ANNEX TABLE I: Food, Nutrition and Health Indicators

Proportion of population under-nourished

Number of people under-nourished

Per caput dietary
energy supply

Underweight Under-fives (moderate and severe)

Life Expectancy
at Birth

Under Five Mortality Rate

Region, subregion, country

1997-99

1997-99

1997-99

1995-2000

2000

2000

(%)

(millions)

(kcal/day)

(%)

(years)

(%)

DEVELOPING WORLD

17

777.2

2680

28

ASIA AND PACIFIC

16

497.1

2710

17

69

34

EAST ASIA

10

126.9

3020

China[3]*

9

116.3

3040

10

71

32

China, Hong Kong SAR[1]

-

0.1

3190

Korea, Dem People's Rep[5]

40

8.8

2080

60

64

23

Korea, Republic of[1]

-

0.7

3050

75

5

Mongolia[5]

42

1.0

2000

13

63

62

OCEANIA

26

1.2

2180

Papua New Guinea[4]

26

1.2

2180

35

57

79

SOUTH EAST ASIA

13

65.9

2660

Cambodia[5]

37

4.6

1980

46

56

95

Indonesia[3]

6

12.0

2900

26

66

35

Laos[4]

28

1.4

2150

40

53

90

Malaysia[1]

-

0.4

2930

18

72

8

Myanmar[3]

7

3.2

2790

36

56

78

Philippines[4]

24

17.2

2330

28

69

30

Thailand[4]

21

12.9

2410

19

70

25

Viet Nam[3]

19

14.2

2500

36

68

30

SOUTH ASIA

24

303.0

2400

46

72

Bangladesh[4]

33

44.1

2120

48

59

54

India[4]

23

225.3

2430

47

63

69

Nepal[4]

23

5.0

2290

47

59

72

Pakistan[3]

18

24.4

2480

38

60

85

Sri Lanka[4]

23

4.3

2350

33

72

17

LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN

11

53.6

2830

8

30

NORTH AMERICA

5

5.0

3150

Mexico[3]

5

5.0

3150

8

73

25

CENTRAL AMERICA

19

6.4

2380

Costa Rica[3]

5

0.2

2770

5

76

10

El Salvador[3]

12

0.7

2490

12

70

34

Guatemala[4]

22

2.3

2230

24

65

44

Honduras[4]

21

1.3

2370

25

66

32

Nicaragua[4]

29

1.4

2240

12

68

37

Panama[3]

16

0.4

2460

7

74

20

CARIBBEAN

28

8.8

2320

Cuba[3]

17

1.9

2450

4

76

7

Dominican Republic[4]

25

2.0

2320

5

67

42

Haiti[5]

56

4.5

1930

28

53

81

Jamaica[3]

8

0.2

2740

4

75

17

Trinidad and Tobago[3]

13

0.2

2700

7

74

17

SOUTH AMERICA

10

33.4

2820

Argentina[1]

-

0.4

3170

73

18

Bolivia[4]

22

1.7

2220

10

62

62

Brazil[3]

10

15.9

2970

6

68

32

Chile[2]

4

0.6

2860

1

75

10

Colombia[3]

13

5.3

2580

7

71

25

Ecuador[2]

5

0.6

2700

15

70

25

Guyana[3]

14

0.1

2560

12

63

55

Paraguay[3]

13

0.7

2570

5

70

26

Peru[3]

13

3.1

2550

8

69

40

Suriname[3]

11

0.0

2610

71

27

Uruguay[2]

3

30.1

2840

5

74

15

Venezuela, Boliv Rep Of[4]

21

4.8

2280

5

73

20

NEAR EAST AND
NORTH AFRICA

9

32.5

3010

49

NEAR EAST

11

26.5

2910

Afghanistan[5]

58

12.1

1800

48

43

165

Iran, Islamic Rep of[3]

5

3.5

2930

11

69

36

Iraq[3]

14

3.0

2420

16

62

105

Jordan[2]

5

0.2

2810

5

70

28

Kuwait[2]

4

0.1

3140

10

76

9

Lebanon[1]

-

0.1

3230

3

73

28

Saudi Arabia[1]

-

0.4

2960

14

72

24

Syrian Arab Republic[1]

-

0.2

3330

13

71

24

Turkey[1]

-

1.2

3490

8

70

38

United Arab Emirates[1]

-

0.1

3170

14

75

8

Yemen[4]

34

5.7

2040

46

61

85

NORTH AFRICA

4

6.1

3180

Algeria[3]

6

1.7

2930

6

70

50

Egypt[2]

4

2.4

3320

12

67

37

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya[1]

-

0.0

3290

5

70

17

Morocco[3]

