Prevalence of undernourishment in Kyrgyzstan

An estimated 4.8% of people in Kyrgyzstan were undernourished in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2001.

Measure: Prevalence of undernourishment Unit: % of population Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Kyrgyzstan, 2024 4.8% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.1percentage points 2023: 4.9%
World, 2024 8.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 83rd of 165 See the full ranking

Prevalence of undernourishment in Kyrgyzstan 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 KyrgyzstanWorld
2024 4.8% 8.1%
2023 4.9% 8.5%
2022 6.0% 8.6%
2021 6.8% 8.6%
2020 7.0% 8.4%
2019 6.2% 7.5%
2018 5.9% 7.4%
2017 6.4% 7.2%
2016 6.7% 7.6%
2015 6.9% 8.0%
2014 6.7% 7.4%
2013 6.8% 7.7%
2012 7.0% 8.2%
2011 7.5% 8.2%
2010 7.9% 8.7%
2009 8.4% 9.0%
2008 8.6% 9.3%
2007 8.9% 10.0%
2006 8.0% 11.0%
2005 7.3% 12.1%
2004 7.2% 12.7%
2003 8.9% 12.9%
2002 11.0% 13.2%
2001 12.9% 13.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.1 percentage points from 4.9% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 6.7%, the figure has changed by −1.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Kyrgyzstan has the 83rd 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 Kyrgyzstan
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)