Proportion of population undernourished |
Number of people undernourished |
Per caput dietary energy supply |
Underweight Under-fives (moderate and severe) |
Under Five Mortality Rate |
|
Region, subregion, country |
1998-2000 |
1998-2000 |
1998-2000 |
2002 |
2000 |
(%) |
(millions) |
(kcal/day) |
(%) |
(%) |
|
DEVELOPING WORLD |
17 |
798.8 |
|||
ASIA AND PACIFIC |
16 |
508.1 |
34 |
||
EAST ASIA |
10 |
128.4 |
|||
China[3]* |
9 |
119.1 |
3030 |
10 |
32 |
China, Hong Kong SAR[1] |
— |
0.1 |
3100 |
|
|
Korea, Dem People's Rep[5] |
34 |
7.5 |
2170 |
60 |
23 |
Korea, Republic of[1] |
— |
0.7 |
3060 |
|
5 |
Mongolia[5] |
42 |
1.0 |
2020 |
13 |
62 |
OCEANIA |
27 |
1.3 |
|
||
Papua New Guinea[4] |
27 |
1.3 |
2180 |
35 |
79 |
SOUTH EAST ASIA |
12 |
63.5 |
|
||
Cambodia[5] |
36 |
4.6 |
1990 |
46 |
95 |
Indonesia[3] |
6 |
12.3 |
2900 |
26 |
35 |
Laos[4] |
24 |
1.2 |
2240 |
40 |
90 |
Malaysia[1] |
— |
0.4 |
2930 |
18 |
8 |
Myanmar[3] |
6 |
3.1 |
2820 |
36 |
78 |
Philippines[4] |
23 |
16.8 |
2360 |
28 |
30 |
Thailand[4] |
18 |
11.5 |
2480 |
19 |
25 |
Viet Nam[3] |
18 |
13.7 |
2540 |
36 |
30 |
SOUTH ASIA |
24 |
314.9 |
|
72 |
|
Bangladesh[4] |
35 |
47.0 |
2100 |
48 |
54 |
India[4] |
24 |
233.3 |
2430 |
47 |
69 |
Nepal[4] |
19 |
4.3 |
2380 |
47 |
72 |
Pakistan[3] |
19 |
26.0 |
2460 |
38 |
85 |
Sri Lanka[4] |
23 |
4.3 |
2360 |
33 |
17 |
LATIN AMERICA AND
|
11 |
54.8 |
|
30 |
|
NORTH AMERICA |
5 |
5.2 |
|
||
Mexico[3] |
5 |
5.2 |
3150 |
8 |
25 |
CENTRAL AMERICA |
20 |
7.1 |
|
||
Costa Rica[3] |
5 |
0.2 |
2780 |
5 |
10 |
El Salvador[3] |
14 |
0.8 |
2460 |
12 |
34 |
Guatemala[4] |
25 |
2.8 |
2160 |
24 |
44 |
Honduras[4] |
21 |
1.3 |
2390 |
25 |
32 |
Nicaragua[4] |
29 |
1.5 |
2240 |
12 |
37 |
Panama[3] |
18 |
0.5 |
2410 |
7 |
20 |
CARIBBEAN |
25 |
7.9 |
|
||
Cuba[3] |
13 |
1.5 |
2560 |
4 |
7 |
Dominican Republic[4] |
26 |
2.1 |
2310 |
5 |
42 |
Haiti[5] |
50 |
4.0 |
2040 |
28 |
81 |
Jamaica[3] |
9 |
0.2 |
2680 |
4 |
17 |
Trinidad and Tobago[3] |
12 |
0.2 |
2720 |
7 |
17 |
SOUTH AMERICA |
10 |
34.6 |
|
||
Argentina[1] |
— |
0.4 |
3180 |
5 |
18 |
Bolivia[4] |
23 |
1.9 |
2210 |
10 |
62 |
Brazil[3] |
10 |
16.7 |
2960 |
6 |
32 |
Chile[2] |
4 |
0.6 |
2850 |
1 |
10 |
Colombia[3] |
13 |
5.6 |
2570 |
7 |
25 |
Ecuador[2] |
5 |
0.7 |
2680 |
15 |
25 |
Guyana[3] |
14 |
0.1 |
2550 |
12 |
55 |
Paraguay[3] |
14 |
0.7 |
2540 |
5 |
26 |
Peru[3] |
11 |
2.9 |
2600 |
8 |
40 |
Proportion of population undernourished |
Number of people undernourished |
