TABLE A2
Food security and nutrition
Number of people undernourished |
Proportion of |
Dietary energy supply in total population |
Coefficient of variation of food consumption |
Probability of actual consumption falling below 95% of trend |
|||||
(Millions) |
(%) |
(kcal/person /day) |
(Average annual % increase) |
(%) |
|||||
1990-92 |
1999-2001 |
1990-92 |
1999-2001 |
1990-92 |
1999-2001 |
1990-2001 |
1980-2001 |
1980-2001 |
|
WORLD |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 705 |
2 803 |
0.28 |
... |
... |
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 273 |
3 273 |
-0.07 |
... |
... |
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES |
816.6 |
797.9 |
20 |
17 |
2 535 |
2 677 |
0.49 |
... |
... |
ASIA AND THE PACIFIC |
566.8 |
505.2 |
20 |
16 |
2 522 |
2 702 |
0.61 |
4.8 |
13.9 |
Bangladesh |
39.2 |
44.1 |
35 |
32 |
2 074 |
2 156 |
0.61 |
2.6 |
2.7 |
Brunei Darussalam |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 760 |
2 771 |
-0.01 |
... |
... |
Cambodia |
4.3 |
5.0 |
43 |
38 |
1 871 |
1 973 |
0.88 |
6.4 |
21.7 |
China, Hong Kong SAR |
0.0 |
0.1 |
- |
- |
3 228 |
3 099 |
-0.53 |
... |
... |
China, Macao SAR |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 716 |
2 509 |
-0.35 |
... |
... |
China, Mainland |
193.0 |
135.3 |
17 |
11 |
2 701 |
2 972 |
0.98 |
4.4 |
12.7 |
China, Taiwan Province of |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 966 |
3 059 |
0.41 |
... |
... |
Fiji Islands |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 638 |
2 782 |
0.72 |
... |
... |
French Polynesia |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 864 |
2 881 |
0.16 |
... |
... |
India |
214.5 |
213.7 |
25 |
21 |
2 368 |
2 492 |
0.30 |
5.2 |
17.0 |
Indonesia |
16.6 |
12.6 |
9 |
6 |
2 694 |
2 903 |
0.90 |
1.2 |
0.0 |
Kiribati |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 653 |
2 917 |
1.36 |
3.2 |
6.4 |
Korea, Democratic People's Rep. of |
3.7 |
7.5 |
18 |
34 |
2 452 |
2 176 |
-0.06 |
3.2 |
6.5 |
Korea, Rep. of |
0.8 |
0.7 |
- |
- |
3 005 |
3 074 |
-0.04 |
... |
... |
Lao People's Dem. Rep. |
1.2 |
1.2 |
29 |
22 |
2 113 |
2 282 |
0.78 |
1.9 |
0.3 |
Malaysia |
0.6 |
0.5 |
3 |
- |
2 782 |
2 916 |
0.78 |
... |
... |
Maldives |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 387 |
2 561 |
0.74 |
3.8 |
9.5 |
Mongolia |
0.8 |
1.0 |
34 |
38 |
2 062 |
2 068 |
-0.82 |
5.7 |
18.6 |
Myanmar |
4.0 |
3.2 |
10 |
7 |
2 636 |
2 813 |
0.69 |
... |
... |
Nepal |
3.4 |
3.8 |
18 |
17 |
2 396 |
2 442 |
0.05 |
4.0 |
11.1 |
New Caledonia |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 792 |
2 769 |
-0.15 |
... |
... |
Pakistan |
29.0 |
26.8 |
26 |
19 |
2 282 |
2 458 |
0.36 |
6.8 |
23.1 |
Papua New Guinea |
0.9 |
1.3 |
25 |
27 |
2 208 |
2 176 |
-0.10 |
8.3 |
27.4 |
Philippines |
16.1 |
16.8 |
26 |
22 |
2 266 |
2 374 |
0.28 |
5.1 |
16.2 |
Solomon Islands |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 016 |
2 236 |
0.56 |
8.1 |
28.2 |
Sri Lanka |
5.0 |
4.6 |
29 |
25 |
2 202 |
2 328 |
0.16 |
3.2 |
5.7 |
Thailand |
15.6 |
11.9 |
28 |
19 |
2 244 |
2 466 |
0.84 |
... |
... |
Vanuatu |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 538 |
