ATLAS · UNDERNOURISHMENT

Undernourishment by Country

The whole world, recoloured by undernourishment. Undernourishment worldwide (world figure): 8.5% (2023). On the map below, paler countries sit at the low end and the deepest green at the high end. Tap any nation to open its full profile. Share of people who do not get enough food energy for a healthy life, World Bank (FAO). Higher means more hunger.

HIGHEST (LEAST GOOD)

54.2%

LOWEST (BEST)

2.5%

WORLD

8.5%

169 countries with a figure

For undernourishment, a lower figure is the better outcome — so the deepest-green country on the map is the one with the most to improve.

Source: World Bank Open Data (CC-BY 4.0), 2023 · geometry: Natural Earth (public domain)

How the map is coloured

2.5%22.0%

No figure — the source has no value for this country (shown in words, never as zero).

The 25 highest

169 countries and territories have a undernourishment figure. Here are the highest — and since a lower figure is better for undernourishment, these are the countries with the furthest to go:

#	Country	Undernourishment
1	Haiti	54.2%
2	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	53.2%
3	Korea, Dem. People's Rep.	47.0%
4	Madagascar	39.5%
5	Syrian Arab Republic	39.0%
6	Congo, Dem. Rep.	38.5%
7	Zambia	37.2%
8	Kenya	36.8%
9	Liberia	35.5%
10	Chad	32.0%
11	Central African Republic	29.8%
12	Papua New Guinea	28.7%
13	Afghanistan	28.1%
14	Congo, Rep.	26.4%
15	Gabon	25.3%
16	Rwanda	24.4%
17	Sierra Leone	24.1%
18	Botswana	24.0%
19	Angola	22.5%
20	South Sudan	22.3%
21	Guinea-Bissau	22.1%
22	Uganda	22.0%
23	Bolivia	21.8%
24	Mozambique	21.8%
25	Malawi	21.4%

Haiti ranks 1st of 169.Every country’s full standing is on its profile.

Understand the number

ATLAS · FIELD GUIDE

Undernourishment: How the World Counts Hunger, and Why So Many Rich Countries Are Blank

The undernourishment map shows the share of each country's people who do not get enough food energy for a healthy life — the UN's clearest measure of chronic hunger. A plain-language guide to what the figure captures, why it is different from food insecurity, and why many wealthy countries appear as no-data rather than zero.

THE WORLD, BY THE NUMBERS

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