Per caput dietary energy supply |
Progress in achieving the WFS Hunger Target |
Under Five Mortality |
|
Region, subregion, country |
1998-2000 |
1998-2000 |
1998-2000 |
2002 |
2000 |
(%) |
(millions) |
(kcal/day) |
Half 1990-92 #s |
(%) |
|
Suriname[3] |
11 |
0.0 |
2630 |
|
27 |
Uruguay[2] |
3 |
0.1 |
2850 |
5 |
15 |
Venezuela, Rep Of[4] |
21 |
4.9 |
2280 |
5 |
20 |
NEAR EAST AND
|
10 |
4.0. |
|
49 |
|
NEAR EAST |
14 |
33.8 |
|
||
Afghanistan[5] |
70 |
14.9 |
1630 |
48 |
165 |
Iran, Islamic Rep of[3] |
5 |
3.8 |
2910 |
11 |
36 |
Iraq[3] |
27 |
5.9 |
2150 |
16 |
105 |
Jordan[2] |
6 |
0.3 |
2720 |
5 |
28 |
Kuwait[2] |
4 |
0.1 |
3130 |
10 |
9 |
Lebanon[1] |
3 |
0.1 |
3160 |
3 |
28 |
Saudi Arabia[1] |
3 |
0.6 |
2840 |
14 |
24 |
Syrian Arab Republic[1] |
3 |
0.5 |
3050 |
13 |
24 |
Turkey[1] |
— |
1.6 |
3390 |
8 |
38 |
United Arab Emirates[1] |
— |
0.1 |
3180 |
14 |
8 |
Yemen[4] |
33 |
5.9 |
2040 |
46 |
85 |
NORTH AFRICA |
4 |
6.2 |
|
||
Algeria[3] |
6 |
1.7 |
2960 |
6 |
50 |
Egypt[2] |
4 |
2.5 |
3320 |
12 |
37 |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya[1] |
— |
0.0 |
3300 |
5 |
17 |
Morocco[3] |
7 |
2.0 |
3010 |
9 |
41 |
Tunisia[1] |
— |
0.0 |
3360 |
4 |
22 |
SUB-SAHARAN
|
33 |
195.9 |
|
108 |
|
CENTRAL AFRICA |
57 |
45.1 |
|
||
Cameroon[4] |
25 |
3.6 |
2270 |
21 |
95 |
Central African Republic[5] |
44 |
1.6 |
1950 |
24 |
115 |
Chad[4] |
32 |
2.5 |
2180 |
28 |
118 |
Congo, Dem Republic of[5] |
73 |
36.4 |
1590 |
34 |
128 |
Congo, Republic of[4] |
32 |
0.9 |
2170 |
14 |
81 |
Gabon[3] |
8 |
0.1 |
2550 |
12 |
60 |
EAST AFRICA |
41 |
83.0 |
|
||
Burundi[5] |
69 |
4.3 |
1620 |
45 |
114 |
Eritrea[5] |
58 |
2.0 |
1710 |
44 |
73 |
Ethiopia[5] |
44 |
27.1 |
1880 |
47 |
117 |
Kenya[5] |
44 |
13.2 |
1960 |
23 |
77 |
Rwanda[5] |
40 |
2.8 |
2020 |
29 |
100 |
Somalia[5] |
71 |
6.0 |
1600 |
26 |
133 |
Sudan[4] |
21 |
6.5 |
2360 |
17 |
66 |
Tanzania, United Rep of[5] |
47 |
16.2 |
1920 |
29 |
104 |
Uganda[4] |
21 |
4.7 |
2330 |
26 |
81 |
SOUTHERN AFRICA |
43 |
37.1 |
|
||
Angola[5] |
50 |
6.3 |
1890 |
172 |
|
Botswana[4] |
25 |
0.4 |
2240 |
13 |
74 |
Lesotho[4] |
26 |
0.5 |
2300 |
16 |
92 |
Madagascar[5] |
40 |
6.2 |
2010 |
33 |
86 |
Malawi[5] |
33 |
3.7 |
2160 |
25 |
117 |
Mauritius[3] |
5 |
0.1 |
2970 |
16 |
17 |
Mozambique[5] |
55 |
9.8 |
1910 |
26 |
126 |
Namibia[4] |
9 |
0.2 |
2600 |
26 |
56 |
Swaziland[3] |
12 |
0.1 |
2570 |
10 |
101 |
Zambia[5] |
50 |
5.1 |
1900 |
25 |
112 |
