Annex I

Annex I DATA TABLES

TABLE A-1.

Prevalence of undernourishment (percent)

	2000–2002	2004–2006	2009–2011	2014–2016	2017–2019	2018–2020	2019–2021
World	13.1	12.2	8.9	7.9	7.8	8.3	9.0
Asia and the Pacific	14.7	13.9	9.5	7.8	7.1	7.6	8.3
Eastern Asia	9.4	6.9	2.6	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5
Eastern Asia (excluding China)	5.5	5.6	6.5	6.1	6.4	6.7	6.8
Oceania	6.6	6.7	6.2	5.7	5.7	5.6	5.6
South-eastern Asia	20.0	17.0	11.4	7.4	5.8	5.8	5.9
Southern Asia	18.4	19.9	15.3	13.8	12.7	13.8	15.3
Southern Asia (excluding India)	18.1	15.4	13.7	11.8	11.0	11.8	13.1
Afghanistan	47.8	36.1	21.2	21.5	24.0	26.9	29.8
American Samoa
Australia	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5
Bangladesh	15.9	14.2	15.2	14.0	11.5	11.0	11.4
Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam	20.0	17.0	11.4	7.4	5.8	5.8	5.9
Cambodia	23.6	17.0	11.2	8.9	6.6	6.0	6.3
China	10.0	7.0	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5
Cook Islands
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	35.7	33.8	39.1	40.3	42.6	43.0	41.6
Fiji	4.0	3.7	5.6	6.5	5.5	4.9	5.7
French Polynesia	4.2	3.8	3.5	3.6	4.1	4.1	4.0
India	18.4	21.6	15.9	14.5	13.3	14.6	16.3
Indonesia	19.2	19.2	13.0	7.2	5.9	6.2	6.5
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	4.8	5.2	6.1	4.7	5.2	4.9	4.1
Japan	<2.5	<2.5	2.7	<2.5	<2.5	2.8	3.2
Kiribati	4.4	5.3	4.4	3.2	3.9	4.0	4.2
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	31.2	22.4	14.1	6.7	5.3	5.4	5.1
Malaysia	2.5	3.2	3.4	3.8	2.7	2.6	<2.5
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Mongolia	31.1	29.6	16.5	8.4	5.5	4.0	3.6
Myanmar	37.6	27.8	10.2	4.2	2.6	<2.5	3.1
Nauru
Nepal	23.5	16.8	9.9	5.3	4.3	4.8	5.5
New Zealand	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5
Niue
Pakistan	21.1	17.6	15.4	12.8	12.3	14.1	16.9
Palau
Papua New Guinea	26.3	27.4	26.2	23.0	22.6	21.9	21.6
Philippines	18.7	14.4	12.2	10.2	6.2	5.5	5.2
Republic of Korea	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5	<2.5
Samoa	3.5	3.4	4.2	4.4	4.5	4.4	4.4
Singapore
Solomon Islands	13.3	12.5	13.7	18.5	17.6	17.8	18.1
Sri Lanka	16.7	14.0	9.6	5.2	4.1	3.7	3.4
Thailand	17.3	11.9	9.9	7.3	7.8	8.0	8.8
Timor-Leste	41.5	32.2	31.2	24.5	25.1	25.0	26.2
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu	7.5	6.9	6.3	10.3	12.6	12.4	11.9
Viet Nam	19.7	15.5	10.9	8.1	6.8	6.2	5.7

Note: Please refer to Annex IV for the country coverage of this report. In particular, Central Asia and Western Asia are not included.
Source: FAO. 2022. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. In: FAO. Rome. Cited November 2022. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS

TABLE A-2.

Number of undernourished people (millions)

	2000–2002	2004–2006	2009–2011	2014–2016	2017–2019	2018–2020	2019–2021
World	816.7	798.9	620.6	581.8	594.1	643.5	702.7
Asia and the Pacific	525.1	520.7	373.6	322.8	300.6	326.0	359.6
Eastern Asia	144.1	107.4	41.9	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Eastern Asia (excluding China)	12.6	13.1	15.2	14.6	15.4	16.0	16.2
Oceania	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.3	2.4	2.3	2.4
South-eastern Asia	106.7	95.4	68.1	47.2	38.3	38.1	39.4
Southern Asia	272.3	315.8	261.3	251.4	240.1	265.0	297.8
Southern Asia (excluding India)	74.1	67.9	65.4	60.9	59.9	65.0	73.5
Afghanistan	10.3	9.2	6.2	7.4	8.9	10.2	11.6
American Samoa
Australia	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Bangladesh	20.7	19.7	22.5	21.8	18.5	18.0	18.8
Bhutan
Brunei Darussalam	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
Cambodia	2.9	2.3	1.6	1.4	1.1	1.0	1.0
China	132.5	95.4	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Cook Islands
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	8.2	8.1	9.6	10.1	10.9	11.0	10.7
Fiji	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
French Polynesia	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
India	198.3	247.8	195.9	190.5	180.2	200.0	224.3
Indonesia	41.1	43.5	31.4	18.7	15.7	16.7	17.7
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	3.2	3.6	4.5	3.7	4.3	4.1	3.4
Japan	n.r.	n.r.	3.4	n.r.	n.r.	3.6	4.0
Kiribati	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	1.7	1.3	0.9	0.5	0.4	0.4	0.4
Malaysia	0.6	0.8	1.0	1.1	0.9	0.8	n.r.
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Mongolia	0.8	0.7	0.4	0.3	0.2	0.1	0.1
Myanmar	17.7	13.6	5.2	2.2	1.4	n.r.	1.7
Nauru
Nepal	5.7	4.3	2.7	1.4	1.2	1.4	1.6
New Zealand	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Niue
Pakistan	30.8	28.2	27.5	25.5	26.0	30.5	37.2
Palau
Papua New Guinea	1.6	1.8	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9	1.9
Philippines	14.9	12.4	11.4	10.4	6.6	5.9	5.7
Republic of Korea	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.	n.r.
Samoa	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
Singapore
Solomon Islands	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1
Sri Lanka	3.2	2.7	1.9	1.1	0.9	0.8	0.7
Thailand	11.0	7.8	6.6	5.0	5.4	5.5	6.2
Timor-Leste	0.4	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3	0.3
Tonga
Tuvalu
Vanuatu	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
Viet Nam	15.9	13.0	9.6	7.5	6.5	6.0	5.6

Note: n.r. = data not reported as the prevalence is less than 2.5 percent. Please refer to Annex IV for the country coverage of this report. In particular, Central Asia and Western Asia are not included.
Source: FAO. 2022. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. In: FAO. Rome. Cited November 2022. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS

TABLE A-3.

Prevalence of food insecurity (percent)

	Moderate or severe food insecurity				Severe food insecurity
	2014–2016	2017–2019	2018–2020	2019–2021	2014–2016	2017–2019	2018–2020	2019–2021
World	21.8	24.8	26.6	28.1	7.7	8.9	9.7	10.7
Asia and the Pacific	17.1	20.0	22.4	23.5	6.6	7.6	8.7	9.5
Eastern Asia	6.1	9.0	8.3	7.1	1.0	1.6	1.7	1.4
Eastern Asia (excluding China)	3.9	4.6	4.6	4.8	<0.5	0.8	0.8	0.9
Oceania	11.1	13.7	12.9	12.9	2.8	3.9	3.4	3.7
South-eastern Asia	15.9	17.3	17.7	18.8	2.4	2.7	2.8	3.4
Southern Asia	27.7	30.8	36.5	39.4	13.2	14.6	16.9	18.8
Southern Asia (excluding India)	27.2	27.1	32.0	35.8	7.4	6.8	8.3	10.1
Afghanistan	45.1	57.5	63.1	70.0	14.8	17.3	19.8	22.5
American Samoa	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Australia	10.8	13.3	12.3	11.9	2.8	3.8	3.3	3.6
Bangladesh	32.2	31.5	31.9	31.7	13.3	10.6	10.5	10.7
Bhutan	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Brunei Darussalam	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Cambodia	48.9	44.1	46.6	50.0	16.9	13.6	14.0	15.1
China
Cook Islands	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Fiji	n.a.	n.a.	14.3	19.3	n.a.	n.a.	2.0	4.2
French Polynesia	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
India
Indonesia	6.0	7.0	6.2	6.0	0.7	0.8	0.7	0.7
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	48.0	40.6	42.5	42.4	9.5	8.4	8.7	7.7
Japan	2.6	3.2	3.4	3.8	<0.5	0.7	0.7	0.9
Kiribati	n.a.	41.0	41.0	41.0	n.a.	8.0	8.0	8.0
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	n.a.	n.a.	29.4	31.8	n.a.	n.a.	8.9	8.3
Malaysia	17.4	15.1	14.9	15.4	7.8	6.7	6.6	6.3
Maldives	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	13.4	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	2.2
Marshall Islands	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Micronesia (Federated States of)	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Mongolia	21.0	27.5	26.2	25.7	3.4	5.9	4.9	5.0
Myanmar	n.a.	n.a.	22.2	25.5	n.a.	n.a.	1.9	3.7
Nauru	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Nepal	29.5	33.8	36.4	37.8	10.4	10.3	12.0	13.6
New Zealand	10.0	13.9	14.0	14.5	2.8	4.4	3.9	3.5
Niue	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pakistan	14.0	14.2	24.3	32.6	0.9	1.6	4.8	8.7
Palau	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Papua New Guinea	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Philippines	n.a.	41.2	42.7	43.8	n.a.	3.2	4.0	4.8
Republic of Korea	4.8	5.2	5.1	5.3	<0.5	<0.5	0.6	0.7
Samoa	n.a.	23.6	23.6	23.6	n.a.	3.4	3.4	3.4
Singapore	2.8	4.7	4.5	4.6	1.0	1.4	0.9	0.7
Solomon Islands	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Sri Lanka	5.9	7.6	8.9	10.0	0.7	0.7	0.9	1.1
Thailand	15.1	26.4	29.8	33.8	4.2	7.7	8.5	10.5
Timor-Leste	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Tonga	n.a.	23.2	23.2	23.2	n.a.	6.0	6.0	6.0
Tuvalu	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Vanuatu	n.a.	23.3	23.3	23.3	n.a.	2.4	2.4	2.4
Viet Nam	n.a.	6.2	6.5	7.6	n.a.	<0.5	0.5	0.6

Note: n.a. = data not available. Please refer to Annex IV for the country coverage of this report. In particular, Central Asia and Western Asia are not included.
Source: FAO. 2022. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. In: FAO. Rome. Cited November 2022. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS

TABLE A-4.

