Annex I DATA TABLES
TABLE 17.
Prevalence of undernourishment (percent)
| 2000–2002 | 2004–2006 | 2009–2011 | 2013–2015 | 2017–2019 | 2018–2020 | 2019–2021 | 2020–2022 | |
| World | 12.9 | 12.0 | 8.8 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 8.2 | 8.7 | 9.2 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 10.7 | 9.3 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.7 |
| Caribbean | 17.9 | 18.4 | 15.2 | 13.3 | 13.8 | 14.5 | 14.7 | 15.4 |
| Mesoamerica | 7.5 | 8.0 | 7.0 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 5.0 |
| South America | 11.2 | 8.8 | 5.5 | 3.9 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 6.0 | 6.5 |
| Argentina | 3.1 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 2.7 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 |
| Barbados | 6.1 | 5.9 | 3.2 | <2.5 | <2.5 | <2.5 | <2.5 | <2.5 |
| Belize | 6.3 | 5.5 | 5.8 | 6.6 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.9 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 27.8 | 27.1 | 21.3 | 17.1 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 16.2 | 19.4 |
| Brazil | 10.7 | 6.5 | 3.7 | 2.6 | <2.5 | <2.5 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
| Chile | 3.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.6 | <2.5 | 2.5 |
| Colombia | 8.9 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 5.8 | 4.6 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.6 |
| Costa Rica | 4.7 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| Cuba | <2.5 | <2.5 | <2.5 | <2.5 | <2.5 | <2.5 | <2.5 | <2.5 |
| Dominica | 3.8 | 5.2 | 4.2 | 5.0 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 6.7 |
| Dominican Republic | 20.6 | 19.4 | 13.5 | 8.4 | 5.7 | 6.3 | 6.3 | 6.3 |
| Ecuador | 21.0 | 22.3 | 12.0 | 8.6 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.1 | 13.9 |
| El Salvador | 7.3 | 9.2 | 9.9 | 10.0 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.7 |
| Guatemala | 22.7 | 19.4 | 15.8 | 16.2 | 14.1 | 14.1 | 13.5 | 13.3 |
| Guyana | 6.4 | 7.1 | 9.4 | 6.1 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.0 | <2.5 |
| Haiti | 49.2 | 51.8 | 41.8 | 38.7 | 42.2 | 43.6 | 43.3 | 45.0 |
| Honduras | 22.4 | 22.6 | 16.4 | 15.6 | 14.1 | 14.5 | 16.2 | 18.7 |
| Jamaica | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 6.3 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 8.3 |
| Mexico | 3.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 | 2.8 | <2.5 | <2.5 |
| Nicaragua | 27.1 | 22.9 | 19.9 | 19.8 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.9 | 17.8 |
| Panama | 24.5 | 21.6 | 10.4 | 7.5 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| Paraguay | 10.4 | 9.3 | 4.7 | <2.5 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
| Peru | 21.4 | 18.7 | 8.4 | 5.1 | 5.9 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 7.0 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 14.4 | 8.5 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
| Suriname | 11.8 | 9.8 | 8.1 | 8.4 | 9.2 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10.0 | 11.2 | 11.0 | 11.0 | 12.7 | 13.2 | 13.4 | 12.2 |
| Uruguay | 3.4 | 2.9 | <2.5 | <2.5 | <2.5 | <2.5 | <2.5 | <2.5 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 14.8 | 8.3 | <2.5 | 3.7 | 22.7 | 23.4 | 21.6 | 17.9 |
Note: The values for 2020 to 2022 are projections.
Source: FAO. 2023. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. In: FAO. Rome. [Cited July 2023]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS
Source: FAO. 2023. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. In: FAO. Rome. [Cited July 2023]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS
TABLE 18.
Number of undernourished people (millions)
| 2000–2002 | 2004–2006 | 2009–2011 | 2013–2015 | 2017–2019 | 2018–2020 | 2019–2021 | 2020–2022 | |
| World | 804.9 | 786.7 | 612.6 | 575.0 | 590.5 | 633.7 | 684.4 | 725.1 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 57.0 | 51.8 | 38.9 | 32.6 | 36.9 | 38.8 | 41.3 | 43.7 |
| Caribbean | 6.9 | 7.4 | 6.3 | 5.7 | 6.0 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.8 |
| Mesoamerica | 10.3 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 8.9 |
| South America | 39.8 | 32.8 | 21.7 | 15.8 | 20.9 | 23.0 | 26.0 | 28.0 |
| Argentina | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.4 |
| Barbados | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Belize | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.3 |
| Brazil | 19.1 | 12.1 | 7.2 | 5.2 | n.r. | n.r. | 7.8 | 10.1 |
| Chile | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | n.r. | 0.5 |
| Colombia | 3.6 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 2.7 | 2.3 | 2.7 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
| Costa Rica | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Cuba | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Dominica | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
| Dominican Republic | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Ecuador | 2.7 | 3.1 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| El Salvador | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 |
| Guatemala | 2.7 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.3 |
| Guyana | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | n.r. |
| Haiti | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| Honduras | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.9 |
| Jamaica | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Mexico | 3.2 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.5 | n.r. | n.r. |
| Nicaragua | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.2 |
| Panama | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Paraguay | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | n.r. | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.3 |
| Peru | 5.8 | 5.3 | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 2.0 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
| Suriname | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Uruguay | 0.1 | <0.1 | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.7 | 2.2 | n.r. | 1.1 | 6.8 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 5.1 |
Note: The values for 2020 to 2022 are projections. n.r. = not reported, as the prevalence is less than 2.5 percent.
Source: FAO. 2023. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. In: FAO. Rome. [Cited July 2023]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS
Source: FAO. 2023. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. In: FAO. Rome. [Cited July 2023]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS
TABLE 19.
