Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) - Nutrition - Health - World 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%.

Rank	Country	Value
Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population) - Nutrition - Health - World Development Indicators (2006)
1	Democratic Republic of the Congo	75
2	Eritrea	66
3	Burundi	63
4	Haiti	58
5	Comoros	51
6	Sierra Leone	46
7	Zambia	45
8	Angola	44
9	Ethiopia	44
10	Central African Republic	41
11	Rwanda	40
12	Zimbabwe	39
13	Chad	38
14	Liberia	38
15	Mozambique	37
16	Togo	37
17	Tanzania	35
18	Madagascar	35
19	Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC)	34.39
20	Least developed countries: UN classification	32.91
21	Yemen	32
22	Djibouti	31
23	Guinea-Bissau	31
24	Low income	30.03
25	Kenya	30
26	Mongolia	29
27	Malawi	29
28	Gambia	29
29	Niger	28
30	Sub-Saharan Africa	27.85
31	Antigua and Barbuda	27
32	Tajikistan	26
33	Bangladesh	26
34	Botswana	26
35	Cambodia	25
36	Senegal	25
37	Armenia	23
38	Cameroon	23
39	Bolivia	23
40	Timor-Leste	23
41	Grenada	23
42	Pakistan	23
43	South Asia	22.40
44	India	22
45	Sri Lanka	21
46	Republic of the Congo	21
47	Dominican Republic	21
48	Nicaragua	21
49	Sudan	20
50	Benin	19
51	Laos	19
52	Namibia	19
53	Swaziland	18
54	Burma	17
55	Panama	17
56	Thailand	17
57	Low & middle income	16.01
58	Nepal	16
59	Guinea	16
60	Guatemala	16
61	Indonesia	16
62	Lower middle income	15.03
63	St. Kitts and Nevis	15
64	West Bank and Gaza	15
65	Philippines	15
66	Uganda	15
67	Lesotho	15
68	Cape Verde	14
69	Ivory Coast	14
70	Middle income	13.21
71	Peru	13
72	Uzbekistan	13
73	Vietnam	13
74	Ecuador	13
75	Georgia	12
76	Paraguay	12
77	Honduras	12
78	Venezuela	12
79	East Asia & Pacific	11.87
80	Azerbaijan	11
81	El Salvador	10
82	China	10
83	Trinidad and Tobago	10
84	Colombia	10
85	Mali	10
86	Solomon Islands	9
87	New Caledonia	9
88	Burkina Faso	9
89	Latin America & Caribbean	8.89
90	Ghana	8
91	St. Lucia	8
92	Mauritania	8
93	Nigeria	8
94	Seychelles	8
95	Bermuda	8
96	Middle East & North Africa	7.26
97	Maldives	7
98	Suriname	7
99	Upper middle income	6.18
100	Europe & Central Asia	6.14
101	Mauritius	6
102	Guyana	6
103	Turkmenistan	6
104	Brazil	6
105	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	6
106	Vanuatu	6
107	Bahamas	6
108	High income	5.01
109	Albania	5
110	Kiribati	5
111	Kyrgyzstan	5
112	Kazakhstan	5
113	Japan	5
114	Jordan	5
115	Lithuania	5
116	Luxembourg	5
117	Latvia	5
118	Morocco	5
119	Moldova	5
120	Jamaica	5
121	North Korea	5
122	Mexico	5
123	Italy	5
124	Macedonia	5
125	Israel	5
126	Malta	5
127	Iceland	5
128	Iran	5
129	Ireland	5
130	Hungary	5
131	Malaysia	5
132	Croatia	5
133	Greece	5
134	Netherlands	5
135	Norway	5
136	New Zealand	5
137	High income: OECD	5
138	United Kingdom	5
139	Gabon	5
140	France	5
141	Fiji	5
142	Poland	5
143	Portugal	5
144	Finland	5
145	Estonia	5
146	Romania	5
147	Russia	5
148	Spain	5
149	Euro area	5
150	Saudi Arabia	5
151	Egypt	5
152	Netherlands Antilles	5
153	Algeria	5
154	Denmark	5
155	Dominica	5
156	Germany	5
157	Sao Tome and Principe	5
158	United Arab Emirates	5
159	Slovakia	5
160	Slovenia	5
161	Sweden	5
162	Czech Republic	5
163	Argentina	5
164	Syria	5
165	Cyprus	5
166	Cuba	5
167	Costa Rica	5
168	Barbados	5
169	Australia	5
170	Chile	5
171	Switzerland	5
172	Tunisia	5
173	Turkey	5
174	Canada	5
175	Brunei Darussalam	5
176	Ukraine	5
177	Austria	5
178	Uruguay	5
179	United States	5
180	Belgium	5
181	Kuwait	5
182	Lebanon	5
183	Belize	5
184	South Korea	5
185	Belarus	5
186	Samoa	5
187	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5
188	South Africa	5
189	Libya	5
190	Bulgaria	5
191	French Polynesia	5

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