Prevalence of undernourishment in Brazil

An estimated 2.5% of people in Brazil were undernourished in 2024.

Measure: Prevalence of undernourishment Unit: % of population Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Brazil, 2024 2.5% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 2.7%
World, 2024 8.1% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 2.5% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2024 158th of 165 See the full ranking

Prevalence of undernourishment in Brazil 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 BrazilWorld
2024 2.5% 8.1%
2023 2.7% 8.5%
2022 3.4% 8.6%
2021 3.5% 8.6%
2020 2.8% 8.4%
2019 2.5% 7.5%
2018 2.5% 7.4%
2017 2.5% 7.2%
2016 2.5% 7.6%
2015 2.5% 8.0%
2014 2.5% 7.4%
2013 2.5% 7.7%
2012 2.5% 8.2%
2011 2.7% 8.2%
2010 3.0% 8.7%
2009 3.5% 9.0%
2008 4.0% 9.3%
2007 4.5% 10.0%
2006 5.1% 11.0%
2005 5.7% 12.1%
2004 6.3% 12.7%
2003 7.6% 12.9%
2002 9.1% 13.2%
2001 10.5% 13.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 2.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 2.5%, the figure has changed by 0 percentage points.
  • Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Brazil has the 158th 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 Brazil
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)