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Undernourishment in Africa

Undernourishment in Africa: latest available values for 54 countries, observation years, World Bank source and CSV export. The figures below come from prepared World Bank datasets. Every row shows its year; missing data is never replaced with an estimate.

Coverage : 50/54 countries · Source code : SN.ITK.DEFC.ZS · Retrieved : 2026-10-20

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Values by country

Undernourishment · Latest available observation, with each country’s actual year
CountryUndernourishmentYearSource
Algeria2.5 %2024World Bank WDI
Angola17.4 %2024World Bank WDI
Benin11.1 %2024World Bank WDI
Botswana18.2 %2024World Bank WDI
Burkina Faso11.7 %2024World Bank WDI
BurundiNo data——
Cabo Verde8.1 %2024World Bank WDI
Cameroon4.9 %2024World Bank WDI
Central African Republic29.8 %2024World Bank WDI
Chad33.6 %2024World Bank WDI
Comoros16.5 %2024World Bank WDI
Congo, Rep.25 %2024World Bank WDI
Côte d’Ivoire11.4 %2024World Bank WDI
Djibouti14.7 %2024World Bank WDI
DR Congo39.5 %2024World Bank WDI
Egypt8.4 %2024World Bank WDI
Equatorial GuineaNo data——
EritreaNo data——
Eswatini15.1 %2024World Bank WDI
Ethiopia19.9 %2024World Bank WDI
Gabon23.3 %2024World Bank WDI
Ghana6.4 %2024World Bank WDI
Guinea8.7 %2024World Bank WDI
Guinea-Bissau20 %2024World Bank WDI
Kenya34.9 %2024World Bank WDI
LesothoNo data——
Liberia37.3 %2024World Bank WDI
Libya18.7 %2024World Bank WDI
Madagascar41.8 %2024World Bank WDI
Malawi24.5 %2024World Bank WDI
Mali12.1 %2024World Bank WDI
Mauritania11 %2024World Bank WDI
Mauritius4.9 %2024World Bank WDI
Morocco6.5 %2024World Bank WDI
Mozambique22.3 %2024World Bank WDI
Namibia20.1 %2024World Bank WDI
Niger12.9 %2024World Bank WDI
Nigeria22.2 %2024World Bank WDI
Rwanda22.6 %2024World Bank WDI
São Tomé and Príncipe23 %2024World Bank WDI
Senegal5.3 %2024World Bank WDI
Seychelles2.5 %2024World Bank WDI
Sierra Leone25.3 %2024World Bank WDI
Somalia56.5 %2024World Bank WDI
South Africa11.2 %2024World Bank WDI
South Sudan19.1 %2024World Bank WDI
Sudan10.9 %2021World Bank WDI
Tanzania19.1 %2024World Bank WDI
The Gambia17.5 %2024World Bank WDI
Togo10.2 %2024World Bank WDI
Tunisia2.8 %2024World Bank WDI
Uganda20.9 %2024World Bank WDI
Zambia41 %2024World Bank WDI
Zimbabwe18.4 %2024World Bank WDI

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