Prevalence of undernourishment in Kazakhstan

An estimated 2.5% of people in Kazakhstan were undernourished in 2024.

Measure: Prevalence of undernourishment Unit: % of population Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Kazakhstan, 2024 2.5% % of population
Change from 2023 0percentage points 2023: 2.5%
World, 2024 8.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 111th of 165 See the full ranking

Prevalence of undernourishment in Kazakhstan 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 KazakhstanWorld
2024 2.5% 8.1%
2023 2.5% 8.5%
2022 2.5% 8.6%
2021 2.5% 8.6%
2020 2.5% 8.4%
2019 2.6% 7.5%
2018 3.0% 7.4%
2017 3.6% 7.2%
2016 4.4% 7.6%
2015 5.0% 8.0%
2014 5.2% 7.4%
2013 5.4% 7.7%
2012 5.6% 8.2%
2011 6.6% 8.2%
2010 7.6% 8.7%
2009 8.7% 9.0%
2008 9.0% 9.3%
2007 9.2% 10.0%
2006 9.4% 11.0%
2005 9.1% 12.1%
2004 8.2% 12.7%
2003 7.2% 12.9%
2002 6.6% 13.2%
2001 6.5% 13.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is unchanged from 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 5.2%, the figure has changed by −2.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Kazakhstan has the 111th 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 Kazakhstan
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)