Prevalence of food insecurity (percent)
| Severe food insecurity | Moderate or severe food insecurity | |||||||
| 2014–2016 | 2017–2019 | 2019–2021 | 2020–2022 | 2014–2016 | 2017–2019 | 2019–2021 | 2020–2022 | |
| World | 7.8 | 8.8 | 10.6 | 11.3 | 21.9 | 24.7 | 28.1 | 29.5 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 7.9 | 9.5 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 27.6 | 31.9 | 37.1 | 39.0 |
| Caribbean | n.a. | n.a. | 29.4 | 28.8 | n.a. | n.a. | 61.6 | 61.8 |
| Mesoamerica | 6.5 | 6.9 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 29.3 | 27.8 | 32.2 | 34.3 |
| South America | 6.0 | 8.4 | 12.1 | 13.5 | 23.4 | 30.6 | 36.6 | 38.7 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | n.a. | n.a. | 7.1 | 7.1 | n.a. | n.a. | 33.0 | 33.0 |
| Argentina | 5.8 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 19.2 | 35.8 | 37.0 | 36.9 |
| Bahamas | n.a. | n.a. | 3.4 | 3.4 | n.a. | n.a. | 17.2 | 17.2 |
| Barbados | n.a. | n.a. | 7.4 | 7.4 | n.a. | n.a. | 31.1 | 31.1 |
| Belize | n.a. | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.9 | n.a. | 35.7 | 42.3 | 45.5 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Brazil | 1.9 | 1.6 | 7.3 | 9.9 | 18.3 | 20.6 | 28.8 | 32.8 |
| Chile | 2.9 | 3.6 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 10.8 | 15.3 | 17.4 | 18.1 |
| Colombia | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Costa Rica | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 12.2 | 14.5 | 15.9 | 16.2 |
| Cuba | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Dominica | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Dominican Republic | 24.3 | 22.4 | 22.2 | 22.0 | 54.2 | 52.6 | 53.1 | 52.1 |
| Ecuador | 6.0 | 9.9 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 20.7 | 29.3 | 36.8 | 37.3 |
| El Salvador | 13.8 | 14.6 | 14.7 | 16.2 | 42.2 | 42.2 | 46.5 | 48.4 |
| Grenada | n.a. | 8.3 | 7.5 | 6.6 | n.a. | 23.6 | 22.3 | 21.1 |
| Guatemala | 16.1 | 18.1 | 20.7 | 21.1 | 42.7 | 45.2 | 55.8 | 59.8 |
| Guyana | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Haiti | n.a. | n.a. | 45.2 | 42.9 | n.a. | n.a. | 82.5 | 82.6 |
| Honduras | 14.2 | 14.0 | 17.9 | 23.5 | 41.6 | 40.9 | 49.9 | 56.1 |
| Jamaica | 25.3 | 23.0 | 23.1 | 25.6 | 48.3 | 45.8 | 50.3 | 54.4 |
| Mexico | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 25.6 | 23.0 | 26.1 | 27.6 |
| Nicaragua | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Panama | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Paraguay | 1.2 | 4.1 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 8.3 | 21.3 | 25.3 | 25.9 |
| Peru | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 8.1 | 8.1 | 6.4 | 5.6 | 21.1 | 21.1 | 26.9 | 29.8 |
| Saint Lucia | 4.5 | n.a. | n.a. | 4.5 | 22.2 | n.a. | n.a. | 22.2 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | n.a. | 10.3 | 10.3 | 10.3 | n.a. | 33.3 | 33.3 | 33.3 |
| Suriname | n.a. | n.a. | 7.2 | 7.2 | n.a. | n.a. | 35.8 | 35.8 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | n.a. | n.a. | 10.2 | 10.2 | n.a. | n.a. | 43.3 | 43.3 |
| Uruguay | 1.7 | 1.7 | 2.5 | 2.9 | 13.3 | 13.3 | 14.1 | 15.2 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
Note: n.a. = data not available; n.r. = not reported.
Source: FAO. 2023. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. In: FAO. Rome. [Cited July 2023]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS
Source: FAO. 2023. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. In: FAO. Rome. [Cited July 2023]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS
TABLE 20.
Number of food insecure people (millions)
| Severely food insecure | Moderately or severely food insecure | |||||||
| 2014–2016 | 2017–2019 | 2019–2021 | 2020–2022 | 2014–2016 | 2017–2019 | 2019–2021 | 2020–2022 | |
| World | 575.7 | 677.7 | 832.6 | 892.7 | 1 626.1 | 1 899.7 | 2 205.3 | 2 335.5 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 49.1 | 60.9 | 78.4 | 85.4 | 172.1 | 204.6 | 241.5 | 256.2 |
| Caribbean | n.a. | n.a. | 12.9 | 12.7 | n.a. | n.a. | 27.1 | 27.3 |
| Mesoamerica | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.2 | 49.1 | 48.2 | 56.7 | 60.9 |
| South America | 24.7 | 35.7 | 52.2 | 58.5 | 96.8 | 130.0 | 157.7 | 167.9 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | n.a. | n.a. | <0.1 | <0.1 | n.a. | n.a. | <0.1 | <0.1 |
| Argentina | 2.5 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.9 | 8.3 | 15.9 | 16.6 | 16.7 |
| Bahamas | n.a. | n.a. | <0.1 | <0.1 | n.a. | n.a. | <0.1 | <0.1 |
| Barbados | n.a. | n.a. | <0.1 | <0.1 | n.a. | n.a. | <0.1 | <0.1 |
| Belize | n.a. | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | n.a. | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Brazil | 4.0 | 3.4 | 15.5 | 21.1 | 37.6 | 43.2 | 61.5 | 70.3 |
| Chile | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
| Colombia | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Costa Rica | <0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.8 |
| Cuba | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Dominica | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Dominican Republic | 2.5 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 5.8 |
| Ecuador | 1.0 | 1.7 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 3.4 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 6.6 |
| El Salvador | 0.9 | 0.9 | 0.9 | 1.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.1 |
| Grenada | n.a. | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | n.a. | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
| Guatemala | 2.6 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 6.8 | 7.6 | 9.7 | 10.5 |
| Guyana | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Haiti | n.a. | n.a. | 5.1 | 4.9 | n.a. | n.a. | 9.3 | 9.5 |
| Honduras | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 5.8 |
| Jamaica | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
| Mexico | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.5 | 30.8 | 28.5 | 32.9 | 35.0 |
| Nicaragua | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Panama | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Paraguay | <0.1 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 1.7 |
| Peru | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
| Saint Lucia | <0.1 | n.a. | n.a. | <0.1 | <0.1 | n.a. | n.a. | <0.1 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | n.a. | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | n.a. | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 |
| Suriname | n.a. | n.a. | <0.1 | <0.1 | n.a. | n.a. | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | n.a. | n.a. | 0.2 | 0.2 | n.a. | n.a. | 0.7 | 0.7 |
| Uruguay | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | <0.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
Note: n.a. = data not available; n.r. = not reported.
