Prevalence of undernourishment in Gabon

An estimated 23.3% of people in Gabon were undernourished in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.

Measure: Prevalence of undernourishment Unit: % of population Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Gabon, 2024 23.3% % of population
Change from 2023 +1.2percentage points 2023: 22.1%
World, 2024 8.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 17th of 165 See the full ranking

Prevalence of undernourishment in Gabon 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 GabonWorld
2024 23.3% 8.1%
2023 22.1% 8.5%
2022 20.4% 8.6%
2021 19.4% 8.6%
2020 18.3% 8.4%
2019 18.0% 7.5%
2018 17.6% 7.4%
2017 17.1% 7.2%
2016 15.9% 7.6%
2015 14.6% 8.0%
2014 13.7% 7.4%
2013 13.5% 7.7%
2012 13.4% 8.2%
2011 13.8% 8.2%
2010 14.2% 8.7%
2009 14.5% 9.0%
2008 14.4% 9.3%
2007 14.4% 10.0%
2006 14.5% 11.0%
2005 14.3% 12.1%
2004 13.8% 12.7%
2003 13.1% 12.9%
2002 12.0% 13.2%
2001 10.6% 13.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.2 percentage points from 22.1% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 13.7%, the figure has changed by +9.6 percentage points.
  • Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Gabon has the 17th 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 Gabon
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)