6

1.8

3030

9

68

41

Tunisia[1]

-

0.0

3340

4

70

22

SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA

34

194.0

2190

30

108

CENTRAL AFRICA

51

39.7

1890

Cameroon[4]

25

3.6

2260

21

50

95

Central African Republic[5]

43

1.5

1970

24

44

115

Chad[4]

34

2.5

2140

28

46

118

Congo, Dem Republic of[5]

64

0.9

1710

34

51

128

Congo, Republic of[4]

32

31.0

2170

14

51

81

Gabon[3]

9

0.1

2520

53

60

EAST AFRICA

43

85.5

1960

Burundi[5]

66

4.1

1660

45

41

114

Eritrea[5]

57

2.0

1710

44

52

73

Ethiopia[5]

49

29.6

1810

47

44

117

Kenya[5]

46

13.4

1930

23

51

77

Rwanda[5]

40

2.6

2020

29

40

100

Somalia[5]

75

6.0

1550

26

48

133

Sudan[4]

21

6.3

2370

17

56

66

Tanzania, United Rep of[5]

46

6.2

1930

29

51

104

Uganda[4]

28

15.5

2190

26

44

81

SOUTHERN AFRICA

43

36.7

2020

Angola[5]

51

6.3

1880

45

172

Botswana[4]

23

0.3

2280

13

40

74

Lesotho[4]

25

0.5

2310

16

46

92

Madagascar[5]

40

6.1

2000

33

53

86

Malawi[5]

35

3.8

2120

25

40

117

Mauritius[3]

6

0.1

2950

16

71

17

Mozambique[5]

54

9.5

1920

26

39

126

Namibia[4]

33

0.6

2090

26

45

56

Swaziland[3]

12

0.1

2550

10

44

101

Zambia[5]

47

4.7

1940

25

41

112

Zimbabwe[5]

39

4.8

2080

13

43

73

WEST AFRICA

15

32.1

2590

Benin[3]

15

0.9

2500

29

54

98

Burkina Faso[4]

24

2.6

2290

34

47

105

Cote D'Ivoire[3]

16

2.4

2570

21

48

102

Gambia[3]

15

0.2

2570

17

46

92

Ghana[3]

15

2.7

2550

25

57

58

Guinea[4]

34

2.7

2200

23

48

112

Liberia[5]

42

1.0

2080

20

52

157

Mali[4]

28

3.0

2240

43

51

142

Mauritania[3]

11

0.3

2690

23

51

120

Niger[5]

41

4.2

2010

40

45

159

Nigeria[3]

7

7.6

2810

27

52

110

Senegal[4]

24

2.1

2280

18

53

80

Sierra Leone[5]

41

1.7

2080

27

39

180

Togo[3]

17

0.7

2510

25

52

80

COUNTRIES
IN TRANSITION

6

26.5

2910

7

30

COMMONWEALTH OF INDEPENDENT STATES

8

22.7

2790

Armenia[5]

35

1.3

2160

3

73

25

Azerbaijan[5]

37

2.9

2130

17

72

74

Belarus[1]

-

0.1

3210

69

17

Georgia[3]

18

1.0

2400

3

73

24

Kazakhstan[3]

11

1.7

2610

4

65

60

Kyrgyzstan[3]

10

0.5

2730

11

68

53

Moldova, Republic of[3]

10

0.4

2720

3

67

27

Russian Federation[3]

6

8.1

2860

3

66

18

Tajikistan[5]

47

2.8

1980

68

54

Turkmenistan[3]

9

0.4

2660

66

52

Ukraine[3]

5

2.6

2830

3

68

17

Uzbekistan[2]

4

0.9

2910

19

69

51

BALTIC STATES

3

0.3

3000

Estonia[2]

4

0.1

3080

71

17

Latvia[2]

4

0.1

2930

70

17

Lithuania[2]

3

0.1

3010

72

17

EASTERN EUROPE

3

3.6

3160

Albania[3]

10

0.3

2680

14

73

27

Bosnia And Herzegovina[2]

4

0.2

2930

4

74

15

Bulgaria[3]

11

0.9

2800

71

15

Croatia[3]

15

0.7

2540

1

74

8

Czech Republic[1]

-

0.1

3240

1

75

5

Hungary[1]

-

0.1

3410

2

71

8

Macedonia,The Fmr Yug Rp[3]

5

0.1

2860

Poland[1]

-

0.3

3340

73

9

Romania[1]

-

0.3

3260

6

70

19

Slovakia[1]

-

0.1

3080

73

8

Slovenia[1]

-

0.0

3020

76

5

Yugoslavia, Fed Rep of[2]**

5

0.5

2910

2

73

17