Table A3: Per capita food consumption and undernourishment

Food consumption (kcal/capita/day)

1964-66

1974-76

1984-86

1997-99

2015

2030

World

2 358

2 435

2 655

2 803

2 940

3 050

Developing countries

2 054

2 152

2 450

2 681

2 850

2 980

  Sub-Saharan Africa

2 058

2 079

2 057

2 195

2 360

2 540

  Idem, excl. Nigeria

2 037

2 076

2 057

2 052

2 230

2 420

  Near East and North Africa

2 290

2 591

2 953

3 006

3 090

3 170

  Latin America and Caribbean

2 393

2 546

2 689

2 824

2 980

3 140

  South Asia

2 017

1 986

2 205

2 403

2 700

2 900

  East Asia

1 957

2 105

2 559

2 921

3 060

3 190

Industrial countries

2 947

3 065

3 206

3 380

3 440

3 500

Transition countries

3 222

3 385

3 379

2 906

3 060

3 180

Incidence of undernourishment, developing countries

% population

Million people

1990-92

1997-99

2015

2030

1990-92

1997-99

2015

2030

Developing countries

20

17

11

6

815

776

610

443

  Sub-Saharan Africa

35

34

23

15

168

194

205

183

  Idem, excl. Nigeria

40

40

28

18

156

186

197

178

  Near East and North Africa

8

9

7

5

25

32

37

34

  Latin America and Caribbean

13

11

6

4

59

54

40

25

  South Asia

26

24

12

6

289

303

195

119

  East Asia

16

11

6

4

275

193

135

82

Population living in countries with given per capita food consumption (million)

kcal/capita/day

Population (million)

1964-66

1974-76

1984-86

1997-99

2015

2030

Under 2200

1 893¹

2 281¹

558

571

462

196

2200-2500

288

307

1 290²

1 487²

541

837

2500-2700

154

141

1 337³

222

351

352

2700-3000

302

256

306

1 134

2 397²

2 451²

Over 3000

688

1 069

1 318

2 464³

3 425³

4 392³

World total

3 325

4 053

4 810

5 878

7 176

8 229

¹ Includes India and China
² Includes India
³ Includes China

Developing countries with a given percentage of undernourishment ⁴

Population (million)

kcal/capita/day

% of population

Million people

1997-99

2015

2030

1997-99

2015

2030

1997-99

2015

2030

1997-99

2015

2030

Under 5%

349

1 158

5 129

3 187

3 130

3 150

2

3

3

8

37

178

5-10%

1 989

2 162

524

2 999

3 066

2 758

8

6

7

167

134

38

10-25%

1 632

1 939

948

2 434

2 644

2 411

21

13

16

349

250

155

Over 25%

586

544

239

1 988

2 085

2 149

43

35

30

251

190

72

Total

4 555

5 804

6 840

2 681

2 850

2 980

17

11

6

776

611

443

⁴ Different countries form each group in the different years.