List of countries by percentage of population suffering from undernourishment

Map of world undernourishment levels by country. Data from the 2009 report The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2009.

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" 2009 report.

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Ranking	Country	Percentage of population suffering from undernourishment in 1990-92	Percentage of population suffering from undernourishment in 2004-06
1	Congo, Democratic Republic of	29%	75%
2	Eritrea	67%	66%
3	Burundi	44%	63%
4	Haiti	63%	58%
5	Sierra Leone	45%	46%
6	Zambia	40%	45%
7	Angola	66%	44%
7	Ethiopia	71%	44%
9	Central African Republic	47%	41%
10	Rwanda	45%	40%
11	Zimbabwe	40%	39%
12	Chad	59%	38%
12	Liberia	30%	38%
14	Mozambique	59%	37%
14	Togo	45%	37%
16	Madagascar	32%	35%
16	Tanzania	28%	35%
18	Korea, Democratic Republic of	21%	32%
18	Yemen	30%	32%
20	Kenya	33%	30%
21	Malawi	45%	29%
21	Mongolia	30%	29%
21	Gambia	20%	29%
24	Niger	38%	28%
25	Bangladesh	36%	26%
25	Botswana	20%	26%
25	Tajikistan	34%	26%
28	Cambodia	38%	25%
28	Senegal	28%	25%
30	Armenia	43%	23%
30	Bolivia	24%	23%
30	Cameroon	34%	23%
30	Pakistan	22%	23%
34	India	24%	22%
35	Congo, Republic of the	40%	21%
35	Dominican Republic	27%	21%
35	Nicaragua	52%	21%
35	Sri Lanka	27%	21%
39	Sudan	31%	20%
40	Benin	28%	19%
40	Laos	27%	19%
40	Namibia	29%	19%
43	Swaziland	12%	18%
44	Myanmar	44%	17%
44	Panama	18%	17%
44	Thailand	29%	17%
	Developing World	20%	16%
47	Guatemala	14%	16%
47	Indonesia	19%	16%
47	Nepal	21%	16%
50	Lesotho	15%	15%
50	Philippines	21%	15%
50	Uganda	19%	15%
53	Côte d'Ivoire	15%	14%
54	Ecuador	24%	13%
54	Peru	28%	13%
54	Vietnam	28%	13%
54	Uzbekistan	5%	13%
57	Honduras	19%	12%
57	Georgia	47%	12%
57	Paraguay	16%	12%
57	Venezuela	14%	12%
61	Azerbaijan	27%	11%
62	China	15%	10%
62	Colombia	15%	10%
62	El Salvador	9%	10%
62	Mali	14%	10%
62	Trinidad and Tobago	11%	10%
68	Burkina Faso	14%	9%
69	Ghana	34%	8%
69	Nigeria	15%	8%
71	Suriname	11%	7%
72	Brazil	10%	6%
72	Guyana	18%	6%
72	Mauritius	7%	6%
72	Turkmenistan	9%	6%
75	Jamaica	11%	5%
76	Albania	5%	<5%
76	Algeria	<5%	<5%
76	Argentina	<5%	<5%
76	Belarus	<5%	<5%
72	Brazil	6%	<5%
76	Bulgaria	8%	<5%
76	Bosnia and Herzegovina	9%	<5%
76	Chile	7%	<5%
76	Croatia	16%	<5%
76	Costa Rica	6%	<5%
76	Cuba	5%	<5%
76	Czech Republic	<5%	<5%
76	Egypt	<5%	<5%
76	Estonia	9%	<5%
76	Gabon	5%	<5%
76	Hungary	<5%	<5%
76	Iran	<5%	<5%
76	Jordan	<5%	<5%
76	Kazakhstan	<5%	<5%
76	Kyrgyzstan	9%	<5%
76	Kuwait	20%	<5%
76	Latvia	<5%	<5%
76	Lebanon	<5%	<5%
76	Libya	<5%	<5%
76	Lithuania	<5%	<5%
76	Republic of Macedonia	15%	<5%
76	Malaysia	<5%	<5%
76	Mexico	5%	<5%
76	Morocco	5%	<5%
76	Poland	<5%	<5%
76	Romania	<5%	<5%
76	Saudi Arabia	<5%	<5%
76	Slovakia	4%	<5%
76	Syria	<5%	<5%
76	Tunisia	<5%	<5%
76	Ukraine	<5%	<5%