Ghana vs Liberia: Number of people who are undernourished

Ghana
2.10 million
in 2023
Liberia
2.00 million
in 2023
Ghana rank
47th
Liberia rank
49th

Number of people who are undernourished over time

  • Ghana
  • Liberia
01.0M2.0M3.0M200120122023

How they compare

Ghana currently reports 2.10 million against 2.00 million in Liberia, a difference of 100,000.

That makes Ghana's figure about 1.1 times Liberia's.

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

Ghana ranks 47th and Liberia ranks 49th of 130 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Ghana averaged higher in 2 and Liberia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Ghana Liberia Difference Ahead
2000s 2.43 million 1.20 million 1.23 million Ghana
2010s 2.29 million 1.64 million 650,000 Ghana
2020s 1.93 million 1.98 million 50,000 Liberia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of people who are undernourished, Ghana or Liberia?
Ghana, at 2.10 million against 2.00 million in Liberia as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of people who are undernourished between Ghana and Liberia?
100,000, with Ghana ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Liberia?
23 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.
How do Ghana and Liberia rank globally for number of people who are undernourished?
Ghana ranks 47th and Liberia ranks 49th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Ghana vs Liberia: Number of people who are undernourished. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization (http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home). Retrieved 11 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-people-who-are-undernourished/ghana/liberia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-people-who-are-undernourished/ghana/liberia/">Ghana vs Liberia: Number of people who are undernourished</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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

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.