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Prevalence of undernourishment in Somalia, Fed. Rep.

An estimated 56.5% of people in Somalia, Fed. Rep. were undernourished in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2017.

Measure: Prevalence of undernourishment Unit: % of population Data: 2001 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Somalia, Fed. Rep., 2024 56.5% % of population
Change from 2023 +2.0percentage points 2023: 54.5%
World, 2024 8.1% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 1st of 165 See the full ranking

Prevalence of undernourishment in Somalia, Fed. Rep. 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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.World
2024 56.5% 8.1%
2023 54.5% 8.5%
2022 52.5% 8.6%
2021 52.0% 8.6%
2020 52.1% 8.4%
2019 53.8% 7.5%
2018 56.1% 7.4%
2017 58.9% 7.2%
2016 60.1% 7.6%
2015 60.7% 8.0%
2014 61.4% 7.4%
2013 63.2% 7.7%
2012 67.4% 8.2%
2011 71.5% 8.2%
2010 72.5% 8.7%
2009 71.8% 9.0%
2008 69.8% 9.3%
2007 69.7% 10.0%
2006 69.7% 11.0%
2005 69.7% 12.1%
2004 69.7% 12.7%
2003 69.8% 12.9%
2002 69.9% 13.2%
2001 70.0% 13.0%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

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In short

  • That is a change of +2.0 percentage points from 54.5% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 61.4%, the figure has changed by −4.9 percentage points.
  • Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Somalia, Fed. Rep. has the highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 8.1%.

More for Somalia, Fed. Rep.

All statistics for Somalia, Fed. Rep.
Cereal yield 362 kg per hectare 2024 · World Bank Pesticide use 0.66e (Estimate) kg/ha 2024 · FAOSTAT Agriculture share of GDP 55.8% 1990 · World Bank Agricultural land 70.3% 2024 · World Bank Capture fisheries production 97,871 tonnes 2024 · World Bank Food production index 96.2 (2014-16 = 100) 2024 · World Bank

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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 Somalia, Fed. Rep.
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)