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World Undernourishment rate Ranking Map In the available data, Haiti has the highest recorded value at 54.2% (rank #1). Coverage: 168 countries and territories; reference year: Haiti 2023. Japan has no comparable value in this dataset. This estimates the share whose habitual food consumption is insufficient for an active, healthy life; a reported 2.5% may mean below 2.5%.
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Compare undernourishment rate across the world. Compare undernourishment rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details.
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Fiji: 6.8% Tanzania: 20.2% Western Sahara: No data Canada: 2.5% United States: 2.5% Kazakhstan: 2.5% Uzbekistan: 2.5% Papua New Guinea: 28.7% Indonesia: 6.3% Argentina: 3.4% Chile: 2.5% Democratic Republic of the Congo: 38.5% Somalia: 53.2% Kenya: 36.8% Sudan: 11% Chad: 32% Haiti: 54.2% Dominican Republic: 3.6% Russia: 2.5% Bahamas: No data Falkland Islands: No data Norway: 2.5% Greenland: No data Fr. S. Antarctic Lands: No data Timor-Leste: 18.7% South Africa: 10% Lesotho: No data Mexico: 2.7% Uruguay: 2.5% Brazil: 2.5% Bolivia: 21.8% Peru: 6.9% Colombia: 3.9% Panama: 5.7% Costa Rica: 2.5% Nicaragua: 17.3% Honduras: 14.8% El Salvador: 6.7% Guatemala: 11.8% Belize: 7% Venezuela: 5.9% Guyana: 2.5% Suriname: 9.7% France: 2.5% Ecuador: 12.1% Puerto Rico: No data Jamaica: 7.7% Cuba: No data Zimbabwe: 19.7% Botswana: 24% Namibia: 18.1% Senegal: 5.1% Mali: 12.3% Mauritania: 8.7% Benin: 14.3% Niger: 12.9% Nigeria: 19.9% Cameroon: 4.8% Togo: 9.1% Ghana: 6.3% Côte d’Ivoire: 11.1% Guinea: 11.4% Guinea-Bissau: 22.1% Liberia: 35.5% Sierra Leone: 24.1% Burkina Faso: 13.1% Central African Republic: 29.8% Republic of the Congo: 26.4% Gabon: 25.3% Equatorial Guinea: No data Zambia: 37.2% Malawi: 21.4% Mozambique: 21.8% Eswatini: 14.7% Angola: 22.5% Burundi: No data Israel: 2.5% Lebanon: 8.7% Madagascar: 39.5% Palestine: No data Gambia: 16.8% Tunisia: 3% Algeria: 2.5% Jordan: 14.3% United Arab Emirates: 2.5% Qatar: No data Kuwait: 2.5% Iraq: 14.9% Oman: 5.9% Vanuatu: 7.2% Cambodia: 5.2% Thailand: 4.6% Laos: No data Myanmar: 5.4% Vietnam: 5.3% North Korea: 47% South Korea: 2.5% Mongolia: 2.5% India: 12% Bangladesh: 10.4% Bhutan: No data Nepal: 5.3% Pakistan: 16.5% Afghanistan: 28.1% Tajikistan: 8.4% Kyrgyzstan: 5.1% Turkmenistan: 4.3% Iran: 6.8% Syria: 39% Armenia: 2.5% Sweden: 2.5% Belarus: 2.5% Ukraine: 6.9% Poland: 2.5% Austria: 2.5% Hungary: 2.5% Moldova: 2.5% Romania: 2.5% Lithuania: 2.5% Latvia: 2.5% Estonia: 2.5% Germany: 2.5% Bulgaria: 2.5% Greece: 2.5% Türkiye: 2.5% Albania: 5.4% Croatia: 2.5% Switzerland: 2.5% Luxembourg: 2.5% Belgium: 2.5% Netherlands: 2.5% Portugal: 2.5% Spain: 2.5% Ireland: 2.5% New Caledonia: 4.9% Solomon Islands: 20% New Zealand: 2.5% Australia: 2.5% Sri Lanka: 7.4% China: 2.5% Taiwan: No data Italy: 2.5% Denmark: 2.5% United Kingdom: 2.5% Iceland: 2.5% Azerbaijan: 2.5% Georgia: 2.5% Philippines: 3% Malaysia: 2.5% Brunei: No data Slovenia: 2.5% Finland: 2.5% Slovakia: 3.1% Czechia: 2.5% Eritrea: No data Japan: No data Paraguay: 5.2% Yemen: No data Saudi Arabia: 2.5% Antarctica: No data N. Cyprus: No data Cyprus: 2.5% Morocco: 7% Egypt: 9.4% Libya: 16.5% Ethiopia: 19.7% Djibouti: 12.9% Somaliland: No data Uganda: 22% Rwanda: 24.4% Bosnia and Herzegovina: 2.5% North Macedonia: 2.5% Serbia: 2.5% Montenegro: 2.5% Kosovo: No data Trinidad and Tobago: 11.2% South Sudan: 22.3% Japan Haiti 1 Somalia 2 North Korea 3 Madagascar 4 Syria 5 United States 107 Uzbekistan 107 Uruguay 107 United Kingdom 107 North Macedonia 107 Democratic Republic of the Congo Chad Zambia Papua New Guinea Liberia Move map ⛶ Expand map+ − Reset
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Area 377,969 km² World # 63
Population 123,366,734 people World # 12 Did you know? No comparable undernourishment rate data is available for this country.
1 Haiti 54.2% 2 Somalia 53.2% 3 North Korea 47% 4 Madagascar 39.5% 5 Syria 39%
107 Uzbekistan 2.5% 107 Uruguay 2.5% 107 United States 2.5% 107 United Kingdom 2.5% 107 North Macedonia 2.5% 02 / ABOUT THIS DATA
How to read the Undernourishment rate ranking map Compare undernourishment rate by country on a ten-level world heat map. Explore the top and bottom five, the full ranking and country details. This page orders 168 countries and territories by value and divides the ranking into ten map colors.
Top 3 #1 Haiti (54.2%), #2 Somalia (53.2%), #3 North Korea (47%)
Japan’s position No comparable data is available
Data period latest available year by country (2010–2025) Reference years differ by country. Compare each value with the year and source shown in the country card.
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Undernourishment rate Full ranking168 countries #6 Democratic Republic of the Congo 38.5% Profile #11 Central African Republic 29.8% Profile #14 Republic of the Congo 26.4% Profile #33 Sao Tome and Principe 17.4% Profile #78 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 6.1% Profile #107 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.5% Profile #107 United Arab Emirates 2.5% Profile