2 575 |
0.05 |
9.0 |
28.9 |
Viet Nam |
18.1 |
15.1 |
27 |
19 |
2 252 |
2 501 |
1.19 |
... |
... |
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN |
59.0 |
53.4 |
13 |
10 |
2 707 |
2 842 |
0.47 |
5.1 |
13.4 |
Antigua and Barbuda |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 486 |
2 367 |
-0.26 |
... |
... |
Argentina |
0.7 |
0.4 |
- |
- |
2 993 |
3 178 |
0.54 |
... |
... |
Bahamas |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 620 |
2 725 |
-0.02 |
... |
... |
Barbados |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 080 |
2 959 |
-0.42 |
... |
... |
Belize |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 687 |
2 863 |
1.09 |
... |
... |
Bermuda |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 945 |
2 946 |
-0.03 |
... |
... |
Bolivia |
1.8 |
1.8 |
26 |
22 |
2 141 |
2 236 |
0.44 |
2.0 |
0.6 |
Brazil |
18.6 |
15.6 |
12 |
9 |
2 811 |
3 002 |
0.59 |
... |
... |
Chile |
1.1 |
0.6 |
8 |
4 |
2 612 |
2 851 |
1.24 |
... |
... |
Colombia |
6.1 |
5.7 |
17 |
13 |
2 435 |
2 572 |
0.70 |
... |
... |
Costa Rica |
0.2 |
0.2 |
7 |
6 |
2 683 |
2 758 |
0.20 |
... |
... |
Cuba |
0.9 |
1.3 |
8 |
11 |
2 697 |
2 607 |
-0.93 |
11.4 |
33.1 |
Dominica |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 992 |
2 981 |
0.04 |
... |
... |
Dominican Republic |
1.9 |
2.1 |
27 |
25 |
2 260 |
2 323 |
0.06 |
... |
... |
Ecuador |
0.9 |
0.6 |
8 |
4 |
2 508 |
2 735 |
0.97 |
... |
... |
El Salvador |
0.6 |
0.8 |
12 |
14 |
2 492 |
2 460 |
0.40 |
... |
... |
Grenada |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 682 |
2 742 |
0.37 |
... |
... |
Guatemala |
1.4 |
2.9 |
16 |
25 |
2 352 |
2 160 |
-0.18 |
5.9 |
20.0 |
Guyana |
0.2 |
0.1 |
21 |
14 |
2 350 |
2 536 |
0.46 |
... |
... |
Haiti |
4.6 |
4.0 |
65 |
49 |
1 781 |
2 041 |
1.40 |
4.3 |
10.9 |
Honduras |
1.1 |
1.3 |
23 |
20 |
2 313 |
2 398 |
0.36 |
1.6 |
0.1 |
Jamaica |
0.3 |
0.2 |
14 |
9 |
2 503 |
2 690 |
0.34 |
... |
... |
Mexico |
4.6 |
5.2 |
5 |
5 |
3 107 |
3 152 |
0.23 |
... |
... |
Netherlands Antilles |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 523 |
2 581 |
0.15 |
... |
... |
Nicaragua |
1.2 |
1.5 |
30 |
29 |
2 215 |
2 247 |
0.00 |
5.0 |
16.0 |
Panama |
0.5 |
0.7 |
20 |
26 |
2 339 |
2 252 |
0.65 |
... |
... |
Paraguay |
0.8 |
0.7 |
18 |
13 |
2 393 |
2 560 |
0.09 |
... |
... |
Peru |
8.9 |
2.9 |
40 |
11 |
1 979 |
2 602 |
1.57 |
... |
... |
Saint Kitts and Nevis |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 576 |
2 977 |
1.20 |
... |
... |
Saint Lucia |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 735 |
2 921 |
0.64 |
... |
... |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 393 |
2 638 |
0.83 |
... |
... |
Suriname |
0.1 |
0.0 |
13 |
11 |
2 548 |
2 630 |
0.75 |
... |
... |
Trinidad and Tobago |
0.2 |
0.2 |
13 |
12 |
2 638 |
2 714 |
0.21 |
... |
... |
Uruguay |
0.2 |
0.1 |
6 |
3 |
2 662 |
2 841 |
1.11 |
... |
... |
Venezuela |
2.3 |
4.4 |
11 |
18 |
2 465 |
2 331 |
0.21 |
... |
... |
NEAR EAST AND NORTH AFRICA |
25.3 |
40.9 |
8 |
10 |
2 972 |
2 951 |
-0.17 |
5.2 |
10.7 |
Afghanistan |
8.4 |
15.3 |
58 |
70 |
1 818 |
1 673 |
-2.13 |
13.8 |
35.8 |
Algeria |
