Death rate from malnutrition by country
Estimated number of deaths from protein-energy malnutrition in both sexes, per 100,000 people.
Countries reporting
194
Highest
30.64 deaths per 100,000 people
Somalia
Lowest
0 deaths per 100,000 people
Malta
Median
1.57 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Death rate from malnutrition is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 30.64 deaths per 100,000 people in Somalia; the lowest is 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Malta.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.57 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 3.19 deaths per 100,000 people.
Over the past decade 57 countries rose and 131 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 8,100.0%), and the largest decrease in Denmark (down 100.0%).
Death rate from malnutrition: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somalia | 30.64 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 95.7% | volatile |
| 2 | Sierra Leone | 23.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.6% | flat |
| 3 | Mali | 22.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 4 | Madagascar | 21.6 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 5 | South Sudan | 20.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 21.0% | falling |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 16.73 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.3% | falling |
| 7 | Eritrea | 15.47 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.5% | falling |
| 8 | Burundi | 14.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 51.9% | falling |
| 9 | Central African Republic | 14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.5% | flat |
| 10 | Chad | 12.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.7% | falling |
| 11 | Lesotho | 11.96 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 10.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 9.9% | falling |
| 13 | Mozambique | 9.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.3% | falling |
| 14 | Niger | 9.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 15 | Kiribati | 9.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 16 | East Timor | 9.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 17 | Angola | 9.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 18 | Djibouti | 9.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.4% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea | 8.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.1% | falling |
| 20 | Comoros | 7.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 21 | Ethiopia | 7.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.9% | volatile |
| 22 | France | 7.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 61.8% | rising |
| 23 | Rwanda | 7.58 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.9% | volatile |
| 24 | Malawi | 7.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 25 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 7.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 86.0% | rising |
| 26 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 27 | Zambia | 6.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 28 | Uganda | 6.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 29 | Eswatini | 6.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 30 | Indonesia | 6.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 31 | Kenya | 6.25 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 32 | Haiti | 6.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 33 | Guatemala | 6.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 61.2% | falling |
| 34 | Ghana | 5.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 35 | Namibia | 5.85 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 36 | Tanzania | 5.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.6% | falling |
| 37 | Yemen | 5.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 38 | Philippines | 5.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 114.5% | rising |
| 39 | United States | 5.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 425.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Benin | 4.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.2% | falling |
| 41 | Mexico | 4.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.6% | falling |
| 42 | El Salvador | 4.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 2.3% | falling |
| 43 | Guinea-Bissau | 4.32 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 48.3% | falling |
| 44 | Laos | 4.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 42.0% | volatile |
| 44 | South Africa | 4.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 46 | Gambia | 4.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 56.8% | falling |
| 47 | Colombia | 4.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 48 | Niue | 4.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 6.7% | falling |
| 49 | Bolivia | 4.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.5% | falling |
| 50 | Botswana | 3.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 50 | Peru | 3.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.8% | falling |
| 52 | Cameroon | 3.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.3% | falling |
| 53 | Dominican Republic | 3.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 54 | Equatorial Guinea | 3.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 54.1% | falling |
| 55 | Liberia | 3.66 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 61.0% | falling |
| 56 | Norway | 3.53 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 146.9% | volatile |
| 57 | Guyana | 3.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 58 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 59 | Sudan | 3.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 59.3% | falling |
| 60 | Congo | 2.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 61 | Tonga | 2.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 5.1% | flat |
| 62 | Paraguay | 2.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 63 | Vanuatu | 2.78 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 64 | Gabon | 2.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.8% | falling |
| 64 | Maldives | 2.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 107.6% | falling |
| 66 | Jamaica | 2.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 40.4% | falling |
| 67 | Cambodia | 2.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Togo | 2.69 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.5% | falling |
| 69 | Ecuador | 2.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 70 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2.59 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 59.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Belize | 2.48 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 25.9% | falling |
| 72 | Czechia | 2.43 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 203.8% | volatile |
| 73 | Saint Lucia | 2.41 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 88.3% | falling |
| 74 | Nepal | 2.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 50.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Brazil | 2.35 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.3% | falling |
| 76 | Venezuela | 2.34 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 37.6% | falling |
| 77 | Mauritania | 2.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 45.0% | volatile |
| 78 | Luxembourg | 2.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 56.4% | volatile |
| 79 | Panama | 2.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 80 | Thailand | 2.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 45.2% | rising |
| 81 | Pakistan | 2.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 47.1% | falling |
| 82 | Honduras | 2.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 82 | Uruguay | 2.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.5% | falling |
| 84 | Grenada | 1.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 85 | Japan | 1.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 86 | Senegal | 1.94 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 70.8% | volatile |
| 87 | Argentina | 1.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 87 | Micronesia (country) | 1.92 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 89 | Seychelles | 1.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.4% | rising |
| 90 | Chile | 1.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.4% | falling |
| 91 | Belgium | 1.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 91 | Tuvalu | 1.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 31.7% | falling |
