.2 |
5.0 |
43 |
45 |
38 |
| Indonesia [3] |
185.6 |
200.6 |
212.1 |
16.6 |
11.4 |
12.6 |
9 |
6 |
6 |
| Lao People's Dem. Rep. [4] |
4.2 |
4.8 |
5.3 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.2 |
29 |
28 |
22 |
| Malaysia [1] |
18.3 |
20.5 |
22.2 |
0.6 |
0.4 |
0.5 |
3 |
— |
— |
| Myanmar [3] |
41.3 |
45.1 |
47.7 |
4.0 |
3.3 |
3.2 |
10 |
7 |
7 |
| Philippines [4] |
62.5 |
69.8 |
75.7 |
16.1 |
16.1 |
16.8 |
26 |
23 |
22 |
| Thailand [3] |
55.5 |
59.5 |
62.8 |
15.6 |
12.3 |
11.9 |
28 |
21 |
19 |
| Viet Nam [3] |
67.5 |
74.0 |
78.1 |
18.1 |
15.3 |
15.1 |
27 |
21 |
19 |
| South Asia |
1 122.4 |
1 236.0 |
1 329.6 |
291.1 |
276.5 |
293.1 |
26 |
22 |
22 |
| Bangladesh [4] |
112.7 |
126.3 |
137.5 |
39.2 |
47.9 |
44.1 |
35 |
38 |
32 |
| India [4] |
861.3 |
943.5 |
1 008.9 |
214.5 |
194.7 |
213.7 |
25 |
21 |
21 |
| Nepal [3] |
18.6 |
20.9 |
23.0 |
3.4 |
5.0 |
3.8 |
18 |
24 |
17 |
| Pakistan [3] |
112.5 |
126.9 |
141.3 |
29.0 |
24.1 |
26.8 |
26 |
19 |
19 |
| Sri Lanka [4] |
17.2 |
18.2 |
18.9 |
5.0 |
5.0 |
4.6 |
29 |
27 |
25 |
| LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN |
442.2 |
481.2 |
512.0 |
59.0 |
55.3 |
53.4 |
13 |
11 |
10 |
| North America |
84.8 |
92.7 |
98.9 |
4.6 |
5.1 |
5.2 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| Mexico [3] |
84.8 |
92.7 |
98.9 |
4.6 |
5.1 |
5.2 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| Central America |
28.7 |
32.7 |
36.0 |
5.0 |
6.5 |
7.5 |
17 |
20 |
21 |
| Costa Rica [3] |
3.1 |
3.7 |
4.0 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
7 |
6 |
6 |
| El Salvador [3] |
5.2 |
5.8 |
6.3 |
0.6 |
0.8 |
0.8 |
12 |
14 |
14 |
| Guatemala [4] |
9.0 |
10.2 |
11.4 |
1.4 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
16 |
21 |
25 |
| Honduras [4] |
5.0 |
5.8 |
6.4 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
23 |
20 |
20 |
| Nicaragua [4] |
3.9 |
4.6 |
5.1 |
1.2 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
30 |
33 |
29 |
| Panama [4] |
2.4 |
2.7 |
2.9 |
0.5 |
0.6 |
0.7 |
20 |
22 |
26 |
| The Caribbean |
28.5 |
30.3 |
31.6 |
7.9 |
9.8 |
7.8 |
28 |
32 |
25 |
| Cuba [3] |
10.7 |
11.0 |
11.2 |
0.9 |
2.7 |
1.3 |
8 |
24 |
11 |
| Dominican Rep. [4] |
7.2 |
7.8 |
8.4 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
2.1 |
27 |
26 |
25 |
| Haiti [5] |
7.0 |
7.6 |
8.1 |
4.6 |
4.6 |
4.0 |
65 |
60 |
49 |
| Jamaica [3] |
2.4 |
2.5 |
2.6 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
14 |
11 |
9 |
| Trinidad and Tobago [3] |
1.2 |
1.3 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
13 |
14 |
12 |
| South America |
300.1 |
325.5 |
345.6 |
41.5 |
34.0 |
32.9 |
14 |
10 |
10 |
| Argentina [1] |
33.0 |
35.2 |
37.0 |
0.7 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
— |
— |
— |
| Bolivia [4] |
6.7 |
7.6 |
8.3 |
1.8 |
1.9 |
1.8 |
26 |
25 |
22 |
| Brazil [3] |
150.3 |
161.7 |
170.4 |
18.6 |
16.7 |
15.6 |
12 |
10 |
9 |
| Chile [2] |
13.3 |
