Prevalence of undernourishment in Philippines

An estimated 3.4% of people in Philippines 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
Philippines, 2024 3.4% % of population
Change from 2023 −0.3percentage points 2023: 3.7%
World, 2024 8.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 96th of 165 See the full ranking

Prevalence of undernourishment in Philippines 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 PhilippinesWorld
2024 3.4% 8.1%
2023 3.7% 8.5%
2022 3.9% 8.6%
2021 4.8% 8.6%
2020 5.3% 8.4%
2019 5.9% 7.5%
2018 6.5% 7.4%
2017 7.7% 7.2%
2016 9.8% 7.6%
2015 11.3% 8.0%
2014 13.1% 7.4%
2013 13.5% 7.7%
2012 14.1% 8.2%
2011 14.6% 8.2%
2010 15.5% 8.7%
2009 16.0% 9.0%
2008 16.4% 9.3%
2007 16.7% 10.0%
2006 17.0% 11.0%
2005 17.3% 12.1%
2004 17.6% 12.7%
2003 17.8% 12.9%
2002 18.3% 13.2%
2001 18.5% 13.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −0.3 percentage points from 3.7% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 13.1%, the figure has changed by −9.7 percentage points.
  • Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Philippines has the 96th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 8.1%.

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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 Philippines
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)