Our World in Data · OWID.UNDERNOURISH
Share of people who are undernourished
Share of the population whose daily food intake does not provide enough energy to maintain a normal, active, and healthy life.
Share of people who are undernourished data
Unweighted average of the 49 countries reporting in 2023
+4.9% on 2013. Country values run from 2.5 to 53.2 percent. An average of country values, not a regional total.
- Countries covered
- 50
- Years
- 2001–2023
- Observations
- 1,117
- Source
- Our World in Data
Countries
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Years
2001 – 2023 · 23 years
Annual values by country, 2001 to 2023
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- Algeria
- Angola
- Benin
3 countries · 23 years · 1,117 values in the snapshot
Data tablevalues in percent
| Country | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria DZ | 7.3 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 5 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Angola AO | 67.8 | 63.6 | 57.5 | 50.6 | 42.9 | 36 | 29.8 | 24.4 | 19.7 | 16.2 | 14.8 | 14 | 13.5 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 15.9 | 18.2 | 20.8 | 22.6 | 23.1 | 22.5 |
| Benin BJ | 14.3 | 12.8 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 8.5 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.1 | 9.6 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 14.3 |
Source and notes
- Indicator code
- OWID.UNDERNOURISH
- Unit
- percent
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Collection
- Our World in Data
Values as published by Our World in Data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (2025). Coverage is the countries and years held in this snapshot, not the full extent of the series at source. Check at ourworldindata.org.
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