Source: FAO. 2023. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. In: FAO. Rome. [Cited July 2023]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS
Source: FAO. 2023. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. In: FAO. Rome. [Cited July 2023]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS
TABLE 21.
Prevalence of food insecurity by sex (percent)
| Severe food insecurity | Moderate or severe food insecurity | |||||||
| Men | Women | Men | Women | |||||
| 2014–2016 | 2020–2022 | 2014–2016 | 2020–2022 | 2014–2016 | 2020–2022 | 2014–2016 | 2020–2022 | |
| World | 6.5 | 9.3 | 7.2 | 10.8 | 18.9 | 25.2 | 20.7 | 28.1 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 7.0 | 11.4 | 8.5 | 14.3 | 25.1 | 33.7 | 29.7 | 43.8 |
| Caribbean | n.a. | 27.7 | n.a. | 30.0 | n.a. | 60.2 | n.a. | 63.9 |
| Mesoamerica | 5.8 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 8.8 | 27.5 | 28.4 | 30.6 | 39.3 |
| South America | 5.0 | 11.7 | 6.6 | 14.9 | 20.6 | 33.2 | 25.8 | 43.6 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | n.a. | 7.4 | n.a. | 6.8 | n.a. | 29.0 | n.a. | 37.0 |
| Argentina | 4.9 | 10.1 | 6.6 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 31.1 | 22.6 | 42.7 |
| Bahamas | n.a. | 3.6 | n.a. | 3.3 | n.a. | 17.6 | n.a. | 16.9 |
| Barbados | n.a. | 6.8 | n.a. | 8.0 | n.a. | 28.8 | n.a. | 33.3 |
| Belize | n.a. | 5.9 | n.a. | 5.9 | n.a. | 45.5 | n.a. | 45.5 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Brazil | 1.2 | 8.3 | 2.6 | 11.4 | 15.6 | 26.9 | 21.1 | 38.7 |
| Chile | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.6 | 9.1 | 16.2 | 12.5 | 20.1 |
| Colombia | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Costa Rica | 1.8 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 3.2 | 11.5 | 14.0 | 12.9 | 18.4 |
| Cuba | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Dominica | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Dominican Republic | 22.8 | 20.8 | 25.8 | 23.1 | 51.3 | 48.8 | 57.2 | 55.4 |
| Ecuador | 5.7 | 10.9 | 6.2 | 15.1 | 19.9 | 33.5 | 21.6 | 41.1 |
| El Salvador | 12.6 | 13.7 | 15.0 | 18.6 | 38.6 | 41.8 | 45.7 | 55.0 |
| Grenada | n.a. | 6.6 | n.a. | 6.6 | n.a. | 21.1 | n.a. | 21.1 |
| Guatemala | 15.3 | 18.4 | 16.8 | 23.8 | 39.9 | 52.3 | 45.4 | 67.3 |
| Guyana | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Haiti | n.a. | 41.6 | n.a. | 44.2 | n.a. | 82.2 | n.a. | 83.1 |
| Honduras | 12.9 | 22.8 | 15.5 | 24.3 | 38.0 | 52.4 | 45.3 | 59.7 |
| Jamaica | 23.1 | 24.2 | 27.6 | 27.1 | 44.7 | 52.4 | 51.9 | 56.3 |
| Mexico | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.3 | 24.4 | 22.1 | 26.8 | 33.2 |
| Nicaragua | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Panama | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Paraguay | 1.1 | 6.2 | 1.2 | 6.0 | 8.0 | 25.6 | 8.5 | 26.2 |
| Peru | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Saint Lucia | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 22.2 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | n.a. | 10.3 | n.a. | 10.3 | n.a. | 33.3 | n.a. | 33.3 |
| Suriname | n.a. | 6.2 | n.a. | 8.2 | n.a. | 31.3 | n.a. | 40.4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | n.a. | 10.0 | n.a. | 10.4 | n.a. | 41.9 | n.a. | 44.8 |
| Uruguay | 1.6 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 3.4 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 14.5 | 18.2 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
Note: n.a. = data not available; n.r. = not reported.
Source: FAO. 2023. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. In: FAO. Rome. [Cited July 2023]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS
Source: FAO. 2023. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. In: FAO. Rome. [Cited July 2023]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS
TABLE 22.
