What is the difference in number of people who are undernourished between Europe & Central Asia and Malawi?

200,000, with Europe & Central Asia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia and Malawi?

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.

Europe & Central Asia vs Malawi: Number of people who are undernourished

Europe & Central Asia

4.70 million

in 2023

Malawi

4.50 million

in 2023

Europe & Central Asia rank

31st

Malawi rank

29th

Number of people who are undernourished over time

Europe & Central Asia
Malawi

How they compare

Europe & Central Asia currently reports 4.70 million against 4.50 million in Malawi, a difference of 200,000.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Europe & Central Asia ahead.

Europe & Central Asia ranks 31st and Malawi ranks 29th of 42 groups.

Europe & Central Asia has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Europe & Central Asia	Malawi	Difference	Ahead
2000s	19.44 million	2.60 million	16.84 million	Europe & Central Asia
2010s	4.02 million	2.74 million	1.28 million	Europe & Central Asia
2020s	4.53 million	4.20 million	325,000	Europe & Central Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people who are undernourished, Europe & Central Asia or Malawi?: Europe & Central Asia, at 4.70 million against 4.50 million in Malawi as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of people who are undernourished between Europe & Central Asia and Malawi?: 200,000, with Europe & Central Asia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Europe & Central Asia and Malawi?: 23 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.
How do Europe & Central Asia and Malawi rank globally for number of people who are undernourished?: Europe & Central Asia ranks 31st and Malawi ranks 29th of 42 groups.
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.