| 93 | Myanmar | 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 94 | Nigeria | 1.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 51.2% | falling |
| 95 | Solomon Islands | 1.63 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 24.5% | falling |
| 96 | Palau | 1.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8.8% | falling |
| 97 | Afghanistan | 1.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 44.9% | volatile |
| 97 | Cape Verde | 1.57 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.6% | falling |
| 99 | Papua New Guinea | 1.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.4% | falling |
| 100 | Sweden | 1.46 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 165.5% | rising |
| 101 | Samoa | 1.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 102 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1.38 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 64.8% | volatile |
| 103 | Italy | 1.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 75.6% | rising |
| 104 | Marshall Islands | 1.36 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.7% | falling |
| 105 | Bahamas | 1.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.9% | falling |
| 106 | North Korea | 1.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 107 | Nauru | 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 49.4% | falling |
| 107 | Suriname | 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 109 | Fiji | 1.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 110 | Mauritius | 1.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 48.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Dominica | 1.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 112 | Germany | 1.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 292.9% | volatile |
| 113 | Malaysia | 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 114 | Switzerland | 0.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 94.0% | rising |
| 114 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.97 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 10.2% | falling |
| 116 | China | 0.93 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 25.7% | falling |
| 117 | Nicaragua | 0.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 64.3% | falling |
| 118 | Spain | 0.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 141.7% | rising |
| 119 | Austria | 0.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 8,100.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Monaco | 0.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 86.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Barbados | 0.81 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.1% | falling |
| 122 | Bangladesh | 0.79 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 123 | Turkey | 0.77 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 124 | Sri Lanka | 0.74 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 125 | Portugal | 0.71 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.5% | flat |
| 126 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 126 | Iceland | 0.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 536.4% | volatile |
| 128 | Costa Rica | 0.67 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 129 | Canada | 0.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 130 | India | 0.61 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 78.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Romania | 0.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 132 | Albania | 0.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 14.8% | flat |
| 132 | Australia | 0.52 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 79.3% | rising |
| 134 | Syria | 0.51 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 135 | Poland | 0.49 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 104.2% | volatile |
| 136 | Iraq | 0.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 136 | Kazakhstan | 0.33 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 5.7% | falling |
| 138 | Morocco | 0.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 139 | Bahrain | 0.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 139 | Cuba | 0.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 37.0% | rising |
| 139 | Vietnam | 0.29 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 6.5% | falling |
| 142 | New Zealand | 0.28 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 143 | Finland | 0.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 140.0% | volatile |
| 143 | Cook Islands | 0.24 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 118.2% | rising |
| 145 | Lithuania | 0.23 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 91.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Azerbaijan | 0.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 60.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Russia | 0.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 100.0% | flat |
| 146 | Slovakia | 0.22 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 15.4% | volatile |
| 149 | Algeria | 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 149 | Egypt | 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 149 | San Marino | 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 16.7% | rising |
| 152 | Cyprus | 0.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 153 | South Korea | 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 46.2% | volatile |
| 153 | Libya | 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 20.8% | falling |
| 153 | Tajikistan | 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 72.1% | volatile |
| 153 | Turkmenistan | 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 40.6% | volatile |
| 157 | Lebanon | 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 157 | Saudi Arabia | 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Tunisia | 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | falling |
| 160 | Brunei | 0.17 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 30.8% | volatile |
| 161 | Belarus | 0.16 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 128.6% | flat |
| 162 | Estonia | 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 162 | United Kingdom | 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 162 | Ireland | 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 114.3% | volatile |
| 165 | Iran | 0.14 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 166 | Bhutan | 0.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 73.5% | volatile |
| 166 | Latvia | 0.13 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.8% | volatile |
| 168 | Hungary | 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 36.8% | rising |
| 169 | Israel | 0.1 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 170 | Jordan | 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 170 | Mongolia | 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 38.5% | volatile |
| 170 | Oman | 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 170 | Ukraine | 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 14.3% | volatile |
| 175 | Montenegro | 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 12.5% | rising |
| 176 | Georgia | 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 53.8% | volatile |
| 177 | United Arab Emirates | 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 177 | Greece | 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 177 | North Macedonia | 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Netherlands | 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 91.4% | volatile |
| 177 | Serbia | 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 82.1% | volatile |
| 177 | Uzbekistan | 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 183 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 73.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Qatar | 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 185 | Bulgaria | 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 57.1% | volatile |
| 186 | Armenia | 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 186 | Singapore | 0.02 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 188 | Andorra | 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | unchanged | rising |
| 188 | Moldova | 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 188 | Slovenia | 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | — | volatile |
| 191 | Denmark | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Croatia | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Kuwait | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 191 | Malta | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
About this data
Estimated number of deaths from protein-energy malnutrition in both sexes, per 100,000 people.