Prevalence of stunting among children under 5 years of age (percent)
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2012 | 2015 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | |
| World | 33.0 | 31.1 | 27.9 | 26.3 | 24.6 | 23.0 | 22.7 | 22.3 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 17.8 | 15.7 | 13.6 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.5 |
| Caribbean | 15.3 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 13.0 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 11.7 | 11.3 |
| Mesoamerica | 25.3 | 22.3 | 19.3 | 18.2 | 17.5 | 17.4 | 17.2 | 16.9 |
| South America | 14.6 | 12.7 | 10.9 | 10.1 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 9.0 |
| Argentina | 9.4 | 7.8 | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.7 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.5 |
| Barbados | 8.2 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.5 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 6.2 | 6.0 |
| Belize | 23.4 | 22.9 | 19.2 | 17.5 | 15.4 | 13.2 | 12.8 | 12.0 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 32.9 | 29.6 | 22.8 | 19.9 | 16.6 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 11.1 |
| Brazil | 9.8 | 7.3 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 |
| Chile | 2.9 | 2.3 | 2.0 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.6 |
| Colombia | 17.4 | 15.7 | 13.3 | 12.7 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.5 | 11.2 |
| Costa Rica | 6.8 | 5.9 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 7.3 | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.5 |
| Cuba | 7.2 | 7.6 | 7.2 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 7.0 |
| Dominican Republic | 10.1 | 9.0 | 8.4 | 7.9 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 6.2 | 5.6 |
| Ecuador | 27.7 | 27.8 | 26.4 | 24.4 | 23.0 | 23.2 | 23.1 | 22.7 |
| El Salvador | 28.7 | 23.5 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 13.1 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 10.0 |
| Guatemala | 53.2 | 52.2 | 48.7 | 47.1 | 46.0 | 44.9 | 44.2 | 43.5 |
| Guyana | 14.5 | 17.3 | 16.4 | 14.5 | 11.8 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 7.6 |
| Haiti | 30.3 | 28.0 | 25.2 | 23.8 | 22.2 | 20.7 | 20.3 | 19.5 |
| Honduras | 36.6 | 31.2 | 24.4 | 22.0 | 20.4 | 18.9 | 18.4 | 17.5 |
| Jamaica | 7.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 |
| Mexico | 20.3 | 16.9 | 14.3 | 13.3 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.6 |
| Nicaragua | 25.5 | 21.6 | 18.4 | 17.3 | 16.4 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 14.9 |
| Panama | 18.4 | 20.9 | 21.1 | 19.9 | 17.9 | 15.2 | 14.6 | 13.8 |
| Paraguay | 17.7 | 17.0 | 11.8 | 9.4 | 6.8 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 3.4 |
| Peru | 31.1 | 27.7 | 21.8 | 18.6 | 15.0 | 11.7 | 11.1 | 10.1 |
| Saint Lucia | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Suriname | 13.6 | 11.0 | 9.0 | 8.3 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5.3 | 7.0 | 8.3 | 8.6 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| Uruguay | 16.3 | 13.3 | 9.9 | 9.1 | 8.0 | 6.7 | 6.4 | 6.1 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 17.6 | 16.8 | 13.4 | 12.1 | 11.1 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 |
Source: UNICEF, WHO & World Bank. 2023. Levels and trends in child malnutrition: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates: key findings of the 2023 edition. New York, UNICEF and WHO. https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-report-2023
TABLE 23.
Prevalence of wasting among children under 5 years of age (percent)
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2015 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | |
| World | 8.7 | 8.3 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 1.4 | ||||||
| Caribbean | 2.9 | ||||||
| Mesoamerica | 1.0 | ||||||
| South America | 1.4 | ||||||
| Argentina | 1.7 | ||||||
| Belize | 1.8 | ||||||
| Brazil | 3.1 | ||||||
| Colombia | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.9 | ||||
| Cuba | 2.4 | 2.0 | |||||
| Dominican Republic | 1.5 | 2.2 | |||||
| Ecuador | 3.7 | ||||||
| Guatemala | 3.7 | 0.8 | |||||
| Guyana | 12.1 | 6.5 | |||||
| Haiti | 5.5 | ||||||
| Honduras | 1.9 | ||||||
| Jamaica | 3.0 | 4.8 | |||||
| Mexico | 1.0 | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||||
| Panama | 1.1 | ||||||
| Paraguay | 1.1 | ||||||
| Peru | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |
| Suriname | 7.0 | 5.0 | |||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5.2 | ||||||
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 3.9 | 4.8 |
Source: UNICEF, WHO & World Bank. 2023. Levels and trends in child malnutrition: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates: key findings of the 2023 edition. New York, UNICEF and WHO. https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-report-2023
TABLE 24.
Prevalence of overweight among children under 5 years of age (percent)
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2012 | 2015 | 2019 | 2020 | 2022 | |
| World | 5.3 | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 5.6 | 5.6 | 5.6 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 8.6 |
| Caribbean | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.4 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.6 |
| Mesoamerica | 6.9 | 6.7 | 6.6 | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.7 |
| South America | 6.9 | 7.4 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 8.3 | 9.0 | 9.3 | 9.7 |
| Argentina | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 12.0 | 12.6 |
| Barbados | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.4 | 11.8 | 12.4 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.5 |
| Belize | 11.9 | 11.1 | 9.4 | 8.7 | 7.7 | 6.6 | 6.3 | 5.9 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.1 | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 9.0 |
| Brazil | 6.2 | 7.0 | 7.6 | 7.9 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 9.7 | 10.3 |
| Chile | 11.5 | 11.2 | 10.2 | 9.8 | 9.4 | 9.0 | 8.9 | 8.8 |
| Colombia | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 5.8 | 6.2 |
| Costa Rica | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.6 | 7.6 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 | 7.6 |
| Cuba | 8.9 | 9.2 | 9.6 | 9.7 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.1 | 10.2 |
| Dominican Republic | 7.1 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 7.6 |
| Ecuador | 3.8 | 4.9 | 6.6 | 7.5 | 9.0 | 10.6 | 11.0 | 11.9 |
| El Salvador | 4.6 | 5.3 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.8 |
| Guatemala | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.8 |
| Guyana | 4.7 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 6.2 | 6.3 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| Haiti | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.7 |
| Honduras | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.7 |
| Jamaica | 6.3 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 6.9 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 5.7 |
| Mexico | 7.4 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 6.8 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.7 | 6.9 |
| Nicaragua | 6.4 | 6.8 | 7.1 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 8.2 | 8.4 | 8.7 |
| Panama | 8.6 | 9.6 | 10.2 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.4 |
| Paraguay | 6.8 | 7.9 | 9.6 | 10.4 | 11.7 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.6 |
| Peru | 10.0 | 9.3 | 8.2 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 9.4 |
| Saint Lucia | 6.4 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| Suriname | 3.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.8 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 5.6 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 12.0 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 13.9 |
| Uruguay | 9.5 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.6 | 10.5 | 10.8 | 11.5 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 5.3 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.2 | 6.5 | 6.8 | 6.9 | 6.9 |
Source: UNICEF, WHO & World Bank. 2023. Levels and trends in child malnutrition: UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Group Joint Child Malnutrition Estimates: key findings of the 2023 edition. New York, UNICEF and WHO. https://data.unicef.org/resources/jme-report-2023
TABLE 25.
Prevalence of anaemia among women aged 15 to 49 years (percent)
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2012 | 2015 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | |
| World | 31.2 | 29.9 | 28.6 | 28.5 | 28.8 | 29.3 | 29.6 | 29.9 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 25.6 | 22.8 | 19.3 | 18.2 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 17.1 | 17.2 |
| Caribbean | 34.8 | 32.0 | 29.2 | 28.7 | 28.6 | 28.8 | 29.0 | 29.2 |
| Mesoamerica | 22.5 | 19.0 | 16.1 | 15.2 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.6 |
| South America | 25.9 | 23.4 | 19.6 | 18.4 | 17.4 | 17.2 | 17.2 | 17.3 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 22.0 | 19.6 | 17.1 | 16.7 | 16.6 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 17.2 |
| Argentina | 16.2 | 15.5 | 13.4 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 11.8 | 11.9 |
| Bahamas | 17.4 | 15.5 | 13.9 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 14.1 | 14.5 |
| Barbados | 20.6 | 19.1 | 17.3 | 16.9 | 16.7 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 17.0 |
| Belize | 27.2 | 24.5 | 21.9 | 21.2 | 20.6 | 20.5 | 20.5 | 20.5 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 33.1 | 32.6 | 30.0 | 28.6 | 26.7 | 25.1 | 24.6 | 24.4 |
| Brazil | 26.9 | 24.2 | 19.9 | 18.3 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 16.2 | 16.1 |
| Chile | 9.2 | 8.3 | 7.9 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.7 |
| Colombia | 30.3 | 27.5 | 23.3 | 22.1 | 21.1 | 20.9 | 21.0 | 21.2 |
| Costa Rica | 16.1 | 14.1 | 12.4 | 12.3 | 12.6 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.7 |
| Cuba | 28.5 | 25.1 | 21.0 | 20.2 | 19.5 | 19.3 | 19.2 | 19.3 |
| Dominica | 25.8 | 22.0 | 20.6 | 20.1 | 19.9 | 20.1 | 20.4 | 20.8 |
| Dominican Republic | 36.8 | 33.0 | 28.9 | 28.0 | 27.3 | 26.6 | 26.5 | 26.4 |
| Ecuador | 25.1 | 21.4 | 18.3 | 17.3 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 17.2 |
| El Salvador | 11.4 | 10.5 | 10.0 | 9.9 | 9.9 | 10.1 | 10.4 | 10.6 |
| Grenada | 24.6 | 21.6 | 19.6 | 18.9 | 18.7 | 18.8 | 19.0 | 19.2 |
| Guatemala | 22.4 | 17.7 | 12.9 | 11.0 | 8.9 | 7.9 | 7.6 | 7.4 |
| Guyana | 44.1 | 40.3 | 35.9 | 34.4 | 32.7 | 32.0 | 31.8 | 31.7 |
| Haiti | 53.8 | 50.8 | 48.2 | 47.6 | 47.4 | 47.5 | 47.6 | 47.7 |
| Honduras | 21.5 | 18.4 | 16.8 | 16.6 | 16.9 | 17.3 | 17.6 | 18.0 |
| Jamaica | 24.8 | 22.0 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 19.4 | 19.5 | 19.6 | 19.9 |
| Mexico | 23.5 | 19.8 | 16.8 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 15.0 | 15.1 | 15.3 |
| Nicaragua | 19.5 | 15.2 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.9 | 14.6 | 15.1 | 15.7 |
| Panama | 28.5 | 26.2 | 23.0 | 22.1 | 21.3 | 21.1 | 21.2 | 21.2 |
| Paraguay | 24.1 | 23.8 | 22.2 | 22.2 | 22.4 | 23.0 | 23.0 | 23.0 |
| Peru | 32.4 | 27.4 | 22.0 | 20.6 | 20.1 | 20.2 | 20.4 | 20.6 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 20.6 | 18.6 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 14.9 | 14.8 | 15.1 | 15.4 |
| Saint Lucia | 19.0 | 17.0 | 14.9 | 14.1 | 13.7 | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.3 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 24.6 | 20.7 | 18.0 | 17.3 | 16.9 | 16.7 | 16.8 | 17.0 |
| Suriname | 27.6 | 24.5 | 21.1 | 20.3 | 20.2 | 20.5 | 20.7 | 21.0 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 25.5 | 21.8 | 18.8 | 17.8 | 17.4 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.7 |
| Uruguay | 13.4 | 14.2 | 13.3 | 13.2 | 13.8 | 14.4 | 14.7 | 15.0 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 27.4 | 25.0 | 21.3 | 20.9 | 21.9 | 23.0 | 23.7 | 24.2 |
Note: The estimates refer to women aged 15 to 49 years, including pregnant, non-pregnant women and lactating women and were adjusted for altitude and smoking. WHO defines anaemia in pregnant women as a haemoglobin concentration <110 g/L at sea level, and anaemia in non-pregnant women and lactating women as a haemoglobin concentration <120 g/L.
