Prevalence of undernourishment in Sub-Saharan Africa
An estimated 22.3% of people in Sub-Saharan Africa were undernourished in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2004.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
22.3%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
World, 2024
8.1%
Prevalence of undernourishment in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 22.3% | 8.1% |
| 2023 | 22.1% | 8.5% |
| 2022 | 21.7% | 8.6% |
| 2021 | 20.9% | 8.6% |
| 2020 | 20.4% | 8.4% |
| 2019 | 19.8% | 7.5% |
| 2018 | 19.3% | 7.4% |
| 2017 | 19.1% | 7.2% |
| 2016 | 18.8% | 7.6% |
| 2015 | 18.4% | 8.0% |
| 2014 | 17.8% | 7.4% |
| 2013 | 17.8% | 7.7% |
| 2012 | 18.3% | 8.2% |
| 2011 | 18.4% | 8.2% |
| 2010 | 18.5% | 8.7% |
| 2009 | 18.8% | 9.0% |
| 2008 | 19.4% | 9.3% |
| 2007 | 20.2% | 10.0% |
| 2006 | 21.0% | 11.0% |
| 2005 | 22.1% | 12.1% |
| 2004 | 23.2% | 12.7% |
| 2003 | 24.2% | 12.9% |
| 2002 | 24.8% | 13.2% |
| 2001 | 25.3% | 13.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 22.1% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 17.8%, the figure has changed by +4.5 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 8.1%.
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Agriculture share of GDP
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Agricultural land
44.7%
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Capture fisheries production
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Food production index
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