Global Undernourishment

Data source: FAO Statistics Division.  http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-fs/fs-data/ess-fadata/en/

Data from 2006-2008

Map shows the proportion of the population in a condition of undernourishment.

Undernourishment refers to the condition of people whose dietary energy consumption is continuously below a minimum dietary energy requirement for maintaining a healthy life and carrying out a light physical activity with an acceptable minimum body-weight for attained-height.