What is the difference in prevalence of undernourishment between Senegal and Sierra Leone?

1 population, with Senegal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Sierra Leone?

21 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2011.

Where does this data come from?

Food and Agriculture Organization (http://www.fao.org/faostat/foodsecurity/index_en.htm), published as Prevalence of undernourishment (population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Senegal vs Sierra Leone: Prevalence of undernourishment

Senegal

3 population

in 2011

Sierra Leone

2 population

in 2011

Senegal rank

20th

Sierra Leone rank

23rd

Prevalence of undernourishment over time

Senegal
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Senegal currently reports 3 population against 2 population in Sierra Leone, a difference of 1 population.

That makes Senegal's figure about 1.5 times Sierra Leone's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 21 shared years of data; in 1991 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Senegal ranks 20th and Sierra Leone ranks 23rd of 52 countries.

Senegal has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Senegal	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
1990s	2 population	1.56 population	0.4444 population	Senegal
2000s	2 population	2 population	0 population	—
2010s	3 population	2 population	1 population	Senegal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of undernourishment, Senegal or Sierra Leone?: Senegal, at 3 population against 2 population in Sierra Leone as of 2011.
What is the difference in prevalence of undernourishment between Senegal and Sierra Leone?: 1 population, with Senegal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Senegal and Sierra Leone?: 21 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2011.
How do Senegal and Sierra Leone rank globally for prevalence of undernourishment?: Senegal ranks 20th and Sierra Leone ranks 23rd of 52 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Food and Agriculture Organization (http://www.fao.org/faostat/foodsecurity/index_en.htm), published as Prevalence of undernourishment (population). 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

Senegal vs Sierra Leone: Prevalence of undernourishment. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization (http://www.fao.org/faostat/foodsecurity/index_en.htm). Retrieved 02 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/prevalence-of-undernourishment-population/senegal/sierra-leone/

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/prevalence-of-undernourishment-population/senegal/sierra-leone/">Senegal vs Sierra Leone: Prevalence of undernourishment</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Prevalence of undernourishment (population)
Unit: population
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization (http://www.fao.org/faostat/foodsecurity/index_en.htm)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 58 places, 1,218 data points, 1991–2011
Last refreshed: 21 August 2026

Population below minimum dietary energy consumption is the population whose food intake is insufficient to meet dietary energy requirements continuously.