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Deaths from malnutrition by country

Estimated number of deaths from protein-energy malnutrition in both sexes.

Countries reporting
194
Highest
18,047 deaths
Indonesia
Lowest
0 deaths
Malta
Median
96.97 deaths
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Deaths from malnutrition is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 18,047 deaths in Indonesia; the lowest is 0 deaths in Malta.

The median across all reporting countries is 96.97 deaths, and the mean is 1,011 deaths.

Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 116 fell. The largest increase was in Austria (up 6,869.5%), and the largest decrease in Malta (down 100.0%).

Deaths from malnutrition: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Indonesia 18,047 deaths 2021 down 7.4% rising
2 United States 17,516 deaths 2021 up 463.5% volatile
3 China 13,287 deaths 2021 up 32.9% rising
4 Ethiopia 9,254 deaths 2021 down 40.8% falling
5 India 8,536 deaths 2021 down 76.0% volatile
6 Democratic Republic of Congo 6,999 deaths 2021 down 37.1% rising
7 Madagascar 6,245 deaths 2021 down 18.1% falling
8 Philippines 6,059 deaths 2021 up 153.4% rising
9 Mexico 5,741 deaths 2021 down 31.9% falling
10 Somalia 5,229 deaths 2021 down 93.9% volatile
11 Mali 5,034 deaths 2021 up 9.2% rising
12 Brazil 5,031 deaths 2021 down 32.3% falling
13 France 4,896 deaths 2021 up 66.2% rising
14 Pakistan 4,780 deaths 2021 down 38.5% falling
15 Tanzania 3,652 deaths 2021 down 18.6% falling
16 Nigeria 3,521 deaths 2021 down 37.1% falling
17 Kenya 3,311 deaths 2021 down 25.5% falling
18 Angola 3,128 deaths 2021 down 40.1% falling
19 Mozambique 3,083 deaths 2021 down 14.0% falling
20 Uganda 3,077 deaths 2021 down 24.3% falling
21 Zimbabwe 2,676 deaths 2021 down 11.9% rising
22 South Africa 2,514 deaths 2021 down 12.6% falling
23 Japan 2,425 deaths 2021 up 28.5% rising
24 Niger 2,359 deaths 2021 up 10.1% falling
25 Burkina Faso 2,281 deaths 2021 up 19.9% rising
26 South Sudan 2,226 deaths 2021 up 27.0% falling
27 Colombia 2,131 deaths 2021 up 20.2% falling
28 Chad 2,100 deaths 2021 down 14.5% falling
29 Sierra Leone 1,971 deaths 2021 down 5.2% rising
30 Ghana 1,937 deaths 2021 down 11.1% falling
31 Yemen 1,883 deaths 2021 down 4.1% falling
32 Burundi 1,812 deaths 2021 down 36.1% falling
33 Thailand 1,521 deaths 2021 up 52.1% rising
34 Malawi 1,464 deaths 2021 down 17.6% falling
35 Sudan 1,372 deaths 2021 down 46.2% falling
36 Zambia 1,350 deaths 2021 down 30.0% falling
37 Bangladesh 1,342 deaths 2021 down 61.2% volatile
38 Peru 1,317 deaths 2021 down 19.9% falling
39 Guinea 1,106 deaths 2021 down 8.9% falling
40 Guatemala 1,067 deaths 2021 down 53.9% falling
41 Cameroon 1,045 deaths 2021 down 32.5% flat
42 Rwanda 1,020 deaths 2021 down 37.5% volatile
43 Myanmar 919.29 deaths 2021 down 28.6% falling
44 Germany 914.64 deaths 2021 up 295.5% volatile
45 Cote d'Ivoire 877.3 deaths 2021 up 7.7% rising
46 Argentina 870.91 deaths 2021 down 25.2% falling
47 Italy 809.65 deaths 2021 up 72.0% rising
48 Central African Republic 764.01 deaths 2021 down 13.0% rising
49 Haiti 713.47 deaths 2021 down 4.9% falling
50 Nepal 707.58 deaths 2021 down 45.6% falling
51 Venezuela 658.95 deaths 2021 up 33.2% falling
52 Turkey 649.48 deaths 2021 up 44.8% rising
53 Benin 639.66 deaths 2021 down 25.4% falling
54 Afghanistan 630.97 deaths 2021 down 24.3% falling
55 Eritrea 560.06 deaths 2021 down 35.1% falling
56 Bolivia 497.15 deaths 2021 down 35.6% falling