14.4 |
15.2 |
1.1 |
0.7 |
0.6 |
8 |
5 |
4 |
| Colombia [3] |
35.7 |
39.3 |
42.1 |
6.1 |
5.0 |
5.7 |
17 |
13 |
13 |
| Ecuador [2] |
10.5 |
11.7 |
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 |
14 |
| Paraguay [3] |
4.3 |
5.0 |
5.5 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.7 |
18 |
13 |
13 |
| Peru [3] |
22.0 |
23.9 |
25.7 |
8.9 |
4.2 |
2.9 |
40 |
18 |
11 |
| Suriname [3] |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
13 |
11 |
11 |
| Uruguay [2] |
3.1 |
3.2 |
3.3 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
| Venezuela [3] |
20.0 |
22.3 |
24.2 |
2.3 |
3.5 |
4.4 |
11 |
16 |
18 |
| NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA |
321.3 |
361.3 |
392.4 |
25.3 |
35.2 |
40.9 |
8 |
10 |
10 |
| Near East |
200.6 |
228.3 |
249.6 |
19.6 |
29.4 |
34.8 |
10 |
13 |
14 |
| Afghanistan [5]** |
14.6 |
19.7 |
21.8 |
8.4 |
12.7 |
15.3 |
58 |
65 |
70 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep. of [3] |
59.9 |
65.8 |
70.3 |
2.8 |
3.0 |
3.8 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
| Iraq [4]** |
17.8 |
20.6 |
23.0 |
1.2 |
5.1 |
6.2 |
7 |
25 |
27 |
| Jordan [3] |
3.4 |
4.4 |
4.9 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
4 |
7 |
6 |
| Kuwait [2] |
2.1 |
1.7 |
1.9 |
0.5 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
22 |
4 |
4 |
| Lebanon [2] |
2.8 |
3.2 |
3.5 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
| Saudi Arabia [2] |
15.8 |
17.6 |
20.3 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
4 |
3 |
3 |
| Syrian Arab Rep. [2] |
12.8 |
14.6 |
16.2 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
0.6 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
| Turkey [2] |
57.2 |
62.6 |
66.7 |
1.0 |
1.5 |
1.8 |
— |
— |
3 |
| United Arab Emirates [1] |
2.1 |
2.4 |
2.6 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
4 |
— |
— |
| Yemen [4] |
12.2 |
15.6 |
18.4 |
4.2 |
5.4 |
6.1 |
35 |
35 |
33 |
| North Africa |
120.7 |
133.0 |
142.8 |
5.7 |
5.8 |
6.1 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
| Algeria [3] |
25.4 |
28.2 |
30.3 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
1.7 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
| Egypt [2] |
57.4 |
63.2 |
67.9 |
2.7 |
2.3 |
2.3 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya [1] |
4.4 |
4.9 |
5.3 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
— |
— |
— |
| Morocco [3] |
25.1 |
27.7 |
29.9 |
1.5 |
1.9 |
2.1 |
6 |
7 |
7 |
| Tunisia [1] |
8.3 |
9.1 |
9.5 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
— |
— |
— |
| SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA |
474.5 |
543.1 |
603.0 |
165.5 |
192.7 |
198.4 |
35 |
35 |
33 |
| Central Africa |
62.8 |
73.8 |
81.7 |
22.0 |
39.5 |
47.6 |
35 |
53 |
58 |
| Cameroon [4] |
11.9 |
13.6 |
14.9 |
3.9 |
4.5 |
4.0 |
33 |
33 |
27 |
| Central African Rep. [5] |
3.0 |
3.4 |
3.7 |
1.5 |
1.7 |
1.6 |
50 |
51 |
44 |
