Prevalence of undernourishment in Guinea

An estimated 8.7% of people in Guinea were undernourished in 2024.

Measure: Prevalence of undernourishment Unit: % of population Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Guinea, 2024 8.7% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 8.9%
World, 2024 8.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 58th of 165 See the full ranking

Prevalence of undernourishment in Guinea 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 GuineaWorld
2024 8.7% 8.1%
2023 8.9% 8.5%
2022 8.0% 8.6%
2021 8.2% 8.6%
2020 8.8% 8.4%
2019 9.9% 7.5%
2018 10.6% 7.4%
2017 11.0% 7.2%
2016 10.9% 7.6%
2015 10.6% 8.0%
2014 10.6% 7.4%
2013 11.1% 7.7%
2012 12.2% 8.2%
2011 13.7% 8.2%
2010 15.7% 8.7%
2009 17.1% 9.0%
2008 17.7% 9.3%
2007 17.2% 10.0%
2006 16.8% 11.0%
2005 16.4% 12.1%
2004 16.4% 12.7%
2003 16.9% 12.9%
2002 17.8% 13.2%
2001 18.0% 13.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 8.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 10.6%, the figure has changed by −1.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Guinea has the 58th 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 Guinea
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)