Number of food insecure people (millions)

	Moderately or severely food insecure				Severely food insecure
	2014–2016	2017–2019	2018–2020	2019–2021	2014–2016	2017–2019	2018–2020	2019–2021
World	1 609.1	1 888.9	2 053.0	2 187.4	569.3	675.4	751.5	830.2
Asia and the Pacific	710.2	852.8	960.3	1 015.2	273.8	322.5	373.4	412.3
Eastern Asia	99.7	150.1	138.3	119.9	16.8	27.1	28.9	24.3
Eastern Asia (excluding China)	9.3	11.0	11.0	11.4	1.2	1.8	1.9	2.2
Oceania	4.4	5.7	5.4	5.5	1.1	1.6	1.4	1.6
South-eastern Asia	100.7	113.4	117.0	125.7	15.0	17.5	18.8	22.4
Southern Asia	505.5	583.7	699.6	764.3	241.0	276.3	324.2	364.0
Southern Asia (excluding India)	141.1	147.0	176.5	200.7	38.2	37.0	45.9	56.3
Afghanistan	15.5	21.4	24.0	27.3	5.1	6.4	7.5	8.8
American Samoa	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Australia	2.6	3.3	3.1	3.0	0.7	1.0	0.8	0.9
Bangladesh	50.4	50.8	52.0	52.3	20.7	17.2	17.1	17.5
Bhutan	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Brunei Darussalam	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Cambodia	7.6	7.2	7.7	8.4	2.6	2.2	2.3	2.5
China
Cook Islands	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Fiji	n.a.	n.a.	0.1	0.2	n.a.	n.a.	<0.1	<0.1
French Polynesia	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
India
Indonesia	15.5	18.7	16.8	16.5	1.8	2.2	1.9	1.9
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	37.7	33.2	35.2	35.6	7.5	6.9	7.2	6.5
Japan	3.3	4.0	4.3	4.8	0.5	0.9	0.8	1.2
Kiribati	n.a.	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	n.a.	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	n.a.	n.a.	2.1	2.3	n.a.	n.a.	0.6	0.6
Malaysia	5.3	4.7	4.8	5.0	2.4	2.1	2.1	2.0
Maldives	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	<0.1	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	<0.1
Marshall Islands	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Micronesia (Federated States of)	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Mongolia	0.6	0.9	0.8	0.8	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
Myanmar	n.a.	n.a.	12.0	13.9	n.a.	n.a.	1.0	2.0
Nauru	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Nepal	8.0	9.5	10.4	11.0	2.8	2.9	3.4	4.0
New Zealand	0.5	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.2	0.2	0.2
Niue	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pakistan	28.0	30.1	52.6	72.0	1.8	3.4	10.3	19.2
Palau	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Papua New Guinea	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Philippines	n.a.	44.0	46.1	48.0	n.a.	3.4	4.3	5.3
Republic of Korea	2.4	2.6	2.6	2.7	0.2	0.2	0.3	0.4
Samoa	n.a.	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	n.a.	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
Singapore	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.3	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
Solomon Islands	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Sri Lanka	1.2	1.6	1.9	2.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.2
Thailand	10.4	18.3	20.8	23.6	2.9	5.4	5.9	7.3
Timor-Leste	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Tonga	n.a.	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	n.a.	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
Tuvalu	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Vanuatu	n.a.	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1	n.a.	<0.1	<0.1	<0.1
Viet Nam	n.a.	6.0	6.2	7.4	n.a.	0.4	0.5	0.6

TABLE A-5.

Prevalence of stunting among children under 5 (percent)

	2000	2005	2010	2015	2018	2019	2020
World	33.1	30.7	27.7	24.4	22.9	22.4	22.0
Asia and the Pacific	38.0	34.9	31.3	26.5	24.2	23.5	22.9
Eastern Asia	19.5	13.0	8.8	6.3	5.4	5.2	4.9
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand	35.6	37.8	40.0	40.4	41.0	41.2	41.4
South-eastern Asia	38.0	34.4	31.6	29.1	28.1	27.8	27.4
Southern Asia	48.3	46.2	42.6	36.5	32.9	31.7	30.7
Afghanistan	54.6	52.2	47.2	41.1	37.4	36.3	35.1
Australia	1.3	1.6	2.0	2.1	2.1	2.1	2.1
Bangladesh	56.0	47.1	40.2	35.0	32.0	31.0	30.2
Bhutan	46.5	40.3	33.0	26.4	23.7	23.0	22.4
Brunei Darussalam	20.9	20.5	18.4	15.7	13.7	13.2	12.7
Cambodia	51.1	44.8	37.5	31.3	30.2	30.0	29.9
China, mainland	20.1	13.0	8.7	6.1	5.2	4.9	4.7
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	54.4	40.4	29.0	22.6	19.8	18.9	18.2
Fiji	5.9	7.8	8.5	8.0	7.5	7.5	7.5
India	49.8	48.2	44.5	37.5	33.5	32.1	30.9
Indonesia	41.5	38.3	35.7	32.9	32.2	32.0	31.8
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	14.5	8.4	6.3	6.2	6.2	6.3	6.3
Japan	8.4	7.6	6.9	6.1	5.7	5.6	5.5
Kiribati	20.4	18.1	16.3	15.6	15.5	15.3	14.9
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	49.7	47.6	43.2	36.5	32.4	31.2	30.2
Malaysia	20.0	18.3	17.9	19.1	20.3	20.6	20.9
Maldives	33.6	24.9	18.3	16.2	15.1	14.6	14.2
Marshall Islands	38.2	35.7	37.6	35.0	33.5	32.8	32.2
Mongolia	29.4	23.3	15.2	10.1	8.1	7.6	7.1
Myanmar	47.0	39.1	33.2	29.5	26.9	26.1	25.2
Nauru	26.8	25.3	21.6	18.2	16.3	15.5	15.0
Nepal	57.9	49.5	42.8	36.4	32.5	31.4	30.4
Pakistan	42.1	43.8	44.2	41.3	38.5	37.5	36.7
Papua New Guinea	41.9	44.0	46.6	47.5	48.1	48.3	48.4
Philippines	35.7	34.0	32.7	31.1	29.9	29.4	28.7
Republic of Korea	2.9	2.6	2.3	2.2	2.2	2.2	2.2
Samoa	6.1	5.4	5.6	5.8	6.4	6.6	6.8
Singapore	4.4	3.9	3.3	3.0	2.9	2.9	2.8
Solomon Islands	34.0	34.2	33.0	30.5	29.7	29.5	29.3
Sri Lanka	20.6	18.3	17.2	16.3	16.2	16.1	16.0
Thailand	16.9	16.4	14.9	12.9	12.6	12.4	12.3
Timor-Leste	54.8	57.1	54.4	50.9	49.5	49.1	48.8
Tonga	12.9	10.2	7.8	4.9	3.3	3.0	2.6
Tuvalu	12.1	10.5	10.1	9.9	9.8	9.8	9.7
Vanuatu	25.1	26.3	27.0	27.9	28.5	28.6	28.7
Viet Nam	41.8	32.9	27.6	24.4	23.0	22.7	22.3

Note: Please refer to Annex IV for the country coverage of this report. In particular, Central Asia and Western Asia are not included.
Source: UNICEF, WHO & World Bank. 2021. Levels and Trends in Child Malnutrition. UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates. Key findings of the 2021 edition. https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-report-2021

TABLE A-6.

Prevalence of wasting among children under 5 (percent)

	2000	2005	2010	2015	2018	2019	2020
World							6.7
Asia and the Pacific							9.9
Eastern Asia							1.7
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand							9.0
South-eastern Asia							8.2
Southern Asia							14.1
Afghanistan					5.1
Bangladesh	12.5	11.8			8.4	9.8
Bhutan			5.9
Cambodia	17.1	8.5	11.0
China, mainland	2.5	2.9	2.3
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	12.2
India				20.8
Indonesia	5.5		12.3		10.2
Iran (Islamic Republic of)			4.0
Japan			2.3
Kiribati					3.5
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	17.5			9.7
Malaysia				8.0		9.7
Mongolia	7.1	2.7	1.8		0.9
Myanmar	10.7				6.7
Nepal						12.0
Pakistan					7.1
Papua New Guinea		4.4	14.1
Philippines				6.8	5.6
Samoa						3.1
Singapore	3.6
Solomon Islands				8.5
Sri Lanka	15.9
Thailand						7.7
Tonga						1.1
Viet Nam	6.1	10.7	4.1	6.4

TABLE A-7.

Prevalence of overweight among children under 5 (percent)

	2000	2005	2010	2015	2018	2019	2020
World	5.4	5.7	5.6	5.6	5.7	5.7	5.7
Asia and the Pacific	4.2	4.3	4.5	4.7	4.9	4.9	5.0
Eastern Asia	6.0	6.2	6.6	7.1	7.5	7.7	7.9
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand	5.2	6.1	7.0	7.7	8.0	8.0	8.0
South-eastern Asia	3.7	4.3	5.3	6.6	7.2	7.4	7.5
Southern Asia	3.3	3.3	3.0	2.8	2.6	2.6	2.5
Afghanistan	5.2	5.8	5.6	4.8	4.3	4.1	3.9
Australia	8.2	10.3	13.0	16.1	17.7	18.2	18.5
Bangladesh	0.7	1.0	1.5	1.9	2.1	2.1	2.1
Bhutan	4.3	5.4	6.0	5.9	5.5	5.4	5.2
Brunei Darussalam	6.2	7.1	8.1	8.9	9.1	9.2	9.3
Cambodia	3.2	2.7	2.3	2.0	2.0	2.0	2.1
China, mainland	6.4	6.6	7.0	7.5	7.9	8.1	8.3
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	1.1	1.1	1.2	1.5	1.7	1.8	1.9
Fiji	3.8	4.3	4.7	5.0	5.1	5.2	5.2
India	3.3	3.0	2.6	2.1	2.0	1.9	1.9
Indonesia	4.0	5.3	7.2	9.5	10.7	10.9	11.1
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	6.8	7.4	8.2	8.7	9.1	9.2	9.4
Japan	2.1	1.9	1.9	2.1	2.2	2.3	2.4
Kiribati	2.6	2.5	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.4	2.4
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	2.1	2.1	2.2	2.5	2.8	2.9	3.0
Malaysia	5.4	5.8	6.0	6.1	6.1	6.1	6.1
Maldives	4.4	5.5	5.9	5.5	5.0	4.8	4.6
Marshall Islands	3.8	3.9	4.0	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2
Mongolia	8.5	9.5	10.1	10.2	10.3	10.2	10.1
Myanmar	4.5	3.5	2.6	1.9	1.6	1.6	1.5
Nauru	3.0	3.0	3.1	3.3	3.5	3.6	3.7
Nepal	0.9	1.0	1.3	1.5	1.7	1.7	1.8
Pakistan	4.8	5.1	4.9	4.2	3.7	3.6	3.4
Papua New Guinea	5.5	6.6	7.7	8.6	8.9	8.9	8.9
Philippines	2.4	2.7	3.1	3.7	4.0	4.1	4.2
Republic of Korea	5.8	6.6	7.4	8.2	8.6	8.7	8.8
Samoa	5.8	6.2	6.6	6.8	7.0	7.0	7.1
Singapore	3.0	3.2	3.8	4.3	4.6	4.7	4.8
Solomon Islands	2.9	3.1	3.4	3.7	3.8	3.9	4.0
Sri Lanka	1.0	1.1	1.2	1.2	1.3	1.3	1.3
Thailand	6.4	7.5	8.4	9.0	9.2	9.2	9.2
Timor-Leste	3.6	3.4	3.1	2.8	2.7	2.7	2.6
Tonga	10.4	12.1	13.0	13.1	12.9	12.8	12.6
Tuvalu	5.4	5.8	6.1	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.4
Vanuatu	4.3	4.6	4.8	4.9	4.9	4.9	4.9
Viet Nam	2.4	2.9	3.7	4.9	5.6	5.8	6.0

TABLE A-8.

Prevalence of anaemia among women aged 15 to 49 years (percent)

	2000	2005	2010	2015	2017	2018	2019
World	31.2	29.9	28.6	28.8	29.3	29.6	29.9
Asia and the Pacific	34.2	32.5	31.2	31.6	32.2	32.5	32.9
Eastern Asia	22.2	18.7	16.0	15.6	15.9	15.9	16.1
Oceania	14.6	14.3	14.2	14.8	15.3	15.6	16.0
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand	34.4	33.6	32.8	33.1	33.5	33.7	33.9
South-eastern Asia	31.4	27.9	25.3	25.6	26.3	26.7	27.2
Southern Asia	49.4	49.1	48.5	47.8	48.0	48.1	48.2
Afghanistan	35.7	35.6	36.8	39.4	40.9	41.8	42.6
Australia	8.0	7.5	7.3	7.6	7.9	8.2	8.5
Bangladesh	35.6	35.8	35.7	35.9	36.2	36.4	36.7
Bhutan	45.2	43.2	40.7	38.8	38.6	38.6	38.6
Brunei Darussalam	17.1	15.5	14.9	15.1	15.7	16.2	16.7
Cambodia	53.9	49.2	46.3	46.5	46.8	47.0	47.1
China	22.1	18.3	15.3	14.9	15.2	15.3	15.5
Cook Islands	26.9	26.1	25.7	26.2	26.6	26.8	27.1
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	35.0	32.5	31.6	32.5	33.2	33.5	33.9
Fiji	34.8	32.9	31.7	31.5	31.7	31.8	32.0
India	54.1	54.2	53.5	52.7	52.8	52.9	53.0
Indonesia	33.3	29.5	27.0	28.2	29.6	30.4	31.2
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	27.4	24.5	23.0	23.0	23.4	23.7	24.1
Japan	21.3	21.2	20.1	19.2	19.1	19.0	19.0
Kiribati	32.8	31.2	31.6	32.1	32.3	32.4	32.6
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	42.6	38.7	36.4	37.2	38.2	38.8	39.5
Malaysia	35.1	32.5	30.4	30.7	31.3	31.6	32.0
Maldives	48.0	44.8	44.5	48.3	50.3	51.3	52.2
Marshall Islands	31.0	30.3	29.7	29.9	30.2	30.4	30.6
Micronesia (Federated States of)	21.7	21.9	22.3	23.5	24.3	24.6	25.0
Mongolia	15.4	16.5	14.8	14.1	14.1	14.3	14.5
Myanmar	47.6	43.0	39.6	40.4	41.2	41.7	42.1
Nauru	30.0	30.0	29.5	29.4	29.5	29.5	29.6
Nepal	45.8	40.0	36.6	35.3	35.3	35.5	35.7
New Zealand	8.1	8.2	8.5	9.3	9.8	10.1	10.4
Niue	26.9	26.2	25.8	26.4	26.8	27.0	27.3
Pakistan	40.6	41.8	42.6	42.0	41.6	41.4	41.3
Palau	28.1	27.5	27.2	27.7	28.1	28.3	28.5
Papua New Guinea	34.7	34.1	33.3	33.6	34.0	34.2	34.4
Philippines	25.0	22.2	18.7	14.5	13.3	12.8	12.3
Republic of Korea	17.5	16.0	14.3	13.1	13.1	13.2	13.5
Samoa	24.7	24.7	24.5	25.1	25.9	26.3	26.8
Singapore	12.3	11.7	11.4	11.9	12.4	12.7	13.0
Solomon Islands	41.0	40.2	38.8	38.0	37.9	37.8	37.7
Sri Lanka	38.8	36.0	33.8	33.8	34.1	34.4	34.6
Thailand	21.0	21.3	21.8	22.7	23.3	23.7	24.0
Timor-Leste	36.9	30.7	26.9	27.7	28.8	29.3	29.9
Tonga	28.0	27.5	27.2	27.6	28.0	28.2	28.5
Tuvalu	26.9	26.2	25.8	26.5	27.0	27.2	27.5
Vanuatu	30.9	27.3	24.2	25.2	26.7	27.5	28.5
Viet Nam	27.3	20.9	17.2	18.0	19.1	19.8	20.6

Note: Please refer to Annex IV for the country coverage of this report. In particular, Central Asia and Western Asia are not included.
Source: WHO. 2021. Global anaemia estimates, Edition 2021. In: Global Health Observatory (GHO) data repository. Geneva, Switzerland. Cited 25 May 2021. www.who.int/data/gho/data/indicators/indicator-details/GHO/prevalence-of-anaemia-in-women-of-reproductive-age-(-)

TABLE A-9.

Prevalence of obesity among adults (percent)

	2000	2005	2010	2013	2014	2015	2016
World	8.7	9.9	11.2	12.1	12.5	12.8	13.1
Asia and the Pacific	2.6	3.4	4.5	5.2	5.5	5.8	6.1
Eastern Asia	2.4	3.2	4.3	5.1	5.4	5.7	6.0
Oceania	19.5	22.1	24.7	26.4	27.0	27.5	28.1
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand	15.6	17.8	20.2	21.9	22.4	23.0	23.6
South-eastern Asia	2.7	3.6	4.8	5.7	6.0	6.4	6.7
Southern Asia	2.5	3.2	4.1	4.7	4.9	5.2	5.4
Afghanistan	2.3	3.0	4.0	4.7	4.9	5.2	5.5
Australia	20.2	22.9	25.6	27.3	27.9	28.4	29.0
Bangladesh	1.3	1.8	2.5	3.0	3.2	3.4	3.6
Bhutan	2.4	3.4	4.6	5.5	5.7	6.1	6.4
Brunei Darussalam	7.2	9.0	11.1	12.6	13.1	13.6	14.1
Cambodia	1.5	2.0	2.7	3.3	3.5	3.7	3.9
China	2.4	3.2	4.4	5.2	5.5	5.9	6.2
Cook Islands	44.9	49.1	52.6	54.3	54.9	55.4	55.9
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea	4.0	4.7	5.5	6.1	6.3	6.5	6.8
Fiji	21.0	23.7	26.5	28.3	28.9	29.5	30.2
India	1.6	2.1	2.8	3.3	3.5	3.7	3.9
Indonesia	2.6	3.6	4.9	5.8	6.1	6.5	6.9
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	16.6	19.1	22.1	24.0	24.6	25.2	25.8
Japan	2.1	2.6	3.3	3.8	3.9	4.1	4.3
Kiribati	34.9	38.9	42.2	44.1	44.7	45.3	46.0
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	1.7	2.5	3.5	4.4	4.7	5.0	5.3
Malaysia	7.0	9.4	12.0	13.7	14.3	14.9	15.6
Maldives	3.0	4.2	5.9	7.2	7.6	8.1	8.6
Marshall Islands	43.7	46.7	49.6	51.3	51.8	52.4	52.9
Micronesia (Federated States of)	34.7	37.9	41.5	43.7	44.4	45.1	45.8
Mongolia	11.6	13.8	16.7	18.6	19.2	19.9	20.6
Myanmar	2.2	3.0	4.0	4.8	5.1	5.4	5.8
Nauru	55.1	57.0	58.9	60.0	60.3	60.7	61.0
Nepal	1.6	2.1	2.9	3.5	3.7	3.9	4.1
New Zealand	21.5	24.4	27.2	29.0	29.6	30.2	30.8
Niue	37.5	41.3	45.2	47.6	48.4	49.2	50.0
Pakistan	3.9	5.1	6.5	7.5	7.8	8.2	8.6
Palau	45.0	48.2	51.8	53.7	54.2	54.8	55.3
Papua New Guinea	13.3	15.5	17.9	19.6	20.1	20.7	21.3
Philippines	3.3	4.1	5.0	5.7	5.9	6.2	6.4
Republic of Korea	2.9	3.4	3.9	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.7
Samoa	36.7	40.2	43.4	45.4	46.0	46.7	47.3
Singapore	4.4	4.9	5.4	5.7	5.8	6.0	6.1
Solomon Islands	13.5	15.9	18.7	20.6	21.2	21.9	22.5
Sri Lanka	2.1	2.8	3.7	4.4	4.6	4.9	5.2
Thailand	3.7	5.0	7.0	8.4	8.9	9.4	10.0
Timor-Leste	1.4	1.9	2.6	3.1	3.3	3.6	3.8
Tonga	37.0	40.6	44.1	46.1	46.8	47.5	48.2
Tuvalu	39.3	43.1	47.0	49.4	50.1	50.9	51.6
Vanuatu	15.6	18.4	21.3	23.2	23.9	24.5	25.2
Viet Nam	0.6	0.9	1.4	1.7	1.8	2.0	2.1

Note: Please refer to Annex IV for the country coverage of this report. In particular, Central Asia and Western Asia are not included.
Source: WHO. 2020. Global Health Observatory (GHO) data repository. In: World Health Organization. Geneva, Switzerland. Cited 28 April 2020. https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A900A?lang=en

TABLE A-10.

Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among infants 0–5 months of age (percent)

	2000	2005	2010	2012	2015	2019	2020
World				37.1			43.8
Asia and the Pacific				39.7			45.8
Eastern Asia				28.5			22.0
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand				56.9			61.1
South-eastern Asia				33.5			45.1
Southern Asia				47.4			57.0
Afghanistan					43.1
Bangladesh						62.6
Bhutan			48.7		53.2
Cambodia	10.8	60.0	72.8
Democratic People’s Republic of Korea				68.9
India					54.9
Indonesia				40.9
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	44.1		53.1
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	18.8
Mongolia	47.8	56.7	65.7				58.0
Myanmar	10.5
Nepal						62.1
Solomon Islands					76.2
Sri Lanka	52.6
Thailand				12.3		14.0
Timor-Leste							65.0
Tonga				52.2		39.6
Viet Nam	22.0		17.0

Note: Please refer to Annex IV for the country coverage of this report. In particular, Central Asia and Western Asia are not included.
Source: UNICEF. 2021. Infant and young child feeding. In: UNICEF. New York, USA. Cited 6 April 2022. https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/infant-and-young-child-feeding

TABLE A-11.

Prevalence of low birthweight (percent)

	2000	2005	2010	2012	2013	2014	2015
World	17.5	16.4	15.3	15.0	14.8	14.7	14.6
Asia and the Pacific	27.0	25.0	23.4	22.8	22.5	22.3	22.1
Eastern Asia	5.8	5.4	5.2	5.1	5.1	5.1	5.1
Oceania excluding Australia and New Zealand	10.4	10.2	10.1	10.0	9.9	9.9	9.9
South-eastern Asia	13.7	13.0	12.5	12.4	12.4	12.3	12.3
Southern Asia	32.3	29.9	27.9	27.2	26.9	26.6	26.4
Australia	6.3	6.3	6.2	6.3	6.3	6.4	6.5
Bangladesh	36.2	32.7	30.0	29.0	28.6	28.2	27.8
Bhutan	13.8	12.9	12.2	11.9	11.8	11.8	11.7
Brunei Darussalam	10.3	9.5	11.8	12.1	12.0	11.5	10.8
Cambodia	15.4	13.8	12.9	12.6	12.4	12.2	12.1
China	5.8	5.4	5.1	5.0	5.0	5.0	5.0
Cook Islands	3.7	3.6	3.6	3.5	3.5	3.5	3.5
Indonesia	11.2	10.7	10.3	10.2	10.1	10.0	10.0
Japan	8.6	9.5	9.6	9.6	9.5	9.5	9.5
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	20.4	19.1	18.1	17.7	17.6	17.4	17.3
Malaysia	10.0	10.2	11.1	11.3	11.4	11.4	11.3
Maldives	15.6	13.4	12.3	12.0	11.9	11.8	11.7
Mongolia	6.3	5.9	5.6	5.5	5.4	5.4	5.4
Myanmar	13.9	13.2	12.7	12.5	12.5	12.4	12.3
Nepal	27.2	25.0	23.2	22.6	22.3	22.1	21.8
New Zealand	6.6	6.0	5.9	5.9	5.8	5.8	5.7
Philippines	21.5	21.0	20.6	20.4	20.3	20.2	20.1
Republic of Korea	3.8	4.3	5.1	5.4	5.5	5.7	5.8
Singapore	9.8	9.7	9.7	9.7	9.6	9.6	9.6
Sri Lanka	16.3	17.3	17.0	16.6	16.4	16.1	15.9
Thailand	13.5	11.4	10.8	10.8	10.7	10.6	10.5
Vanuatu	11.1	11.0	11.0	11.0	11.0	10.9	10.9
Viet Nam	9.2	8.6	8.5	8.4	8.3	8.3	8.2

Note: Please refer to Annex IV for the country coverage of this report. In particular, Central Asia and Western Asia are not included.
Source: UNICEF & WHO. 2019. UNICEF-WHO joint low birthweight estimates. In: United Nations Children’s Fund. New York, USA and Geneva, Switzerland. Cited 28 April 2020. www.unicef.org/reports/UNICEF-WHO-low-birthweight-estimates-2019

TABLE A-12.

