As of 2018, Nicaragua was the Central American country with the highest prevalence of undernourishment. Between 2016 and 2018, the share of population whose habitual food intake is insufficient to maintain an active and healthy life in Nicaragua was estimated at 17 percent. A decade earlier, between 2004 and 2006, the three-year average stood at 24.4 percent.
Prevalence of undernourishment in Nicaragua between 2004 and 2018
According to FAO, "the prevalence of undernourishment (PoU) is an estimate of the proportion of the population whose habitual food consumption is insufficient to provide the dietary energy levels that are required to maintain a normal active and healthy life".
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FAO, & IFAD, & WHO, & UNICEF, & World Food Programme. (August 1, 2019). Prevalence of undernourishment in Nicaragua between 2004 and 2018 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034117/undernourishment-prevalence-nicaragua/
FAO, und IFAD, und WHO, und UNICEF, und World Food Programme. "Prevalence of undernourishment in Nicaragua between 2004 and 2018." Chart. August 1, 2019. Statista. Accessed December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034117/undernourishment-prevalence-nicaragua/
FAO, IFAD, WHO, UNICEF, World Food Programme. (2019). Prevalence of undernourishment in Nicaragua between 2004 and 2018. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034117/undernourishment-prevalence-nicaragua/
FAO, and IFAD, and WHO, and UNICEF, and World Food Programme. "Prevalence of Undernourishment in Nicaragua between 2004 and 2018." Statista, Statista Inc., 1 Aug 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034117/undernourishment-prevalence-nicaragua/
FAO & IFAD & WHO & UNICEF & World Food Programme, Prevalence of undernourishment in Nicaragua between 2004 and 2018 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034117/undernourishment-prevalence-nicaragua/ (last visited December 18, 2024)
Prevalence of undernourishment in Nicaragua between 2004 and 2018 [Graph], FAO, & IFAD, & WHO, & UNICEF, & World Food Programme, August 1, 2019. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1034117/undernourishment-prevalence-nicaragua/