57 Ecuador 463.69 deaths 2021 down 30.0% falling
58 Cambodia 446.75 deaths 2021 down 36.2% volatile
59 Dominican Republic 421.09 deaths 2021 up 46.9% rising
60 Spain 414.43 deaths 2021 up 147.0% rising
61 Chile 363.77 deaths 2021 down 39.4% falling
62 Malaysia 339.37 deaths 2021 up 18.5% rising
63 North Korea 334.48 deaths 2021 up 19.8% volatile
64 Senegal 326.76 deaths 2021 down 61.8% falling
65 Laos 314.32 deaths 2021 down 32.8% volatile
66 Russia 312.23 deaths 2021 up 96.8% flat
67 El Salvador 283.59 deaths 2021 up 5.2% falling
68 Vietnam 281.05 deaths 2021 up 4.0% falling
69 Lesotho 272.88 deaths 2021 down 5.1% falling
70 Czechia 255.2 deaths 2021 up 205.5% volatile
71 Canada 248.98 deaths 2021 up 11.4% rising
72 Togo 232.67 deaths 2021 down 32.7% falling
73 Egypt 228.43 deaths 2021 down 34.8% falling
74 Honduras 211.02 deaths 2021 up 5.0% rising
75 Belgium 208.24 deaths 2021 down 6.1% rising
76 Norway 190.7 deaths 2021 up 168.4% volatile
77 Liberia 190.33 deaths 2021 down 51.5% falling
78 Poland 189.08 deaths 2021 up 103.5% volatile
79 Paraguay 186.77 deaths 2021 down 2.7% rising
80 Congo 173.7 deaths 2021 down 37.3% falling
81 Sri Lanka 161.26 deaths 2021 down 16.8% falling
82 Sweden 152.53 deaths 2021 up 191.0% rising
83 Papua New Guinea 148.67 deaths 2021 up 9.4% rising
84 Namibia 148.02 deaths 2021 down 14.4% rising
85 Iraq 143.01 deaths 2021 down 42.8% falling
86 Australia 133.9 deaths 2021 up 104.3% rising
87 Iran 125.58 deaths 2021 down 10.6% falling
88 East Timor 121.35 deaths 2021 down 32.6% falling
89 Morocco 112.2 deaths 2021 down 19.7% volatile
90 Gambia 111.45 deaths 2021 down 42.9% falling
91 Syria 109.33 deaths 2021 down 17.4% flat
92 Romania 107.87 deaths 2021 up 22.6% rising
93 United Kingdom 103.13 deaths 2021 up 21.4% rising
94 Mauritania 102.41 deaths 2021 down 28.1% falling
95 Botswana 101.25 deaths 2021 down 33.4% falling
96 South Korea 101.02 deaths 2021 up 53.1% volatile
97 Djibouti 99.57 deaths 2021 down 16.7% falling
98 Algeria 94.37 deaths 2021 down 5.1% falling
99 Panama 93.31 deaths 2021 up 2.6% falling
100 Guinea-Bissau 88.96 deaths 2021 down 33.8% falling
101 Switzerland 84.63 deaths 2021 up 113.9% volatile
102 Eswatini 79.54 deaths 2021 down 28.0% falling
103 Jamaica 76.71 deaths 2021 up 45.1% falling
104 Austria 73.18 deaths 2021 up 6,869.5% volatile
105 Portugal 72.63 deaths 2021 up 11.3% flat
106 Uruguay 70.36 deaths 2021 down 3.5% flat
107 Comoros 64.63 deaths 2021 down 26.5% falling
108 Kazakhstan 64.3 deaths 2021 up 7.5% falling
109 Gabon 64.11 deaths 2021 down 28.5% flat
110 Equatorial Guinea 60.88 deaths 2021 down 34.4% falling
111 Nicaragua 60.78 deaths 2021 down 58.9% falling
112 Saudi Arabia 57.24 deaths 2021 down 13.7% falling
113 Costa Rica 34.36 deaths 2021 up 19.6% rising
114 Ukraine 33.94 deaths 2021 up 12.3% volatile
115 Cuba 32.7 deaths 2021 down 37.4% rising
116 Guyana 27.35 deaths 2021 down 42.9% falling
117 Azerbaijan 22.97 deaths 2021 down 56.4% volatile
118 Tunisia 21.95 deaths 2021 up 9.7% flat
119 Tajikistan 18.44 deaths 2021 down 64.9% volatile
120 Uzbekistan 16.52 deaths 2021 down 55.8% volatile
121 Mauritius 16.01 deaths 2021 up 49.5% volatile
122 Belarus 15.21 deaths 2021 up 117.3% falling
123 Albania 14.97 deaths 2021 down 15.6% falling
124 Trinidad and Tobago 14.76 deaths 2021 up 17.9% falling
125 New Zealand 14.58 deaths 2021 up 36.3% rising
126 Maldives 14.28 deaths 2021 up 189.1% rising
127 Luxembourg 13.98 deaths 2021 up 93.4% volatile
128 Finland 13.32 deaths 2021 up 152.3% volatile
