Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators

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Population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (also referred to as prevalence of undernourishment) shows the percentage of the population whose food intake is insufficient to meet dietary energy requirements continuously. Data showing as 2.5 signifies a prevalence of undernourishment below 2.5%. Source: Food and Agriculture Organization

Rank	Country	Value
Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (2005)
1	Democratic Republic of the Congo	76
2	Eritrea	68
3	Burundi	63
4	Comoros	52
5	Sierra Leone	47
6	Angola	46
7	Ethiopia	46
8	Zambia	45
9	Central African Republic	43
10	Zimbabwe	40
11	Rwanda	40
12	Liberia	40
13	Chad	39
14	Mozambique	38
15	Togo	37
16	Madagascar	37
17	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa and Nigeria	35.61
18	Tanzania	35
19	Djibouti	32
20	Guinea-Bissau	32
21	Kenya	32
22	Sub-Saharan Africa excluding South Africa	30.28
23	Gambia	30
24	Niger	29
25	Malawi	29
26	Sub-Saharan Africa	28.70
27	Botswana	26
28	Senegal	26
29	Africa	24.63
30	Cameroon	23
31	Republic of the Congo	22
32	Sudan	21
33	Namibia	19
34	Benin	19
35	Swaziland	18
36	Guinea	17
37	Lesotho	15
38	Uganda	15
39	Ivory Coast	14
40	Mali	11
41	Burkina Faso	10
42	Nigeria	9
43	Ghana	9
44	Seychelles	9
45	Mauritania	8
46	Mauritius	6
47	North Africa	5
48	Libya	5
49	Gabon	5
50	Egypt	5
51	Sao Tome and Principe	5
52	Algeria	5
53	Tunisia	5
54	South Africa	5
55	Morocco	5

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