1.3 |
1.7 |
5 |
6 |
2 932 |
2 965 |
0.25 |
... |
... |
Cyprus |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 127 |
3 264 |
0.81 |
... |
... |
Egypt |
2.7 |
2.3 |
5 |
3 |
3 174 |
3 366 |
0.71 |
... |
... |
Iran, Islamic Republic of |
2.8 |
3.8 |
5 |
5 |
2 886 |
2 933 |
0.33 |
... |
... |
Iraq |
1.2 |
6.2 |
7 |
27 |
2 657 |
2 191 |
-3.39 |
... |
... |
Jordan |
0.1 |
0.3 |
4 |
6 |
2 826 |
2 736 |
0.15 |
... |
... |
Kuwait |
0.5 |
0.1 |
22 |
4 |
2 293 |
3 151 |
1.16 |
... |
... |
Lebanon |
0.1 |
0.1 |
3 |
3 |
3 151 |
3 166 |
0.17 |
... |
... |
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya |
0.0 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
3 274 |
3 316 |
0.19 |
... |
... |
Morocco |
1.5 |
2.1 |
6 |
7 |
3 017 |
3 002 |
0.19 |
2.7 |
3.1 |
Saudi Arabia |
0.6 |
0.6 |
4 |
3 |
2 771 |
2 837 |
0.41 |
1.7 |
0.2 |
Syrian Arab Republic |
0.6 |
0.6 |
5 |
4 |
2 834 |
3 043 |
0.74 |
... |
... |
Tunisia |
0.1 |
0.1 |
- |
- |
3 173 |
3 344 |
0.43 |
... |
... |
Turkey |
1.0 |
1.8 |
- |
3 |
3 509 |
3 357 |
-0.45 |
... |
... |
United Arab Emirates |
0.1 |
0.0 |
4 |
- |
2 969 |
3 332 |
0.87 |
... |
... |
Yemen |
4.2 |
6.1 |
35 |
33 |
2 036 |
2 046 |
-0.42 |
2.8 |
3.8 |
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA |
165.5 |
198.4 |
35 |
33 |
2 185 |
2 255 |
0.45 |
7.1 |
19.4 |
Angola |
6.1 |
6.4 |
61 |
49 |
1 734 |
1 903 |
1.08 |
4.8 |
19.3 |
Benin |
1.0 |
1.0 |
20 |
16 |
2 334 |
2 481 |
0.59 |
16.6 |
38.2 |
Botswana |
0.2 |
0.4 |
18 |
24 |
2 355 |
2 270 |
0.08 |
... |
... |
Burkina Faso |
2.0 |
1.9 |
22 |
17 |
2 334 |
2 464 |
1.02 |
5.1 |
14.3 |
Burundi |
2.8 |
4.5 |
49 |
70 |
1 886 |
1 609 |
-0.73 |
12.5 |
33.5 |
Cameroon |
3.9 |
4.0 |
33 |
27 |
2 123 |
2 240 |
0.54 |
3.3 |
7.4 |
Cape Verde |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 086 |
3 295 |
0.90 |
3.8 |
9.1 |
Central African Republic |
1.5 |
1.6 |
50 |
44 |
1 875 |
1 955 |
0.34 |
5.6 |
20.7 |
Chad |
3.5 |
2.7 |
58 |
34 |
1 781 |
2 143 |
2.50 |
3.2 |
5.9 |
Comoros |
... |
... |
... |
... |
1 915 |
1 753 |
-0.61 |
3.0 |
4.9 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the |
12.1 |
38.3 |
31 |
75 |
2 175 |
1 566 |
-2.97 |
10.5 |
31.7 |
Congo, Republic of the |
0.9 |
0.9 |
37 |
30 |
2 089 |
2 214 |
0.07 |
11.4 |
33.1 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
2.4 |
2.4 |
18 |
15 |
2 457 |
2 586 |
0.52 |
4.9 |
17.4 |
Djibouti |
... |
... |
... |
... |
1 884 |
2 161 |
1.43 |
7.0 |
23.6 |
Eritrea |
... |
2.2 |
... |
61 |
... |
1 667 |
... |
5.9 |
19.9 |
Ethiopia |
... |
26.4 |
... |
42 |
... |
1 908 |
... |
9.4 |
29.7 |
Ethiopia PDR |
... |
... |
... |
... |
1 684 |
... |
... |
... |
... |
Gabon |
0.1 |
0.1 |
11 |
7 |
2 462 |
2 580 |
0.37 |
... |
... |
Gambia |
0.2 |
0.4 |
22 |
27 |
2 380 |
2 282 |
-0.24 |
7.8 |
26.0 |
Ghana |
5.5 |
2.4 |
35 |
12 |
2 094 |
2 621 |
2.58 |
27.5 |
42.8 |
Guinea |
2.5 |
2.3 |
40 |
28 |
2 092 |
2 327 |
1.56 |
5.4 |
19.7 |
Guinea-Bissau |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 485 |
2 440 |
0.42 |
3.9 |
10.0 |
Kenya |
10.6 |
11.5 |
44 |
37 |
1 924 |
2 044 |
0.18 |
4.1 |
10.8 |
Lesotho |
0.5 |
0.5 |
27 |
25 |
2 268 |
2 307 |
0.28 |
