Prevalence of undernourishment in South Asia
An estimated 9.5% of people in South Asia were undernourished in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 2001.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024
9.5%
Change from 2023
−1.5percentage points
World, 2024
8.1%
Prevalence of undernourishment in South Asia over time
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The chart shows a calculation from the published values. The table below keeps the published values.
% of population. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.5% | 8.1% |
| 2023 | 11.0% | 8.5% |
| 2022 | 12.5% | 8.6% |
| 2021 | 13.1% | 8.6% |
| 2020 | 12.6% | 8.4% |
| 2019 | 11.5% | 7.5% |
| 2018 | 10.5% | 7.4% |
| 2017 | 10.7% | 7.2% |
| 2016 | 12.0% | 7.6% |
| 2015 | 12.5% | 8.0% |
| 2014 | 12.7% | 7.4% |
| 2013 | 12.8% | 7.7% |
| 2012 | 13.5% | 8.2% |
| 2011 | 14.6% | 8.2% |
| 2010 | 14.9% | 8.7% |
| 2009 | 15.2% | 9.0% |
| 2008 | 15.4% | 9.3% |
| 2007 | 16.4% | 10.0% |
| 2006 | 18.4% | 11.0% |
| 2005 | 20.3% | 12.1% |
| 2004 | 20.8% | 12.7% |
| 2003 | 20.4% | 12.9% |
| 2002 | 19.1% | 13.2% |
| 2001 | 17.9% | 13.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −1.5 percentage points from 11.0% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 12.7%, the figure has changed by −3.2 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 8.1%.
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