List of countries by percentage of population suffering from undernourishment

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Map of world undernourishment levels by country. Data is probably missing from several nations.

This is a list of countries by percentage of population suffering from undernourishment, as defined by the United Nations World Food Programme and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization in its "The State of Food Insecurity in the World" 2006 report.

Ranking	Country	Percentage of population suffering from undernourishment in 1990-92	Percentage of population suffering from undernourishment in 2001-2003
1	Eritrea	68%	73%
2	Democratic Republic of the Congo	31%	72%
3	Burundi	48%	67%
4	Tajikistan	22%	61%
5	Sierra Leone	46%	50%
6	Liberia	34%	49%
7	Zambia	48%	47%
7	Haiti	65%	47%
9	Ethiopia	61%	46%
10	Zimbabwe	45%	45%
10	Mozambique	66%	45%
10	Central African Republic	50%	45%
13	Tanzania	37%	44%
14	Madagascar	35%	38%
14	Angola	58%	38%
16	Yemen	34%	37%
17	Rwanda	43%	36%
18	North Korea	18%	35%
19	Malawi	50%	34%
19	Republic of the Congo	54%	34%
21	Cambodia	43%	33%
21	Chad	58%	33%
23	Niger	41%	32%
24	Kenya	39%	31%
25	Bangladesh	35%	30%
25	Botswana	23%	30%
27	Armenia	52%	29%
28	Mongolia	34%	28%
28	Comoros	29%	28%
30	Gambia	22%	27%
30	Sudan	31%	27%
30	Dominican Republic	27%	27%
30	Nicaragua	30%	27%
34	Uzbekistan	8%	26%
35	Togo	33%	25%
35	Cameroon	33%	25%
35	Panama	21%	25%
38	Guinea	39%	24%
39	Pakistan	24%	23%
39	Guatemala	16%	23%
39	Bolivia	28%	23%
39	Namibia	34%	23%
39	Senegal	23%	23%
44	Honduras	23%	22%
44	Sri Lanka	28%	22%
46	Laos	29%	21%
46	Thailand	30%	21%
48	India	25%	20%
49	Philippines	26%	19%
49	Uganda	24%	19%
49	Swaziland	14%	19%
52	Venezuela	11%	18%
	Developing World	20%	17%
53	Vietnam	31%	17%
53	Nepal	20%	17%
53	Burkina Faso	21%	17%
56	Paraguay	18%	15%
57	Côte d'Ivoire	18%	14%
57	Benin	20%	14%
57	Colombia	17%	14%
60	Georgia	44%	13%
61	Ghana	37%	12%
61	Lesotho	17%	12%
61	Peru	42%	12%
61	China	16%	12%
65	El Salvador	12%	11%
65	Trinidad and Tobago	13%	11%
65	Moldova	5%	11%
68	Serbia and Montenegro^[1]	5%	10%
68	Azerbaijan	34%	10%
68	Mauritania	15%	10%
68	Suriname	13%	10%
68	Jamaica	14%	10%
73	Guyana	21%	9%
73	Nigeria	13%	9%
73	Bulgaria	8%	9%
73	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9%	9%
77	Turkmenistan	12%	8%
77	Kazakhstan	<2.5%	8%
77	Brazil	12%	8%
80	Jordan	4%	7%
80	Croatia	16%	7%
80	Republic of Macedonia	15%	7%
83	Slovakia	4%	6%
83	Albania	5%	6%
83	Mauritius	6%	6%
83	Morocco	6%	6%
83	Indonesia	9%	6%
88	Myanmar	10%	5%
88	Mexico	5%	5%
88	Ecuador	8%	5%
88	Kuwait	24%	5%
88	Algeria	5%	5%
88	Gabon	10%	5%
94	Kyrgyzstan	21%	4%
94	Syria	5%	4%
94	Saudi Arabia	4%	4%
94	Iran	4%	4%
94	Chile	8%	4%
94	Costa Rica	6%	4%
100	Malaysia	3%	3%
100	Uruguay	7%	3%
100	Lebanon	<2.5%	3%
100	Turkey	<2.5%	3%
100	Egypt	4%	3%
100	Belarus	<2.5%	3%
100	Russia	4%	3%
100	Ukraine	<2.5%	3%
100	Estonia	9%	3%
100	Latvia	3%	3%
100	Slovenia	3%	3%
111	Cuba	7%	<2.5%
111	United Arab Emirates	4%	<2.5%
111	Lithuania	4%	<2.5%
111	Hungary	<2.5%	<2.5%
111	Poland	<2.5%	<2.5%
111	Tunisia	<2.5%	<2.5%
111	Libya	<2.5%	<2.5%
111	Romania	<2.5%	<2.5%
111	Czech Republic	<2.5%	<2.5%
111	Argentina	<2.5%	<2.5%
111	South Korea	<2.5%	<2.5%