Affordability of a healthy diet

	Number of people unable to afford a healthy diet (million)				Percentage of people unable to afford a healthy diet (percent)
	2017	2018	2019	2020	2017	2018	2019	2020
World	3 049.1	2 973.8	2 961.9	3 074.2	42.9	41.5	40.9	42.0
Asia and the Pacific	1 890.4	1 808.7	1 776.0	1 853.8	46.2	44.1	43.0	44.5
Eastern Asia	205.2	166.3	146.9	174.4	12.8	10.5	9.2	11.0
Oceania	0.6	0.7	0.7	0.7	2.5	2.5	2.8	2.7
South-eastern Asia	347.3	340.9	331.6	347.2	55.6	54.0	52.0	53.9
Southern Asia	1 337.3	1 300.9	1 296.7	1 331.5	72.8	70.0	69.0	70.0
Australia	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.7	0.7	0.7	0.7
Bangladesh	123.7	120.5	119.8	121.1	77.4	74.6	73.5	73.5
Bhutan	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.4	57.6	52.2	50.0	53.0
Brunei Darussalam	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Cambodia	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
China	199.3	160.5	141.4	168.7	14.3	11.4	10.0	12.0
Fiji	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	51.5	53.2	60.3	60.4
India	1 002.5	966.6	948.6	973.3	74.9	71.5	69.4	70.5
Indonesia	187.2	184.4	182.0	189.1	70.7	68.9	67.3	69.1
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	9.6	11.4	18.3	17.1	12.0	14.0	22.1	20.3
Japan	3.2	3.1	3.1	3.1	2.5	2.5	2.5	2.5
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	5.6	5.6	5.6	5.8	80.6	79.2	78.4	79.8
Malaysia	0.8	0.7	0.5	0.6	2.6	2.1	1.7	1.9
Maldives	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.2	2.4	1.1	1.4
Mongolia	1.7	1.7	1.6	1.7	55.3	52.8	49.4	51.4
Myanmar	36.3	34.2	32.3	35.4	68.1	63.6	59.7	65.1
Nepal	24.0	23.7	23.8	24.5	86.8	84.5	83.3	84.0
New Zealand	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Pakistan	165.7	167.6	175.9	184.4	79.7	79.0	81.2	83.5
Philippines	74.6	75.7	74.2	75.2	71.0	71.0	68.6	68.6
Republic of Korea	0.9	0.9	0.8	0.9	1.7	1.7	1.5	1.7
Singapore	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Sri Lanka	11.2	10.6	9.9	10.7	52.3	48.8	45.3	49.0
Thailand	12.1	12.4	11.1	11.9	17.5	17.9	16.0	17.0
Viet Nam	30.7	28.1	25.8	29.2	32.4	29.4	26.8	30.0

Note: Please refer to Annex IV for the country coverage of this report. In particular, Central Asia and Western Asia are not included.
Source: FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP & WHO. 2022. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022. Repurposing food and agricultural policies to make healthy diets more affordable. Rome, FAO. https://doi.org/10.4060/cc0639en

TABLE A-13.

Cost of a healthy diet (USD per person per day)

	2017	2018	2019	2020
World	3.314	3.350	3.425	3.537
Asia and the Pacific	3.638	3.711	3.805	3.978
Eastern Asia	4.167	4.344	4.449	4.718
Oceania	2.847	2.846	2.958	3.066
South-eastern Asia	3.676	3.776	3.855	4.019
Southern Asia	3.489	3.560	3.658	3.806
Australia	2.259	2.273	2.325	2.561
Bangladesh	2.882	2.971	3.024	3.064
Bhutan	4.383	4.587	4.712	5.029
Brunei Darussalam	4.126	4.263	4.327	4.405
Cambodia	3.618	3.706	3.778	3.888
China	2.571	2.630	2.792	2.983
China, Hong Kong SAR	3.659	3.819	4.147	4.513
China, Taiwan Province of	3.990	n.a.	n.a.	n.a.
Fiji	3.612	3.677	3.858	3.914
India	2.824	2.830	2.877	2.970
Indonesia	4.129	4.273	4.268	4.466
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	3.005	3.212	3.642	3.550
Japan	5.529	5.701	5.609	5.808
Lao People’s Democratic Republic	3.776	3.838	3.959	4.141
Malaysia	3.224	3.319	3.412	3.538
Maldives	3.581	3.634	3.662	3.861
Mongolia	4.544	4.667	4.901	5.103
Myanmar	3.706	3.786	3.861	4.186
Nepal	4.127	4.145	4.222	4.362
New Zealand	2.671	2.589	2.692	2.723
Pakistan	3.408	3.395	3.460	3.685
Philippines	3.843	3.998	4.054	4.108
Republic of Korea	4.712	4.900	4.800	5.183
Singapore	2.775	2.867	2.936	3.064
Sri Lanka	3.702	3.705	3.667	3.923
Thailand	3.971	4.042	4.181	4.321
Viet Nam	3.586	3.663	3.776	4.072