This statistic shows projections for the nutritional gap and food distribution gap in lower income countries from 2012 to 2022. The 76 countries included in this
statistic are lower income countries that
are or have been receiving food aid and
are experiencing or have experienced
food insecurity. In 2012, the distribution gap is expected to be over 17 million tons.
Nutritional and food distributional gaps in 76 lower income countries worldwide from 2012 to 2022
(in 1,000 tons)
* The 76 countries included in this
statistic are lower income countries that
are or have been receiving food aid and
are experiencing or have experienced
food insecurity.
Nutritional gap describes the amount of grain equivalent needed to support nutritional standards on a national average level. Distributional gap is the amount of grain equivalent needed to allow each income quintile to reach the nutritonal target
All figures are projections.
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US Department of Agriculture. (July 20, 2012). Nutritional and food distributional gaps in 76 lower income countries worldwide from 2012 to 2022 (in 1,000 tons) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 23, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/239462/nutrition-and-food-distribution-gaps-in-lower-income-countries/
US Department of Agriculture. "Nutritional and food distributional gaps in 76 lower income countries worldwide from 2012 to 2022 (in 1,000 tons)." Chart. July 20, 2012. Statista. Accessed December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/239462/nutrition-and-food-distribution-gaps-in-lower-income-countries/
US Department of Agriculture. (2012). Nutritional and food distributional gaps in 76 lower income countries worldwide from 2012 to 2022 (in 1,000 tons). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 23, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/239462/nutrition-and-food-distribution-gaps-in-lower-income-countries/
US Department of Agriculture. "Nutritional and Food Distributional Gaps in 76 Lower Income Countries Worldwide from 2012 to 2022 (in 1,000 Tons)." Statista, Statista Inc., 20 Jul 2012, https://www.statista.com/statistics/239462/nutrition-and-food-distribution-gaps-in-lower-income-countries/
US Department of Agriculture, Nutritional and food distributional gaps in 76 lower income countries worldwide from 2012 to 2022 (in 1,000 tons) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/239462/nutrition-and-food-distribution-gaps-in-lower-income-countries/ (last visited December 23, 2024)
Nutritional and food distributional gaps in 76 lower income countries worldwide from 2012 to 2022 (in 1,000 tons) [Graph], US Department of Agriculture, July 20, 2012. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/239462/nutrition-and-food-distribution-gaps-in-lower-income-countries/
