Death rate from malnutrition ghe by country

Countries reporting
194
Highest
30.64
Somalia
Lowest
0
Malta
Median
1.57
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from malnutrition ghe is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 30.64 in Somalia; the lowest is 0 in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.57, and the mean is 3.19.

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 ghe: full country ranking

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

About this data

Indicator
Death rate from malnutrition ghe
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed