Prevalence of undernourishment in Honduras

An estimated 14.3% of people in Honduras were undernourished in 2024.

Measure: Prevalence of undernourishment Unit: % of population Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Honduras, 2024 14.3% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 14.6%
World, 2024 8.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 39th of 165 See the full ranking

Prevalence of undernourishment in Honduras 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 HondurasWorld
2024 14.3% 8.1%
2023 14.6% 8.5%
2022 14.2% 8.6%
2021 14.2% 8.6%
2020 13.7% 8.4%
2019 13.5% 7.5%
2018 13.1% 7.4%
2017 13.2% 7.2%
2016 13.7% 7.6%
2015 14.2% 8.0%
2014 14.2% 7.4%
2013 13.8% 7.7%
2012 13.0% 8.2%
2011 12.9% 8.2%
2010 13.2% 8.7%
2009 14.0% 9.0%
2008 14.9% 9.3%
2007 15.9% 10.0%
2006 16.9% 11.0%
2005 18.1% 12.1%
2004 19.3% 12.7%
2003 20.0% 12.9%
2002 20.4% 13.2%
2001 21.1% 13.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 14.6% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 14.2%, the figure has changed by +0.1 percentage points.
  • Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Honduras has the 39th 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 Honduras
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)