Prevalence of undernourishment in Iraq
An estimated 13.4% of people in Iraq were undernourished in 2024.
Iraq, 2024
13.4%
Change from 2023
+0.1percentage points
World, 2024
8.1%
Position in 2024
40th of 165
Prevalence of undernourishment in Iraq 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.
| Period | Iraq | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13.4% | 8.1% |
| 2023 | 13.3% | 8.5% |
| 2022 | 13.5% | 8.6% |
| 2021 | 13.9% | 8.6% |
| 2020 | 14.1% | 8.4% |
| 2019 | 14.4% | 7.5% |
| 2018 | 14.8% | 7.4% |
| 2017 | 15.2% | 7.2% |
| 2016 | 15.2% | 7.6% |
| 2015 | 15.2% | 8.0% |
| 2014 | 15.0% | 7.4% |
| 2013 | 14.8% | 7.7% |
| 2012 | 13.9% | 8.2% |
| 2011 | 13.2% | 8.2% |
| 2010 | 13.1% | 8.7% |
| 2009 | 14.5% | 9.0% |
| 2008 | 15.6% | 9.3% |
| 2007 | 16.4% | 10.0% |
| 2006 | 16.5% | 11.0% |
| 2005 | 16.5% | 12.1% |
| 2004 | 17.8% | 12.7% |
| 2003 | 18.4% | 12.9% |
| 2002 | 19.5% | 13.2% |
| 2001 | 20.1% | 13.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.1 percentage points from 13.3% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 15.0%, the figure has changed by −1.6 percentage points.
- Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Iraq has the 40th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 8.1%.
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0.5%
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Cereal yield
2,651 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.88e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
28.0%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
0.09e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
31.4e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT