World’s Hungriest Countries – Ranked 2025

A global ranking of the world’s hungriest countries, using the latest report from the Global Hunger Index.

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is an annual report produced to measure hunger around the world.

The report creates GHI scores for 127 countries, based on a formula that captures three dimensions of hunger: insufficient caloric intake, child undernutrition and child mortality.

This measured using four key indicators:

• Undernourishment: the share of the population that is undernourished, reflecting insufficient caloric intake.
• Child wasting: the share of children under the age of five who are wasted (low weight-for-height), reflecting acute undernutrition.
• Child stunting: the share of children under the age of five who are stunted (low height-for-age), reflecting chronic undernutrition.
• Child mortality: the mortality rate of children under the age of five.

Data for these indicators is sourced from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), UNICEF, the World Bank, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and the United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Each country’s GHI score is converted into a classification that reflects the level of hunger the population is suffering from.

GHI Severity Scale

• ≤ 9.9: low
• 10.0–19.9: moderate
• 20.0–34.9: serious
• 35.0–49.9: alarming
• ≥ 50.0: extremely alarming

Key findings from the report

• Worldwide hunger is at a moderate level, with a global GHI score of 18.3.
• Somalia is the world’s hungriest country in 2024.
• Nearly 733 million people (1 in 11) are undernourished.
• 150.2 million children under five suffer from stunting, a sign of chronic undernutrition.
• 42.8 million children suffer from wasting, a sign of acute undernutrition.
• Extreme climatic events, violent conflicts, wars and economic slowdowns and crises continue to drive hunger in many parts of the world.
• No countries (zero) are suffering from extremely alarming levels of hunger, compared to four in 2019.
• Six countries are suffering from alarming levels of hunger — Somalia, Yemen, Chad, Madagascar, South Sudan and Burundi.
• However, there are a further six countries with insufficient data — Bahrain, Bhutan, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Maldives and Qatar — some of which may also be suffering from food insecurity.
• Another 36 countries are considered to be suffering from serious levels of hunger.

World’s hungriest countries – complete ranking

The table below ranks the world’s hungriest countries according to the GHI Severity Scale.

Ranking was determined by 2024 GHI scores. Twenty-two of those countries have a score of less than five, and were collectively ranked from 1-22.

GHI scores were not calculated for countries with insufficient data, high-income countries, countries with small populations and non-independent territories.

Global Hunger Index – Most Recent Rankings (2024)