Source: WHO. 2021. Global anaemia estimates, Edition 2021. In: WHO | Global Health Observatory (GHO) data repository. Geneva, Switzerland. [Cited 20 April 2023]. www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/anaemia_in_women_and_children
Source: WHO. 2021. Global anaemia estimates, Edition 2021. In: WHO | Global Health Observatory (GHO) data repository. Geneva, Switzerland. [Cited 20 April 2023]. www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/anaemia_in_women_and_children
TABLE 26.
Prevalence of obesity among adults (percent)
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | |
| World | 8.7 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 11.8 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 13.1 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 16.6 | 18.9 | 21.2 | 22.2 | 23.2 | 23.7 | 24.2 |
| Caribbean | 15.2 | 17.8 | 20.8 | 22.0 | 23.4 | 24.0 | 24.7 |
| Mesoamerica | 19.1 | 21.6 | 24.1 | 25.1 | 26.2 | 26.7 | 27.3 |
| South America | 15.8 | 18.0 | 20.2 | 21.1 | 22.1 | 22.5 | 23.0 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 12.7 | 14.4 | 16.2 | 17.1 | 18.0 | 18.4 | 18.9 |
| Argentina | 20.7 | 23.0 | 25.3 | 26.3 | 27.3 | 27.8 | 28.3 |
| Bahamas | 23.9 | 26.2 | 28.5 | 29.5 | 30.5 | 31.0 | 31.6 |
| Barbados | 15.1 | 17.4 | 19.8 | 20.9 | 22.0 | 22.5 | 23.1 |
| Belize | 16.4 | 18.7 | 21.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 23.6 | 24.1 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 13.2 | 15.2 | 17.4 | 18.3 | 19.3 | 19.7 | 20.2 |
| Brazil | 14.5 | 16.8 | 19.2 | 20.1 | 21.1 | 21.6 | 22.1 |
| Chile | 20.6 | 22.8 | 25.1 | 26.1 | 27.0 | 27.5 | 28.0 |
| Colombia | 15.4 | 17.4 | 19.5 | 20.4 | 21.4 | 21.9 | 22.3 |
| Costa Rica | 14.8 | 18.0 | 21.4 | 22.9 | 24.3 | 25.0 | 25.7 |
| Cuba | 17.3 | 19.4 | 21.7 | 22.6 | 23.6 | 24.1 | 24.6 |
| Dominica | 19.4 | 21.8 | 24.5 | 25.6 | 26.8 | 27.3 | 27.9 |
| Dominican Republic | 16.0 | 19.3 | 23.0 | 24.5 | 26.1 | 26.9 | 27.6 |
| Ecuador | 13.2 | 15.2 | 17.2 | 18.1 | 19.0 | 19.4 | 19.9 |
| El Salvador | 15.6 | 18.4 | 21.1 | 22.2 | 23.4 | 24.0 | 24.6 |
| Grenada | 13.5 | 15.7 | 18.1 | 19.1 | 20.2 | 20.7 | 21.3 |
| Guatemala | 12.9 | 15.3 | 17.8 | 18.9 | 20.0 | 20.6 | 21.2 |
| Guyana | 11.9 | 14.3 | 16.8 | 17.9 | 19.0 | 19.6 | 20.2 |
| Haiti | 10.9 | 13.9 | 17.7 | 19.4 | 21.0 | 21.8 | 22.7 |
| Honduras | 12.6 | 15.0 | 17.8 | 19.0 | 20.1 | 20.8 | 21.4 |
| Jamaica | 15.9 | 18.4 | 21.1 | 22.3 | 23.5 | 24.1 | 24.7 |
| Mexico | 20.8 | 23.3 | 25.8 | 26.8 | 27.8 | 28.3 | 28.9 |
| Nicaragua | 15.6 | 17.9 | 20.4 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 23.1 | 23.7 |
| Panama | 14.7 | 17.2 | 19.6 | 20.6 | 21.6 | 22.2 | 22.7 |
| Paraguay | 12.3 | 14.7 | 17.2 | 18.2 | 19.2 | 19.8 | 20.3 |
| Peru | 13.5 | 15.3 | 17.3 | 18.1 | 18.9 | 19.3 | 19.7 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 14.4 | 16.7 | 19.3 | 20.4 | 21.6 | 22.3 | 22.9 |
| Saint Lucia | 12.9 | 14.8 | 16.5 | 17.4 | 18.5 | 19.1 | 19.7 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 14.6 | 17.2 | 20.0 | 21.2 | 22.4 | 23.1 | 23.7 |
| Suriname | 18.9 | 21.2 | 23.5 | 24.4 | 25.4 | 25.9 | 26.4 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 10.6 | 12.9 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 17.4 | 18.0 | 18.6 |
| Uruguay | 20.6 | 22.8 | 25.1 | 26.0 | 27.0 | 27.5 | 27.9 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 19.4 | 21.4 | 23.3 | 24.0 | 24.8 | 25.2 | 25.6 |
Source: WHO. 2020. Global Health Observatory (GHO) data repository. In: WHO. [Cited 28 April 2020]. https://apps.who.int/gho/data/node.main.A900A?lang=en
TABLE 27.
Prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding among infants 0–5 months of age (percent)
| 2000 | 2005 | 2012 | 2015 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
| World | 37.0 | 47.7 | |||||
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 34.3 | 42.6 | |||||
| Caribbean | 29.4 | 31.4 | |||||
| Mesoamerica | 21.7 | 37.7 | |||||
| South America | 42.2 | 46.8 | |||||
| Barbados | 19.7 | ||||||
| Belize | 33.2 | ||||||
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 38.6 | 64.3 | |||||
| Brazil | 45.8 | ||||||
| Colombia | 25.1 | 46.8 | |||||
| Cuba | 41.2 | 40.6 | |||||
| Dominican Republic | 11.0 | 15.8 | |||||
| Guatemala | 53.2 | ||||||
| Guyana | 10.4 | ||||||
| Haiti | 23.0 | 39.3 | |||||
| Honduras | 30.7 | 30.2 | |||||
| Jamaica | 15.2 | ||||||
| Mexico | 14.4 | 30.1 | 27.1 | 35.9 | |||
| Nicaragua | 31.7 | ||||||
| Peru | 66.6 | 63.3 | 67.4 | 62.7 | 65.3 | 68.0 | 63.9 |
| Saint Lucia | 3.5 | ||||||
| Suriname | 4.7 | ||||||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2.3 |
Source: UNICEF. 2022. Infant and young child feeding. In: UNICEF. [Cited 6 April 2023]. https://data.unicef.org/topic/nutrition/infant-and-young-child-feeding/
TABLE 28.
Prevalence of low birthweight (percent)
| 2000 | 2005 | 2010 | 2012 | 2015 | 2019 | 2020 | |
| World | 16.6 | 16.1 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 14.7 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 9.3 | 9.4 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.6 |
| Caribbean | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 11.7 |
| Mesoamerica | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.9 |
| South America | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 14.1 | 14.5 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 15.4 |
| Argentina | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 7.4 | 7.4 |
| Bahamas | 14.6 | 14.8 | 15.2 | 15.3 | 15.4 | 15.4 | 15.4 |
| Belize | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 11.3 | 11.4 | 11.5 | 11.6 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 8.9 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.9 |
| Brazil | 8.0 | 8.2 | 8.3 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| Chile | 5.3 | 5.6 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 6.4 | 6.8 | 6.8 |
| Colombia | 9.7 | 10.0 | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 10.9 | 11.0 |
| Costa Rica | 8.3 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 8.6 | 8.7 | 8.7 |
| Cuba | 7.1 | 7.1 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.2 | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Dominican Republic | 10.2 | 11.0 | 11.8 | 12.1 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 13.4 |
| Ecuador | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.1 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.6 |
| El Salvador | 10.4 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.2 | 10.2 |
| Guatemala | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14.3 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 |
| Guyana | 16.3 | 16.6 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 17.2 |
| Honduras | 11.5 | 11.8 | 12.3 | 12.5 | 12.8 | 13.0 | 13.1 |
| Jamaica | 14.9 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 14.3 | 14.1 | 13.8 | 13.7 |
| Mexico | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 10.2 |
| Nicaragua | 11.4 | 11.2 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 10.1 |
| Panama | 11.5 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 10.3 | 10.3 |
| Paraguay | 9.8 | 10.1 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 10.0 |
| Peru | 10.2 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.5 |
| Saint Lucia | 14.4 | 15.0 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 16.1 | 16.2 | 16.3 |
| Suriname | 14.2 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 15.7 | 16.0 | 16.4 | 16.5 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 15.1 | 15.4 | 15.7 | 15.9 | 16.2 | 16.3 | 16.3 |
| Uruguay | 8.4 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.8 | 7.8 |
| Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 8.7 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 9.1 | 9.3 | 9.3 |
Source: UNICEF & WHO. 2023. UNICEF-WHO low birthweight database, July 2023. [Cited 12 July 2023]. www.who.int/teams/nutrition-and-food-safety/monitoring-nutritional-status-and-food-safety-and-events/joint-low-birthweight-estimates
TABLE 29.
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 | 2021 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
| World | 3 124.9 | 3 019.1 | 3 005.5 | 3 191.9 | 3 139.5 | 43.8 | 41.8 | 41.2 | 43.3 | 42.2 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 124.5 | 119.5 | 120.0 | 121.9 | 133.4 | 22.0 | 20.9 | 20.8 | 20.9 | 22.7 |
| Caribbean | 13.6 | 13.4 | 13.7 | 14.8 | 15.4 | 52.4 | 51.1 | 51.6 | 55.2 | 57.0 |
| Mesoamerica | 38.3 | 37.3 | 35.7 | 38.7 | 34.2 | 25.8 | 24.9 | 23.6 | 25.4 | 22.2 |
| South America | 72.5 | 68.8 | 70.6 | 68.4 | 83.8 | 18.6 | 17.4 | 17.7 | 17.0 | 20.6 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Argentina | 3.0 | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | 6.8 | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Aruba | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Bahamas | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Belize | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 50.9 | 50.7 | 49.4 | 57.0 | 53.0 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 2.4 | 2.2 | 1.9 | 2.1 | 1.8 | 20.9 | 19.1 | 16.0 | 17.2 | 15.1 |
| Brazil | 41.0 | 38.9 | 39.9 | 27.1 | 48.1 | 19.6 | 18.5 | 18.8 | 12.7 | 22.4 |
| British Virgin Islands | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Cayman Islands | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Chile | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 3.5 |
| Colombia | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.7 | 17.2 | 16.1 | 24.8 | 24.3 | 25.4 | 33.7 | 31.3 |
| Costa Rica | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 16.0 | 16.3 | 16.3 | 21.0 | 14.2 |
| Curaçao | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Dominica | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Dominican Republic | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 24.9 | 21.7 | 20.6 | 25.0 | 25.8 |
| Ecuador | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 3.5 | 17.6 | 18.3 | 19.8 | 25.1 | 19.7 |
| Grenada | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Guyana | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 45.0 | 44.5 | 42.0 | 24.9 | 18.5 |
| Haiti | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.7 | 10.1 | 10.6 | 84.7 | 84.7 | 86.9 | 88.9 | 92.6 |
| Honduras | 4.7 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 48.5 | 48.0 | 46.5 | 49.7 | 44.8 |
| Jamaica | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 57.9 | 57.1 | 57.9 | 64.0 | 62.6 |
| Mexico | 29.9 | 28.7 | 27.0 | 29.1 | 25.6 | 24.3 | 23.1 | 21.6 | 23.1 | 20.2 |
| Nicaragua | 2.1 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 32.3 | 34.4 | 35.6 | 37.0 | 34.2 |
| Panama | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 17.5 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 18.9 | 17.0 |
| Paraguay | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 19.9 | 18.3 | 17.7 | 20.3 | 20.4 |
| Peru | 8.4 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 11.4 | 8.6 | 26.6 | 23.5 | 21.4 | 34.2 | 25.7 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Saint Lucia | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 20.9 | 20.6 | 21.2 | 31.6 | 27.2 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Suriname | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 44.5 | 45.0 | 43.9 | 54.3 | 58.6 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.1 | 9.1 | 9.9 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. | n.a. |
| Uruguay | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.3 | 5.3 | 5.2 |
Note: n.a. = data not available; n.r. = not reported.