| Chad [4] |
6.0 |
7.0 |
7.9 |
3.5 |
3.4 |
2.7 |
58 |
49 |
34 |
| Congo [4] |
2.3 |
2.7 |
3.0 |
0.9 |
1.1 |
0.9 |
37 |
42 |
30 |
| Dem. Rep. of the Congo [5] |
38.5 |
46.1 |
51.0 |
12.1 |
28.7 |
38.3 |
31 |
62 |
75 |
| Gabon [3] |
1.0 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
11 |
9 |
7 |
| East Africa |
166.1 |
188.2 |
209.5 |
73.2 |
84.8 |
81.3 |
44 |
45 |
39 |
| Burundi [5] |
5.7 |
6.1 |
6.4 |
2.8 |
3.9 |
4.5 |
49 |
64 |
70 |
| Eritrea [5] |
na |
3.2 |
3.7 |
na |
2.0 |
2.2 |
na |
63 |
61 |
| Ethiopia [5] |
na |
56.9 |
62.9 |
na |
32.2 |
26.4 |
na |
57 |
42 |
| Kenya [5] |
24.3 |
28.0 |
30.7 |
10.6 |
11.1 |
11.5 |
44 |
40 |
37 |
| Rwanda [5] |
6.4 |
5.3 |
7.5 |
2.8 |
2.7 |
3.1 |
43 |
50 |
41 |
| Somalia [5]** |
7.2 |
7.6 |
8.8 |
4.9 |
5.5 |
6.2 |
68 |
73 |
71 |
| Sudan [4] |
25.4 |
28.6 |
31.1 |
7.9 |
6.3 |
7.7 |
31 |
22 |
25 |
| Uganda [3] |
17.8 |
20.7 |
23.3 |
4.1 |
5.3 |
4.5 |
23 |
25 |
19 |
| United Rep. of Tanzania [5] |
27.0 |
31.8 |
35.1 |
9.5 |
15.7 |
15.2 |
35 |
49 |
43 |
| Southern Africa |
71.0 |
81.0 |
89.2 |
34.2 |
37.1 |
36.8 |
48 |
46 |
41 |
| Angola [5] |
9.9 |
11.7 |
13.1 |
6.1 |
6.4 |
6.4 |
61 |
54 |
49 |
| Botswana [4] |
1.3 |
1.5 |
1.5 |
0.2 |
0.3 |
0.4 |
18 |
22 |
24 |
| Lesotho [4] |
1.7 |
1.9 |
2.0 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
27 |
26 |
25 |
| Madagascar [5] |
12.3 |
14.2 |
16.0 |
4.3 |
5.6 |
5.7 |
35 |
40 |
36 |
| Malawi [4] |
9.6 |
10.2 |
11.3 |
4.7 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
49 |
39 |
33 |
| Mauritius [3] |
1.1 |
1.1 |
1.2 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
| Mozambique [5] |
14.1 |
16.8 |
18.3 |
9.7 |
10.3 |
9.7 |
69 |
62 |
53 |
| Namibia [3] |
1.4 |
1.6 |
1.8 |
0.3 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
20 |
12 |
7 |
| Swaziland [3] |
0.8 |
0.9 |
0.9 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
0.1 |
10 |
16 |
12 |
| Zambia [5] |
8.3 |
9.5 |
10.4 |
3.7 |
4.4 |
5.2 |
45 |
47 |
50 |
| Zimbabwe [5] |
10.5 |
11.7 |
12.6 |
4.5 |
5.1 |
4.9 |
43 |
44 |
39 |
| West Africa |
174.7 |
200.1 |
222.6 |
36.2 |
31.3 |
32.7 |
21 |
16 |
15 |
| Benin [3] |
4.8 |
5.6 |
6.3 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
1.0 |
20 |
17 |
16 |
| Burkina Faso [3] |
9.3 |
10.5 |
11.5 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
1.9 |
22 |
18 |
17 |
| Côte d'Ivoire [3] |
13.0 |
14.7 |
16.0 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
2.4 |
18 |
16 |
15 |
| Gambia [4] |
1.0 |
1.2 |
1.3 |
0.2 |
0.4 |
0.4 |
22 |
32 |
27 |
| Ghana [3] |
15.6 |
17.7 |
19.3 |
5.5 |
2.9 |
2.4 |
35 |
17 |
12 |
| Guinea [4] |
6.4 |
7.5 |
8.1 |
2.5 |
2.4 |
2.3 |
40 |
31 |
28 |
| Liberia [5] |
2.1 |
2.2 |
2.9 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
1.2 |
33 |
38 |
42 |
| Mali [4] |
9.0 |
10.2 |
11.4 |
2.2 |
2.7 |
2.4 |
25 |
27 |
21 |
| Mauritania [3] |
2.0 |
2.3 |
2.7 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