1.3 |
0.0 |
Liberia |
0.7 |
1.2 |
33 |
42 |
2 224 |
2 080 |
-2.01 |
9.9 |
30.7 |
Madagascar |
4.3 |
5.7 |
35 |
36 |
2 085 |
2 069 |
-0.19 |
4.1 |
11.3 |
Malawi |
4.7 |
3.7 |
49 |
33 |
1 886 |
2 164 |
0.95 |
3.7 |
8.8 |
Mali |
2.2 |
2.4 |
25 |
21 |
2 296 |
2 371 |
0.20 |
4.3 |
12.0 |
Mauritania |
0.3 |
0.3 |
14 |
10 |
2 606 |
2 733 |
0.57 |
2.4 |
1.7 |
Mauritius |
0.1 |
0.1 |
6 |
5 |
2 894 |
2 982 |
0.68 |
... |
... |
Mozambique |
9.7 |
9.7 |
69 |
53 |
1 708 |
1 945 |
1.12 |
6.4 |
23.4 |
Namibia |
0.3 |
0.1 |
20 |
7 |
2 292 |
2 698 |
1.98 |
... |
... |
Niger |
3.3 |
3.7 |
42 |
34 |
2 006 |
2 128 |
0.28 |
3.9 |
9.9 |
Nigeria |
11.2 |
9.1 |
13 |
8 |
2 559 |
2 768 |
1.54 |
18.4 |
39.3 |
Rwanda |
2.8 |
3.1 |
43 |
41 |
1 957 |
1 992 |
0.54 |
13.6 |
35.5 |
Sao Tome and Principe |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 313 |
2 464 |
1.07 |
11.5 |
33.2 |
Senegal |
1.7 |
2.3 |
23 |
24 |
2 283 |
2 275 |
0.50 |
4.9 |
15.3 |
Seychelles |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 344 |
2 433 |
0.25 |
... |
... |
Sierra Leone |
1.9 |
2.2 |
46 |
50 |
1 996 |
1 928 |
-0.03 |
5.6 |
18.8 |
Somalia |
4.9 |
6.2 |
68 |
71 |
1 638 |
1 679 |
-0.69 |
9.9 |
30.7 |
South Africa |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 870 |
2 894 |
0.36 |
... |
... |
Sudan |
7.9 |
7.7 |
31 |
25 |
2 168 |
2 290 |
0.51 |
5.2 |
16.6 |
Swaziland |
0.1 |
0.1 |
10 |
12 |
2 606 |
2 565 |
0.05 |
2.7 |
3.2 |
Tanzania, United Republic of |
9.5 |
15.2 |
35 |
43 |
2 078 |
1 970 |
-0.77 |
6.1 |
20.5 |
Togo |
1.2 |
1.1 |
33 |
25 |
2 153 |
2 315 |
0.55 |
6.1 |
21.3 |
Uganda |
4.1 |
4.5 |
23 |
19 |
2 291 |
2 371 |
0.15 |
6.4 |
23.0 |
Zambia |
3.7 |
5.2 |
45 |
50 |
1 965 |
1 900 |
-0.61 |
2.8 |
3.6 |
Zimbabwe |
4.5 |
4.9 |
43 |
39 |
2 015 |
2 095 |
-0.11 |
... |
... |
DEVELOPED MARKET ECONOMIES |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 330 |
3 459 |
0.42 |
... |
... |
Australia |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 176 |
3 109 |
-0.22 |
... |
... |
Austria |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 519 |
3 788 |
0.78 |
... |
... |
Belgium/Luxembourg |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 579 |
3 674 |
0.38 |
... |
... |
Canada |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 021 |
3 176 |
0.46 |
... |
... |
Denmark |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 227 |
3 437 |
0.66 |
... |
... |
Finland |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 145 |
3 183 |
-0.05 |
... |
... |
France |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 535 |
3 603 |
0.16 |
... |
... |
Germany |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 398 |
3 499 |
0.30 |
... |
... |
Greece |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 563 |
3 730 |
0.30 |
... |
... |
Iceland |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 095 |
3 206 |
0.24 |
... |
... |
Ireland |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 629 |
3 691 |
0.13 |
... |
... |
Israel |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 390 |
3 518 |
0.27 |
... |
... |
Italy |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 591 |
3 665 |