Source: FAO. 2023. FAOSTAT: Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet (CoAHD). In: FAO. Rome. [Cited July 2023]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CAHD
Source: FAO. 2023. FAOSTAT: Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet (CoAHD). In: FAO. Rome. [Cited July 2023]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CAHD
TABLE 30.
Cost of a healthy diet (PPP dollars per person per day)
| 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | |
| World | 3.295 | 3.355 | 3.431 | 3.511 | 3.662 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean | 3.619 | 3.692 | 3.775 | 3.876 | 4.081 |
| Caribbean | 3.837 | 3.953 | 4.064 | 4.200 | 4.411 |
| Mesoamerica | 3.368 | 3.419 | 3.454 | 3.482 | 3.625 |
| South America | 3.417 | 3.439 | 3.504 | 3.589 | 3.818 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 4.112 | 4.302 | 4.391 | 4.504 | 4.684 |
| Argentina | 3.341 | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. | n.r. |
| Aruba | 3.418 | 3.620 | 3.907 | 4.007 | 4.116 |
| Bahamas | 4.276 | 4.387 | 4.364 | 4.488 | 4.661 |
| Belize | 2.476 | 2.517 | 2.574 | 2.632 | 2.797 |
| Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 3.551 | 3.648 | 3.769 | 3.755 | 3.927 |
| Brazil | 2.809 | 2.800 | 2.882 | 3.084 | 3.350 |
| British Virgin Islands | 3.235 | 3.087 | 3.281 | 3.220 | 3.425 |
| Cayman Islands | 2.928 | 2.866 | 2.701 | 2.910 | 3.050 |
| Chile | 3.053 | 3.180 | 3.276 | 3.349 | 3.387 |
| Colombia | 2.863 | 2.893 | 2.932 | 3.080 | 3.301 |
| Costa Rica | 3.961 | 4.000 | 4.048 | 3.889 | 3.925 |
| Curaçao | 2.866 | 2.988 | 3.144 | 3.236 | 3.495 |
| Dominica | 4.000 | 4.146 | 4.236 | 4.345 | 4.561 |
| Dominican Republic | 3.521 | 3.608 | 3.744 | 3.884 | 4.128 |
| Ecuador | 2.788 | 2.816 | 2.861 | 2.928 | 3.035 |
| Grenada | 5.382 | 5.536 | 5.625 | 5.796 | 6.097 |
| Guyana | 4.629 | 4.742 | 4.828 | 4.887 | 5.117 |
| Haiti | 3.930 | 4.075 | 4.275 | 4.490 | 4.814 |
| Honduras | 3.360 | 3.415 | 3.404 | 3.486 | 3.595 |
| Jamaica | 5.975 | 6.141 | 6.398 | 6.681 | 7.033 |
| Mexico | 2.993 | 3.071 | 3.039 | 3.074 | 3.205 |
| Nicaragua | 3.191 | 3.245 | 3.279 | 3.335 | 3.540 |
| Panama | 4.225 | 4.268 | 4.382 | 4.476 | 4.687 |
| Paraguay | 3.430 | 3.511 | 3.519 | 3.543 | 3.867 |
| Peru | 3.084 | 3.062 | 3.098 | 3.133 | 3.334 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2.998 | 3.179 | 3.310 | 3.405 | 3.526 |
| Saint Lucia | 3.263 | 3.400 | 3.517 | 3.595 | 3.673 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 4.131 | 4.232 | 4.293 | 4.454 | 4.697 |
| Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 4.462 | 4.713 | 4.835 | 5.094 | 5.273 |
| Suriname | 4.969 | 5.311 | 5.337 | 5.739 | 6.090 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3.928 | 4.028 | 4.083 | 4.224 | 4.524 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.809 | 2.893 | 2.974 | 3.075 | 3.229 |
| Uruguay | 3.073 | 3.170 | 3.254 | 3.414 | 3.543 |
Note: n.a. = data not available; n.r. = not reported.
Source: FAO. 2023. FAOSTAT: Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet (CoAHD). In: FAO. Rome. [Cited July 2023]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CAHD
Source: FAO. 2023. FAOSTAT: Cost and Affordability of a Healthy Diet (CoAHD). In: FAO. Rome. [Cited July 2023]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/CAHD