Prevalence of undernourishment in Angola

An estimated 17.4% of people in Angola were undernourished in 2024.

Measure: Prevalence of undernourishment Unit: % of population Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Angola, 2024 17.4% % of population
Change from 2023 −1.2percentage points 2023: 18.6%
World, 2024 8.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 33rd of 165 See the full ranking

Prevalence of undernourishment in Angola over time

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% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Prevalence of undernourishment (% of population), 2001 to 2024
Period AngolaWorld
2024 17.4% 8.1%
2023 18.6% 8.5%
2022 19.6% 8.6%
2021 19.7% 8.6%
2020 19.4% 8.4%
2019 17.3% 7.5%
2018 15.9% 7.4%
2017 15.4% 7.2%
2016 15.2% 7.6%
2015 14.2% 8.0%
2014 13.2% 7.4%
2013 13.5% 7.7%
2012 14.0% 8.2%
2011 14.8% 8.2%
2010 16.2% 8.7%
2009 19.7% 9.0%
2008 24.4% 9.3%
2007 29.8% 10.0%
2006 36.0% 11.0%
2005 42.9% 12.1%
2004 50.6% 12.7%
2003 57.5% 12.9%
2002 63.6% 13.2%
2001 67.8% 13.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −1.2 percentage points from 18.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 13.2%, the figure has changed by +4.2 percentage points.
  • Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Angola has the 33rd highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 8.1%.

Source and dates

Original producer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SN.ITK.DEFC.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2001 to 2024 for Angola
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)