Prevalence of undernourishment in Syria
An estimated 40.8% of people in Syria were undernourished in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2001.
Syria, 2024
40.8%
Change from 2023
+2.6percentage points
World, 2024
8.1%
Position in 2024
5th of 165
Prevalence of undernourishment in Syria 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 | Syria | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 40.8% | 8.1% |
| 2023 | 38.2% | 8.5% |
| 2022 | 35.5% | 8.6% |
| 2021 | 33.7% | 8.6% |
| 2020 | 31.3% | 8.4% |
| 2019 | 28.1% | 7.5% |
| 2018 | 23.3% | 7.4% |
| 2017 | 18.9% | 7.2% |
| 2016 | 14.8% | 7.6% |
| 2015 | 12.1% | 8.0% |
| 2014 | 10.1% | 7.4% |
| 2013 | 9.0% | 7.7% |
| 2012 | 7.7% | 8.2% |
| 2011 | 6.4% | 8.2% |
| 2010 | 5.5% | 8.7% |
| 2009 | 5.4% | 9.0% |
| 2008 | 5.6% | 9.3% |
| 2007 | 5.9% | 10.0% |
| 2006 | 6.0% | 11.0% |
| 2005 | 6.2% | 12.1% |
| 2004 | 6.5% | 12.7% |
| 2003 | 6.8% | 12.9% |
| 2002 | 7.1% | 13.2% |
| 2001 | 7.5% | 13.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +2.6 percentage points from 38.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 10.1%, the figure has changed by +30.7 percentage points.
- Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Syria has the 5th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 8.1%.
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Extreme poverty rate
18.0%
2022 · World Bank
Cereal yield
1,607 kg per hectare
2024 · World Bank
Cost of a healthy diet
Int$6.85e (Estimate) per person per day
2025 · FAOSTAT
Healthy diet unaffordable
61.1%e (Estimate)
2025 · FAOSTAT
Pesticide use
0.35e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT
Nitrogen fertiliser use
6.9e (Estimate) kg/ha
2024 · FAOSTAT