Prevalence of undernourishment in Thailand
An estimated 5.4% of people in Thailand were undernourished in 2024.
Thailand, 2024
5.4%
Change from 2023
+0.2percentage points
World, 2024
8.1%
Position in 2024
74th of 165
Prevalence of undernourishment in Thailand 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 | Thailand | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.4% | 8.1% |
| 2023 | 5.2% | 8.5% |
| 2022 | 5.2% | 8.6% |
| 2021 | 5.3% | 8.6% |
| 2020 | 6.0% | 8.4% |
| 2019 | 6.8% | 7.5% |
| 2018 | 7.6% | 7.4% |
| 2017 | 8.0% | 7.2% |
| 2016 | 7.8% | 7.6% |
| 2015 | 7.8% | 8.0% |
| 2014 | 8.2% | 7.4% |
| 2013 | 8.7% | 7.7% |
| 2012 | 9.3% | 8.2% |
| 2011 | 9.4% | 8.2% |
| 2010 | 10.2% | 8.7% |
| 2009 | 10.4% | 9.0% |
| 2008 | 10.6% | 9.3% |
| 2007 | 10.1% | 10.0% |
| 2006 | 10.6% | 11.0% |
| 2005 | 11.8% | 12.1% |
| 2004 | 13.6% | 12.7% |
| 2003 | 14.9% | 12.9% |
| 2002 | 16.3% | 13.2% |
| 2001 | 17.3% | 13.0% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.2 percentage points from 5.2% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 8.2%, the figure has changed by −2.8 percentage points.
- Among the 165 countries with data for 2024, Thailand has the 74th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 8.1%.