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Number of undernourished people (millions)
UN SDG
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119 countries · 2001–2024
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Data 2024 · Status unspecified
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2024
All regions
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Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan
South Asia
Sub-Saharan Africa
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Value
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1
India
142.5
2
Nigeria
51.6
3
Congo, Dem. Rep.
43.2
4
Pakistan
40.4
5
Ethiopia
26.3
6
Kenya
19.7
7
Indonesia
18
8
Bangladesh
14.3
9
Madagascar
13.3
10
Tanzania
13.1
11
Afghanistan
11.9
12
Somalia, Fed. Rep.
10.7
13
Uganda
10.4
14
Syrian Arab Republic
10.1
15
Egypt, Arab Rep.
9.8
16
Zambia
8.7
17
Mozambique
7.7
18
South Africa
7.2
19
Chad
6.8
20
Angola
6.6
21
Iraq
6.2
22
Iran, Islamic Rep.
6.2
23
Haiti
6.1
24
Viet Nam
6.1
25
Malawi
5.3
26
Mexico
4.1
27
Ukraine
4.1
28
Thailand
3.9
29
Philippines
3.9
30
Cote d'Ivoire
3.6
31
Niger
3.5
32
Papua New Guinea
3.2
33
Rwanda
3.2
34
Zimbabwe
3.1
35
Mali
3
36
Burkina Faso
2.8
37
Morocco
2.5
38
Myanmar
2.5
39
Bolivia
2.4
40
South Sudan
2.3
41
Guatemala
2.3
42
Ghana
2.2
43
Sierra Leone
2.2
44
Colombia
2.2
45
Liberia
2.1
46
Peru
2
47
Ecuador
2
48
Benin
1.6
49
Central African Republic
1.6
50
Congo, Rep.
1.6
51
Venezuela, RB
1.5
52
Nepal
1.5
53
Honduras
1.5
54
Jordan
1.4
55
Libya
1.4
56
Cameroon
1.4
57
Argentina
1.3
58
Guinea
1.3
59
Sri Lanka
1.1
60
Senegal
1
61
Togo
0.9
62
Cambodia
0.8
63
Lao PDR
0.8
64
Taiwan
0.8
65
Tajikistan
0.8
66
Mauritania
0.6
67
Namibia
0.6
68
Gabon
0.6
69
Lebanon
0.6
70
Botswana
0.5
71
Gambia, The
0.5
72
Oman
0.4
73
Cuba
0.4
74
Guinea-Bissau
0.4
75
Paraguay
0.3
76
El Salvador
0.3
77
Turkmenistan
0.3
78
Kyrgyz Republic
0.3
79
Tunisia
0.3
80
Eswatini
0.2
81
Jamaica
0.2
82
Panama
0.2
83
Trinidad and Tobago
0.2
84
Albania
0.2
85
Timor-Leste
0.2
86
Solomon Islands
0.2
87
Djibouti
0.2
88
Comoros
0.1
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