Number of people who are undernourished - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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People undernourished are those whose dietary energy consumption is continuously below a minimum requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out light physical activity with an acceptable minimum weight for height.
Number of people who are undernourished - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (2007)

Rank

Country

Value

1Low & middle income800,300,000
2Middle income564,600,000
3Lower middle income537,000,000
4South Asia331,100,000
5India237,700,000
6Low income235,700,000
7Least developed countries: UN classification234,600,000
8East Asia & Pacific (developing only)214,900,000
9East Asia & Pacific (all income levels)214,900,000
10Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only)197,200,000
11Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels)197,200,000
12Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)175,200,000
13China130,400,000
14Pakistan43,400,000
15Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels)42,000,000
16Democratic Republic of the Congo41,900,000
17Latin America & Caribbean (developing only)41,900,000
18Bangladesh41,700,000
19Ethiopia31,600,000
20Indonesia29,900,000
21Upper middle income27,600,000
22Arab World17,100,000
23Tanzania13,700,000
24Philippines13,200,000
25Brazil12,100,000
26Kenya11,200,000
27Thailand10,800,000
28Vietnam9,600,000
29Nigeria9,200,000
30Sudan8,800,000
31Mozambique8,100,000
32South Korea7,800,000
33North Korea7,800,000
34Burma7,800,000
35Middle East & North Africa (all income levels)7,700,000
36Europe & Central Asia (all income levels)7,600,000
37Europe & Central Asia (developing only)7,600,000
38Middle East & North Africa (developing only)7,600,000
39Angola7,100,000
40Yemen6,700,000
41Uganda6,100,000
42Haiti5,500,000
43Zambia5,200,000
44Burundi4,700,000
45Madagascar4,500,000
46Nepal4,500,000
47Colombia4,300,000
48Peru4,300,000
49Cameroon3,900,000
50Malawi3,900,000
51Sri Lanka3,800,000
52Chad3,800,000
53Zimbabwe3,700,000
54Rwanda3,100,000
55Cambodia3,000,000
56Uzbekistan3,000,000
57Eritrea3,000,000
58Ivory Coast2,800,000
59Niger2,700,000
60Guatemala2,700,000
61Bolivia2,500,000
62Dominican Republic2,300,000
63Venezuela2,100,000
64Ecuador2,000,000
65Tajikistan2,000,000
66Senegal2,000,000
67Sierra Leone1,800,000
68Togo1,800,000
69Central African Republic1,700,000
70Guinea1,600,000
71Mali1,500,000
72Laos1,400,000
73Burkina Faso1,200,000
74Liberia1,200,000
75Ghana1,200,000
76Nicaragua1,100,000
77Benin1,000,000
78Honduras900,000
79Bulgaria800,000
80European Union800,000
81West Bank and Gaza700,000
82Armenia700,000
83Mongolia700,000
84Paraguay700,000
85Kyrgyzstan600,000
86El Salvador600,000
87Panama500,000
88Republic of the Congo500,000
89Botswana500,000
90Comoros400,000
91Namibia400,000
92Lesotho300,000
93Timor-Leste300,000
94Turkmenistan300,000
95Guinea-Bissau300,000
96Gambia300,000
97Mauritania200,000
98Swaziland200,000
99High income200,000
100Moldova200,000
101Djibouti200,000
102High income: nonOECD200,000
103Mauritius100,000
104Suriname100,000
105Kuwait100,000
106Guyana100,000
107Trinidad and Tobago100,000
108Jamaica100,000
109Grenada0
110North America0
111Seychelles0
112St. Kitts and Nevis0
113Maldives0
114St. Lucia0
115Morocco0
116Bermuda0
117Belize0
118Bahamas0
119Vanuatu0
120Antigua and Barbuda0
121New Caledonia0
122Solomon Islands0
123St. Vincent and the Grenadines0
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