129 Libya 12.7 deaths 2021 down 12.9% falling
130 Turkmenistan 12.11 deaths 2021 down 29.2% falling
131 Slovakia 12.02 deaths 2021 down 14.1% volatile
132 Kiribati 11.92 deaths 2021 down 11.2% flat
133 Solomon Islands 11.55 deaths 2021 down 3.3% falling
134 Fiji 11.51 deaths 2021 down 3.4% falling
135 Hungary 11.37 deaths 2021 down 39.6% rising
136 Lebanon 10.24 deaths 2021 up 36.4% rising
137 Belize 9.92 deaths 2021 up 52.9% falling
138 Cape Verde 9.23 deaths 2021 down 6.1% falling
139 Israel 9.21 deaths 2021 down 77.1% volatile
140 Vanuatu 8.87 deaths 2021 down 10.7% rising
141 Jordan 8.49 deaths 2021 down 20.8% falling
142 Netherlands 7.94 deaths 2021 down 91.9% volatile
143 Suriname 7.85 deaths 2021 up 16.3% falling
144 Ireland 7.25 deaths 2021 up 137.7% falling
145 Lithuania 6.54 deaths 2021 up 81.2% volatile
146 Sao Tome and Principe 5.78 deaths 2021 down 51.1% falling
147 Bahamas 5.43 deaths 2021 up 18.6% rising
148 Greece 5.41 deaths 2021 — volatile
149 United Arab Emirates 4.66 deaths 2021 up 7.4% rising
150 Saint Lucia 4.33 deaths 2021 up 96.8% falling
151 Bahrain 4.18 deaths 2021 up 4.5% flat
152 Serbia 3.91 deaths 2021 down 82.0% volatile
153 Oman 3.59 deaths 2021 up 0.6% falling
154 Saint Kitts and Nevis 3.48 deaths 2021 up 86.1% rising
155 Samoa 3.16 deaths 2021 up 4.3% rising
156 Tonga 3.09 deaths 2021 up 3.7% flat
157 Kyrgyzstan 2.73 deaths 2021 down 67.3% falling
158 Mongolia 2.72 deaths 2021 down 21.8% volatile
159 Iceland 2.59 deaths 2021 up 661.8% volatile
160 Bosnia and Herzegovina 2.5 deaths 2021 up 22.5% rising
161 Latvia 2.49 deaths 2021 down 33.4% volatile
162 Grenada 2.45 deaths 2021 down 10.9% rising
163 Cyprus 2.43 deaths 2021 down 1.2% volatile
164 Georgia 2.38 deaths 2021 down 52.2% volatile
165 Bulgaria 2.32 deaths 2021 down 55.7% volatile
166 Barbados 2.29 deaths 2021 down 31.2% falling
167 Micronesia (country) 2.17 deaths 2021 down 19.6% falling
168 Estonia 2.04 deaths 2021 down 60.1% volatile
169 Seychelles 2.03 deaths 2021 up 6.3% rising
170 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1.44 deaths 2021 down 66.2% volatile
171 Qatar 1.16 deaths 2021 up 8.4% rising
172 North Macedonia 1.08 deaths 2021 up 800.0% volatile
173 Bhutan 0.98 deaths 2021 down 71.8% volatile
174 Singapore 0.97 deaths 2021 up 1,285.7% volatile
175 Dominica 0.81 deaths 2021 down 33.6% falling
176 Brunei 0.75 deaths 2021 up 38.9% volatile
177 Antigua and Barbuda 0.65 deaths 2021 down 54.2% volatile
178 Marshall Islands 0.57 deaths 2021 down 63.5% falling
179 Armenia 0.52 deaths 2021 down 88.9% volatile
180 Montenegro 0.42 deaths 2021 down 14.3% rising
181 Monaco 0.3 deaths 2021 up 100.0% volatile
182 Palau 0.29 deaths 2021 up 7.4% falling
183 Slovenia 0.27 deaths 2021 up 200.0% volatile
184 Kuwait 0.2 deaths 2021 down 44.4% falling
184 Tuvalu 0.2 deaths 2021 down 28.6% falling
186 Moldova 0.18 deaths 2021 down 86.8% volatile
187 Nauru 0.16 deaths 2021 down 38.5% falling
188 Denmark 0.09 deaths 2021 down 99.5% volatile
189 Croatia 0.08 deaths 2021 down 72.4% volatile
189 Niue 0.08 deaths 2021 up 14.3% falling
191 San Marino 0.07 deaths 2021 up 16.7% rising
192 Cook Islands 0.04 deaths 2021 up 100.0% rising
193 Andorra 0.01 deaths 2021 unchanged rising
194 Malta 0 deaths 2021 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Deaths from malnutrition
Unit
deaths
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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Estimated number of deaths from protein-energy malnutrition in both sexes.