Hunger by country
Share of people who do not get enough food. The map opens on 2023, with figures for 165 countries.
Highest in 2023
- Haiti 54.2%
- Somalia 53.2%
- Madagascar 39.5%
- Syria 39.0%
- Dem. Rep. Congo 38.5%
Lowest in 2023
- Uzbekistan 2.5%
- Uruguay 2.5%
- United States of America 2.5%
- United Kingdom 2.5%
- United Arab Emirates 2.5%
About the data
Prevalence of undernourishment is the percentage of the population whose habitual food consumption is insufficient to provide the dietary energy levels that are required to maintain a normal active and healthy life. Data showing as 2.5 may signify a prevalence of undernourishment below 2.5%.
- Unit
- % of population
- Years
- 2001–2023
- Data as of
- 2026-09-28
- Source
- World Bank
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Credit
- World Bank, World Development Indicators (SN.ITK.DEFC.ZS), CC BY 4.0
All countries
- Afghanistan 28.1% (2023)
- Albania 5.4% (2023)
- Algeria 2.5% (2023)
- Angola 22.5% (2023)
- Argentina 3.4% (2023)
- Armenia 2.5% (2023)
- Australia 2.5% (2023)
- Austria 2.5% (2023)
- Azerbaijan 2.5% (2023)
- Bangladesh 10.4% (2023)
- Barbados 4.4% (2023)
- Belarus 2.5% (2023)
- Belgium 2.5% (2023)
- Belize 7.0% (2023)
- Benin 14.3% (2023)
- Bolivia 21.8% (2023)
- Bosnia and Herz. 2.5% (2023)
- Botswana 24.0% (2023)
- Brazil 2.5% (2023)
- Bulgaria 2.5% (2023)
- Burkina Faso 13.1% (2023)
- Cabo Verde 13.5% (2023)
- Cambodia 5.2% (2023)
- Cameroon 4.8% (2023)
- Canada 2.5% (2023)
- Central African Rep. 29.8% (2023)
- Chad 32.0% (2023)
- Chile 2.5% (2023)
- China 2.5% (2023)
- Colombia 3.9% (2023)
- Comoros 15.4% (2023)
- Congo 26.4% (2023)
- Costa Rica 2.5% (2023)
- Côte d'Ivoire 11.1% (2023)
- Croatia 2.5% (2023)
- Cuba 2.5% (2006)
- Cyprus 2.5% (2023)
- Czechia 2.5% (2023)
- Dem. Rep. Congo 38.5% (2023)
- Denmark 2.5% (2023)
- Djibouti 12.9% (2023)
- Dominica 3.6% (2023)
- Dominican Rep. 3.6% (2023)
- Ecuador 12.1% (2023)
- Egypt 9.4% (2023)
- El Salvador 6.7% (2023)
- Estonia 2.5% (2023)
- eSwatini 14.7% (2023)
- Ethiopia 19.7% (2023)
- Fiji 6.8% (2023)
- Finland 2.5% (2023)
- Fr. Polynesia 3.8% (2023)
- France 2.5% (2023)
- Gabon 25.3% (2023)
- Gambia 16.8% (2023)
- Georgia 2.5% (2023)
- Germany 2.5% (2023)
- Ghana 6.3% (2023)
- Greece 2.5% (2023)
- Guatemala 11.8% (2023)
- Guinea 11.4% (2023)
- Guinea-Bissau 22.1% (2023)
- Guyana 2.5% (2023)
- Haiti 54.2% (2023)
- Honduras 14.8% (2023)
- Hong Kong 3.1% (2023)
- Hungary 2.5% (2023)
- Iceland 2.5% (2023)
- India 12.0% (2023)
- Indonesia 6.3% (2023)
- Iran 6.8% (2023)
- Iraq 14.9% (2023)
- Ireland 2.5% (2023)
- Israel 2.5% (2023)
- Italy 2.5% (2023)
- Jamaica 7.7% (2023)
- Jordan 14.3% (2023)
- Kazakhstan 2.5% (2023)
- Kenya 36.8% (2023)
- Kiribati 4.1% (2023)
- Kuwait 2.5% (2023)
- Kyrgyzstan 5.1% (2023)
- Latvia 2.5% (2023)
- Lebanon 8.7% (2023)
- Liberia 35.5% (2023)
- Libya 16.5% (2023)
- Lithuania 2.5% (2023)
- Luxembourg 2.5% (2023)
- Macao 11.2% (2023)
- Madagascar 39.5% (2023)
- Malawi 21.4% (2023)
- Malaysia 2.5% (2023)
- Mali 12.3% (2023)
- Malta 2.5% (2023)
- Mauritania 8.7% (2023)
- Mauritius 8.7% (2023)
- Mexico 2.7% (2023)
- Moldova 2.5% (2023)
- Mongolia 2.5% (2023)
- Montenegro 2.5% (2023)
- Morocco 7.0% (2023)
- Mozambique 21.8% (2023)
- Myanmar 5.4% (2023)
- Namibia 18.1% (2023)
- Nepal 5.3% (2023)
- Netherlands 2.5% (2023)
- New Caledonia 4.9% (2023)
- New Zealand 2.5% (2023)
- Nicaragua 17.3% (2022)
- Niger 12.9% (2023)
- Nigeria 19.9% (2023)
- North Korea 47.0% (2018)
- North Macedonia 2.5% (2023)
- Norway 2.5% (2023)
- Oman 5.9% (2023)
- Pakistan 16.5% (2023)
- Panama 5.7% (2023)
- Papua New Guinea 28.7% (2023)
- Paraguay 5.2% (2023)
- Peru 6.9% (2023)
- Philippines 3.0% (2023)
- Poland 2.5% (2023)
- Portugal 2.5% (2023)
- Romania 2.5% (2023)
- Russia 2.5% (2023)
- Rwanda 24.4% (2023)
- S. Sudan 22.3% (2023)
- Samoa 3.6% (2023)
- São Tomé and Principe 17.4% (2023)
- Saudi Arabia 2.5% (2023)
- Senegal 5.1% (2023)
- Serbia 2.5% (2023)
- Seychelles 2.5% (2023)
- Sierra Leone 24.1% (2023)
- Slovakia 3.1% (2023)
- Slovenia 2.5% (2023)
- Solomon Is. 20.0% (2023)
- Somalia 53.2% (2023)
- South Africa 10.0% (2023)
- South Korea 2.5% (2023)
- Spain 2.5% (2023)
- Sri Lanka 7.4% (2023)
- St. Vin. and Gren. 6.1% (2023)
- Sudan 11.0% (2021)
- Suriname 9.7% (2023)
- Sweden 2.5% (2023)
- Switzerland 2.5% (2023)
- Syria 39.0% (2023)
- Tajikistan 8.4% (2023)
- Tanzania 20.2% (2023)
- Thailand 4.6% (2023)
- Timor-Leste 18.7% (2023)
- Togo 9.1% (2023)
- Trinidad and Tobago 11.2% (2023)
- Tunisia 3.0% (2023)
- Turkey 2.5% (2023)
- Turkmenistan 4.3% (2023)
- Uganda 22.0% (2023)
- Ukraine 6.9% (2023)
- United Arab Emirates 2.5% (2023)
- United Kingdom 2.5% (2023)
- United States of America 2.5% (2023)
- Uruguay 2.5% (2023)
- Uzbekistan 2.5% (2023)
- Vanuatu 7.2% (2023)
- Venezuela 5.9% (2023)
- Vietnam 5.3% (2023)
- Zambia 37.2% (2023)
- Zimbabwe 19.7% (2023)