Prevalence of undernourishment in Madagascar
An estimated 41.8% of people in Madagascar were undernourished in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.
Madagascar, 2024
41.8%
Change from 2023
+2.4percentage points
World, 2024
8.1%
Position in 2024
3rd of 165
Prevalence of undernourishment in Madagascar 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 | Madagascar | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 41.8% | 8.1% |
| 2023 | 39.4% | 8.5% |
| 2022 | 39.2% | 8.6% |
| 2021 | 39.9% | 8.6% |
| 2020 | 41.0% | 8.4% |
| 2019 | 39.6% | 7.5% |
| 2018 | 38.1% | 7.4% |
| 2017 | 36.5% | 7.2% |
| 2016 | 35.4% | 7.6% |
| 2015 | 33.7% | 8.0% |
| 2014 | 32.4% | 7.4% |
| 2013 | 30.3% | 7.7% |
| 2012 | 28.8% | 8.2% |
| 2011 | 27.5% | 8.2% |
| 2010 | 28.2% | 8.7% |
| 2009 | 29.4% | 9.0% |
| 2008 | 30.1% | 9.3% |
| 2007 | 30.2% | 10.0% |
| 2006 | 30.6% | 11.0% |
| 2005 | 32.9% | 12.1% |
| 2004 | 34.6% | 12.7% |
| 2003 | 36.1% | 12.9% |
| 2002 | 34.8% | 13.2% |
| 2001 | 33.4% | 13.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.4 percentage points from 39.4% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 32.4%, the figure has changed by +9.4 percentage points.
- Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Madagascar has the 3rd highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 8.1%.
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Extreme poverty rate
69.2%
2021 · World Bank
Cereal yield
2,393 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$4.08e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
85.3%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
0.19e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
2.7e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT