How this series is built
Population-weighted average. Not a median of countries.
Official FAO series for SDG 2.1.1, accessed via World Bank WDI. Only years with a published World value are shown.
Living standards · SN.ITK.DEFC.ZS
Prevalence of undernourishment
The percentage of the population whose habitual food consumption is insufficient to provide the dietary energy levels required to maintain a normal, active, and healthy life.
Weighted average · not a median
First official point · 2001
12.8
% of population
Latest official point · 2023
8.5
% of population
Published World points
23
2001–2023
Gaps are years without a published World value. The line is not interpolated.
Source
- Aggregate
- Weighted average · not a median
- Producer
- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
- Series
- FAOSTAT undernourishment estimates
- Series code
- SN.ITK.DEFC.ZS
- License
- CC BY 4.0
- Fetched
- 2026-08-17