What is the difference in number of people who are undernourished between Côte d'Ivoire and Niger?

100,000, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Niger?

23 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization (http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home), published as Number of people who are undernourished. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Côte d'Ivoire vs Niger: Number of people who are undernourished

Côte d'Ivoire

3.50 million

in 2023

Niger

3.40 million

in 2023

Côte d'Ivoire rank

30th

Niger rank

32nd

Number of people who are undernourished over time

Côte d'Ivoire
Niger

How they compare

Côte d'Ivoire currently reports 3.50 million against 3.40 million in Niger, a difference of 100,000.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Côte d'Ivoire ahead.

Côte d'Ivoire ranks 30th and Niger ranks 32nd of 130 countries.

Côte d'Ivoire has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Côte d'Ivoire	Niger	Difference	Ahead
2000s	3.60 million	2.51 million	1.09 million	Côte d'Ivoire
2010s	3.30 million	2.50 million	800,000	Côte d'Ivoire
2020s	3.05 million	3.00 million	50,000	Côte d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people who are undernourished, Côte d'Ivoire or Niger?: Côte d'Ivoire, at 3.50 million against 3.40 million in Niger as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of people who are undernourished between Côte d'Ivoire and Niger?: 100,000, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Niger?: 23 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.
How do Côte d'Ivoire and Niger rank globally for number of people who are undernourished?: Côte d'Ivoire ranks 30th and Niger ranks 32nd of 130 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization (http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home), published as Number of people who are undernourished. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of people who are undernourished
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 172 places, 3,649 data points, 2001–2023
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Number of people who are undernourished shows the number of people whose habitual food consumption is insufficient to provide the dietary energy levels that are required to maintain a normal active and healthy life.