Prevalence of undernourishment in Indonesia

An estimated 6.3% of people in Indonesia were undernourished in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest since 2018.

Measure: Prevalence of undernourishment Unit: % of population Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Indonesia, 2024 6.3% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.2percentage points 2023: 6.5%
World, 2024 8.1% Official aggregate
Median of G20 countries, 2024 2.5% Middle value of 19 countries
Position in 2024 69th of 165 See the full ranking

Prevalence of undernourishment in Indonesia 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 IndonesiaWorld
2024 6.3% 8.1%
2023 6.5% 8.5%
2022 6.6% 8.6%
2021 6.7% 8.6%
2020 6.6% 8.4%
2019 6.4% 7.5%
2018 6.0% 7.4%
2017 6.0% 7.2%
2016 6.6% 7.6%
2015 7.1% 8.0%
2014 7.8% 7.4%
2013 8.3% 7.7%
2012 9.5% 8.2%
2011 10.9% 8.2%
2010 12.9% 8.7%
2009 15.0% 9.0%
2008 16.5% 9.3%
2007 17.5% 10.0%
2006 18.1% 11.0%
2005 18.4% 12.1%
2004 18.2% 12.7%
2003 18.0% 12.9%
2002 18.1% 13.2%
2001 18.1% 13.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.2 percentage points from 6.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 7.8%, the figure has changed by −1.5 percentage points.
  • Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Indonesia has the 69th 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 Indonesia
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)