
Share of undernourished population in Africa 2023, by region
Around 20 percent of the African population was undernourished as of 2023. In that year, undernourishment was most prevalent in Eastern Africa and Middle Africa, where it reached shares of 29 percent and 28.9 percent, respectively. Northern Africa, on the other hand, was the region with the lowest level of undernourishment in the continent, with 7.5 percent.