0.3 |
14 |
11 |
10 |
| Niger [4] |
8.0 |
9.4 |
10.8 |
3.3 |
4.0 |
3.7 |
42 |
43 |
34 |
| Nigeria [3] |
88.5 |
102.1 |
113.9 |
11.2 |
7.8 |
9.1 |
13 |
8 |
8 |
| Senegal [4] |
7.5 |
8.5 |
9.4 |
1.7 |
2.1 |
2.3 |
23 |
25 |
24 |
| Sierra Leone [5] |
4.1 |
4.1 |
4.4 |
1.9 |
1.7 |
2.2 |
46 |
42 |
50 |
| Togo [4] |
3.5 |
4.0 |
4.5 |
1.2 |
1.0 |
1.1 |
33 |
25 |
25 |
| COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION |
millions |
millions |
millions |
|||
| 1993–1995 |
1999–2001 |
1993–1995 |
1999–2001 |
1993–1995 |
1999–2001 |
|
| millions |
millions |
% |
||||
|
COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION |
414.1 |
411.8 |
25.2 |
33.6 |
6 |
8 |
|
Commonwealth of Independent States |
284.8 |
283.4 |
20.6 |
28.8 |
7 |
10 |
|
Armenia [5] |
3.7 |
3.8 |
2.0 |
1.9 |
55 |
51 |
|
Azerbaijan [4] |
7.6 |
8.0 |
2.8 |
1.7 |
37 |
21 |
|
Belarus [2] |
10.3 |
10.2 |
0.1 |
0.3 |
— |
3 |
|
Georgia [4] |
5.4 |
5.3 |
2.4 |
1.4 |
45 |
26 |
|
Kazakhstan [4] |
16.7 |
16.2 |
0.2 |
3.5 |
— |
22 |
|
Kyrgyzstan [3] |
4.5 |
4.9 |
1.3 |
0.4 |
28 |
7 |
|
Rep. of Moldova [3] |
4.3 |
4.3 |
0.2 |
0.5 |
5 |
12 |
|
Russian Fed. [2] |
148.4 |
145.5 |
6.4 |
6.2 |
4 |
4 |
|
Tajikistan [5] |
5.7 |
6.1 |
1.2 |
4.3 |
22 |
71 |
|
Turkmenistan [3] |
4.1 |
4.7 |
0.6 |
0.3 |
15 |
7 |
|
Ukraine [2] |
51.7 |
49.6 |
1.2 |
2.0 |
— |
4 |
|
Uzbekistan [4] |
22.3 |
24.9 |
2.1 |
6.4 |
10 |
26 |
|
Baltic States |
7.8 |
7.5 |
0.4 |
0.3 |
5 |
3 |
|
Estonia [2] |
1.5 |
1.4 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
10 |
4 |
|
Latvia [3] |
2.6 |
2.4 |
0.1 |
0.2 |
3 |
6 |
|
Lithuania [1] |
3.7 |
3.7 |
0.2 |
0.0 |
4 |
— |
|
Eastern Europe |
121.5 |
121.0 |
4.1 |
4.5 |
3 |
4 |
|
Albania [2] |
3.2 |
3.1 |
0.2 |
0.1 |
5 |
4 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina [3] |
3.6 |
4.0 |
0.5 |
0.3 |
13 |
8 |
|
Bulgaria [3] |
8.5 |
8.0 |
0.7 |
1.3 |
8 |
16 |
|
Croatia [3] |
4.6 |
4.7 |
0.8 |
0.5 |
18 |
12 |
|
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 |
10 |
|
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 |
10.6 |
0.5 |
0.9 |
5 |
9 |
|
Slovakia [3] |
5.3 |
5.4 |
0.2 |
0.2 |
4 |
5 |
|
Slovenia [1] |
2.0 |
2.0 |
0.1 |
0.0 |
3 |
— |
NOTES
Figures following country name refer to the prevalence categories (proportion of the population undernourished in 1999–2001):
[1] < 2.5% undernourished
[2] 2.5–4% undernourished
[3] 5–19% undernourished
[4] 20–34% undernourished
[5] 
35% undernourished
Table does not include countries for which there were insufficient data
* includes Taiwan Province of China
** estimates of the proportion of undernourished for 1999–2001 are not available; estimates for 1998–2000 published in SOFI 2002 were used instead.
— proportion less than 2.5% undernourished
na not available
0.0 zero or less than half the unit shown
Sources
Total population : UN Population Prospects, 2000 revision
Undernourishment: FAO estimates