Zimbabwe[5] |
38 |
4.7 |
2110 |
13 |
73 |
WEST AFRICA |
14 |
30.7 |
|
||
Benin[3] |
13 |
0.8 |
2570 |
29 |
98 |
Burkina Faso[4] |
23 |
2.6 |
2320 |
34 |
105 |
Cote D'Ivoire[3] |
15 |
2.3 |
2590 |
21 |
102 |
Gambia[3] |
21 |
0.3 |
2400 |
17 |
92 |
Ghana[3] |
12 |
2.2 |
2650 |
25 |
58 |
Guinea[4] |
32 |
2.6 |
2240 |
23 |
112 |
Liberia[5] |
39 |
1.0 |
2140 |
20 |
157 |
Mali[4] |
20 |
2.3 |
2400 |
43 |
142 |
Mauritania[3] |
12 |
0.3 |
2660 |
23 |
120 |
Niger[5] |
36 |
3.8 |
2100 |
40 |
159 |
Nigeria[3] |
7 |
7.3 |
2840 |
27 |
110 |
Senegal[4] |
25 |
2.3 |
2260 |
18 |
80 |
Sierra Leone[5] |
47 |
2.0 |
1980 |
27 |
180 |
Togo[3] |
23 |
1.0 |
2370 |
25 |
80 |
COUNTRIES
|
7 |
30.2 |
|
30 |
|
COMMONWEALTH OF |
9 |
25.5 |
|
||
Armenia[5] |
46 |
1.8 |
2040 |
3 |
25 |
Azerbaijan[5] |
23 |
1.9 |
2330 |
17 |
74 |
Belarus[1] |
— |
0.2 |
3050 |
|
17 |
Georgia[3] |
16 |
0.9 |
2440 |
3 |
24 |
Kazakhstan[3] |
8 |
1.2 |
2720 |
4 |
60 |
Kyrgyzstan[3] |
8 |
0.4 |
2830 |
14 |
53 |
Moldova, Republic of[3] |
10 |
0.4 |
2730 |
3 |
27 |
Russian Federation[3] |
5 |
7.2 |
2900 |
3 |
18 |
Tajikistan[5] |
64 |
3.9 |
1790 |
|
54 |
Turkmenistan[3] |
8 |
0.4 |
2720 |
12 |
52 |
Ukraine[3] |
5 |
2.6 |
2830 |
3 |
17 |
Uzbekistan[2] |
19 |
4.7 |
2370 |
19 |
51 |
BALTIC STATES |
3 |
0.3 |
|
||
Estonia[2] |
— |
0.0 |
3250 |
|
17 |
Latvia[2] |
5 |
0.1 |
2880 |
|
17 |
Lithuania[2] |
3 |
0.1 |
3010 |
|
17 |
EASTERN EUROPE |
4 |
4.5 |
|
||
Albania[3] |
8 |
0.3 |
2750 |
14 |
27 |
Bosnia And Herzegovina[2] |
6 |
0.2 |
2810 |
4 |
15 |
Bulgaria[3] |
15 |
1.2 |
2640 |
|
15 |
Croatia[3] |
18 |
0.8 |
2480 |
1 |
8 |
Czech Republic[1] |
— |
0.2 |
3170 |
1 |
5 |
Hungary[1] |
— |
0.1 |
3420 |
2 |
8 |
Macedonia,The Fmr Yug Rp[3] |
4 |
0.1 |
2960 |
|
|
Poland[1] |
— |
0.3 |
3370 |
|
9 |
Romania[1] |
— |
0.3 |
3280 |
6 |
19 |
Slovakia[1] |
— |
0.1 |
3100 |
|
8 |
Slovenia[1] |
— |
0.0 |
3080 |
|
5 |
Yugoslavia, Fed Rep of[2]** |
8 |
0.8 |
2750 |
2 |
17 |
NOTES |
KEY |
Figure following country
name refers to prevalence category as proportion of population undernourished in 1997-99: |
— proportion less than 2.5% undernourished |
[1] < 2.5% undernourished |
SOURCES |
[2] 2.5 - 4 %
undernourished [3] 5 - 19 % undernourished [4] 20 - 34 % undernourished [5] 35 % or more undernourished |
Undenourished in total population: FAO estimates.
|
Table does not include countries having insufficient data. |
Under five mortality rate: UNICEF, State of the World's Children 2002 |