0.29 |
... |
... |
Japan |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 812 |
2 753 |
-0.28 |
... |
... |
Malta |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 239 |
3 511 |
0.52 |
... |
... |
Netherlands |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 352 |
3 294 |
0.27 |
... |
... |
New Zealand |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 217 |
3 211 |
0.25 |
... |
... |
Norway |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 181 |
3 366 |
0.53 |
... |
... |
Portugal |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 441 |
3 749 |
1.02 |
... |
... |
Spain |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 307 |
3 405 |
0.55 |
... |
... |
Sweden |
... |
... |
... |
... |
2 987 |
3 137 |
0.52 |
... |
... |
Switzerland |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 307 |
3 382 |
0.30 |
... |
... |
United Kingdom |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 218 |
3 343 |
0.43 |
... |
... |
United States of America |
... |
... |
... |
... |
3 516 |
3 769 |
0.80 |
... |
... |
1993-95 |
1999-2001 |
1993-95 |
1999-2001 |
1993-95 |
1999-2001 |
1993-2001 |
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COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION |
25.2 |
33.6 |
6 |
8 |
2 939 |
2 886 |
-0.23 |
… |
… |
Albania |
0.2 |
0.1 |
5 |
4 |
2 888 |
2 943 |
1.61 |
… |
… |
Armenia |
2.0 |
1.9 |
55 |
51 |
1 926 |
2 001 |
1.95 |
… |
… |
Azerbaijan |
2.8 |
1.7 |
37 |
21 |
2 109 |
2 382 |
0.92 |
… |
… |
Belarus |
0.1 |
0.3 |
- |
3 |
3 163 |
2 964 |
-0.83 |
… |
… |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
0.5 |
0.3 |
13 |
8 |
2 582 |
2 731 |
2.01 |
… |
… |
Bulgaria |
0.7 |
1.3 |
8 |
16 |
2 891 |
2 626 |
-1.86 |
… |
… |
Croatia |
0.8 |
0.5 |
18 |
12 |
2 486 |
2 619 |
0.74 |
… |
… |
Czech Republic |
0.2 |
0.2 |
- |
- |
3 074 |
3 082 |
... |
… |
… |
Estonia |
0.2 |
0.1 |
10 |
4 |
2 706 |
3 021 |
2.05 |
… |
… |
Georgia |
2.4 |
1.4 |
45 |
26 |
2 042 |
2 285 |
0.81 |
… |
… |
Hungary |
0.1 |
0.0 |
- |
- |
3 343 |
3 498 |
-0.24 |
… |
… |
Kazakhstan |
0.2 |
3.5 |
- |
22 |
3 256 |
2 362 |
-1.76 |
… |
… |
Kyrgyzstan |
1.3 |
0.4 |
28 |
7 |
2 263 |
2 857 |
1.90 |
… |
… |
Latvia |
0.1 |
0.2 |
3 |
6 |
2 966 |
2 786 |
-0.30 |
… |
… |
Lithuania |
0.2 |
0.0 |
4 |
- |
2 894 |
3 262 |
1.41 |
… |
… |
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of |
0.3 |
0.2 |
15 |
10 |
2 526 |
2 662 |
0.48 |
… |
… |
Moldova, Republic of |
0.2 |
0.5 |
5 |
12 |
2 930 |
2 682 |
-1.85 |
… |
… |
Poland |
0.3 |
0.3 |
- |
- |
3 337 |
3 385 |
0.15 |
… |
… |
Romania |
0.4 |
0.2 |
- |
- |
3 209 |
3 340 |
1.61 |
… |
… |
Russian Federation |
6.4 |
6.2 |
4 |
4 |
2 925 |
2 944 |
0.35 |
… |
… |
Serbia-Montenegro |
0.5 |
0.9 |
5 |
9 |
2 901 |
2 717 |
-1.05 |
… |
… |
Slovakia |
0.2 |
0.2 |
4 |
5 |
2 917 |
2 905 |
... |
… |
… |
Slovenia |
0.1 |
0.0 |
3 |
- |
2 942 |
3 057 |
0.74 |
… |
… |
Tajikistan |
1.2 |
4.3 |
22 |
71 |
2 304 |
1 716 |
-3.67 |
… |
… |
Turkmenistan |
0.6 |
0.3 |
15 |
7 |
2 478 |
2 756 |
0.03 |
… |
… |
Ukraine |
1.2 |
2.0 |
- |
4 |
3 030 |
2 899 |
-1.16 |
… |
… |
Uzbekistan |
2.1 |
6.4 |
10 |
26 |
2 583 |
2 273 |
-1.93 |
… |
… |