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Number of undernourished people (millions)
UN SDG
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120 countries · 2001–2023
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Value
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1
India
172.1
2
Nigeria
45.4
3
Pakistan
40.9
4
Congo, Dem. Rep.
40.7
5
Ethiopia
25.4
6
Kenya
20.4
7
Bangladesh
17.9
8
Indonesia
17.7
9
Tanzania
13.4
10
Madagascar
12.3
11
Afghanistan
11.7
12
Egypt, Arab Rep.
10.8
13
Uganda
10.7
14
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
9.8
15
Syrian Arab Republic
9.2
16
Angola
8.3
17
Zambia
7.7
18
Mozambique
7.3
19
Iraq
6.7
20
Haiti
6.3
21
South Africa
6.3
22
Chad
6.2
23
Iran, Islamic Rep.
6.2
24
Viet Nam
5.3
25
Malawi
4.5
26
Mexico
3.5
27
Cote d'Ivoire
3.5
28
Niger
3.4
29
Philippines
3.4
30
Rwanda
3.4
31
Thailand
3.3
32
Zimbabwe
3.2
33
Papua New Guinea
3
34
Burkina Faso
3
35
Myanmar
2.9
36
Mali
2.9
37
Ukraine
2.7
38
Bolivia
2.7
39
Morocco
2.6
40
South Sudan
2.6
41
Peru
2.3
42
Ecuador
2.2
43
Ghana
2.1
44
Guatemala
2.1
45
Colombia
2
46
Liberia
2
47
Sierra Leone
2
48
Benin
2
49
Venezuela, RB
1.7
50
Sri Lanka
1.7
51
Jordan
1.6
52
Guinea
1.6
53
Central African Republic
1.6
54
Honduras
1.6
55
Congo, Rep.
1.6
56
Nepal
1.6
57
Argentina
1.5
58
Cameroon
1.4
59
Libya
1.2
60
Taiwan
0.9
61
Cambodia
0.9
62
Senegal
0.9
63
Tajikistan
0.9
64
Togo
0.8
65
Botswana
0.6
66
Gabon
0.6
67
Namibia
0.5
68
Lebanon
0.5
69
Guinea-Bissau
0.5
70
Gambia, The
0.5
71
Chile
0.5
72
Tunisia
0.4
73
Kyrgyz Republic
0.4
74
Mauritania
0.4
75
El Salvador
0.4
76
Dominican Republic
0.4
77
Paraguay
0.4
78
Turkmenistan
0.3
79
Oman
0.3
80
Panama
0.3
81
Timor-Leste
0.3
82
Trinidad and Tobago
0.2
83
Hong Kong SAR, China
0.2
84
Albania
0.2
85
Jamaica
0.2
86
Solomon Islands
0.2
87
Slovak Republic
0.2
88
Eswatini
0.2
89
Comoros
0.1
90
Djibouti
0.1
91
Mauritius
0.1
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