Rank	Country	2024
116	Afghanistan	30.8
42	Albania	7.9
35	Algeria	6.7
103	Angola	26.6
33	Argentina	6.6
23	Armenia	5.1
32	Azerbaijan	6.2
	Bahrain	—
84	Bangladesh	19.4
1-22	Belarus	<5
99	Benin	24.7
	Bhutan	—
76	Bolivia (Plurinat. State of)	16.8
1-22	Bosnia & Herzegovina	<5
90	Botswana	20.7
33	Brazil	6.6
23	Bulgaria	5.1
98	Burkina Faso	24.6
*	Burundi	35–49.9*
48	Cabo Verde	9.2
68	Cambodia	14.7
79	Cameroon	18.3
119	Central African Republic	31.5
125	Chad	36.4
1-22	Chile	<5
1-22	China	<5
28	Colombia	5.7
81	Comoros	18.8
96	Congo (Republic of)	24.0
1-22	Costa Rica	<5
89	Côte d'Ivoire	20.6
1-22	Croatia	<5
123	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	34.9
92	Djibouti	21.2
41	Dominican Republic	7.8
58	Ecuador	11.6
63	Egypt	13.2
43	El Salvador	8.0
	Equatorial Guinea	—
	Eritrea	—
1-22	Estonia	<5
74	Eswatini	15.7
102	Ethiopia	26.2
53	Fiji	10.2
78	Gabon	17.4
88	Gambia	19.9
1-22	Georgia	<5
66	Ghana	13.9
81	Guatemala	18.8
95	Guinea	23.2
114	Guinea-Bissau	30.5
47	Guyana	9.1
122	Haiti	34.3
73	Honduras	15.6
1-22	Hungary	<5
105	India	27.3
77	Indonesia	16.9
38	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.4
70	Iraq	14.9
40	Jamaica	7.7
59	Jordan	12
25	Kazakhstan	5.3
100	Kenya	25.0
118	Korea (DPR)	31.4
1-22	Kuwait	<5
36	Kyrgyzstan	6.8
87	Lao PDR	19.8
1-22	Latvia	<5
45	Lebanon	8.1
*	Lesotho	20–34.9*
120	Liberia	31.9
83	Libya	19.2
1-22	Lithuania	<5
124	Madagascar	36.3
93	Malawi	21.9
61	Malaysia	12.7
	Maldives	—
96	Mali	24.0
91	Mauritania	21.1
62	Mauritius	12.8
31	Mexico	6.1
26	Moldova (Rep. of)	5.6
26	Mongolia	5.6
1-22	Montenegro	<5
48	Morocco	9.2
107	Mozambique	27.5
74	Myanmar	15.7
86	Namibia	19.7
68	Nepal	14.7
64	Nicaragua	13.6
121	Niger	34.1
110	Nigeria	28.8
1-22	North Macedonia	<5
51	Oman	9.9
109	Pakistan	27.9
43	Panama	8.0
110	Papua New Guinea	28.8
30	Paraguay	6.0
38	Peru	7.4
67	Philippines	14.4
	Qatar	—
1-22	Romania	<5
1-22	Russian Federation	<5
101	Rwanda	25.2
37	Saudi Arabia	6.9
72	Senegal	15.3
1-22	Serbia	<5
117	Sierra Leone	31.2
1-22	Slovakia	<5
84	Solomon Islands	19.4
127	Somalia	44.1
60	South Africa	12.5
*	South Sudan	35–49.9*
56	Sri Lanka	11.3
110	Sudan	28.8
55	Suriname	10.9
113	Syrian Arab Republic	30.3
65	Tajikistan	13.7
94	Tanzania (United Rep. of)	22.7
52	Thailand	10.1
104	Timor-Leste	27.0
80	Togo	18.6
54	Trinidad & Tobago	10.8
29	Tunisia	5.9
1-22	Türkiye	<5
50	Turkmenistan	9.5
105	Uganda	27.3
46	Ukraine	8.6
1-22	United Arab Emirates	<5
1-22	Uruguay	<5
1-22	Uzbekistan	<5
71	Venezuela (Boliv. Rep. of)	15.1
56	Viet Nam	11.3
126	Yemen	41.2
115	Zambia	30.7
108	Zimbabwe	27.6

*Scores could not be calculated due to a lack of data.

Previous Rankings

Rank	Country	2000	2006	2012	2020
1	Chad	50.9	51.3	47.9	44.7
2	Timor-Leste	—	46.1	36.2	37.6
3	Madagascar	42.7	41.4	34.6	36
4	Haiti	41.9	43.6	35.9	33.5
5	Mozambique	48.1	38.4	31.4	33.1
6	Liberia	48	40	33.1	31.4
7	Sierra Leone	58.3	53.3	42.4	30.9
8	Lesotho	36	30.4	24.6	30.7
9	Afghanistan	51	42.8	33.8	30.3
10	Nigeria	40.6	34.1	32	29.2
11	Rwanda	49.7	38.1	26	28.3
12	North Korea	39.5	33.1	28.2	27.5
13	India	38.9	37.5	29.3	27.2
14	Sudan	—	—	32.5	27.2
15	Angola	64.9	47	35.9	26.8
16	Ethiopia	53.7	43.6	35.5	26.2
17	Congo	33.8	34.7	27.8	26
18	Burkina Faso	45.7	46.3	31.1	25.8
19	Tanzania	40.8	33.6	30	25
20	Pakistan	37.2	33.5	32.8	24.6
21	Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)	33.6	34.7	30.1	24.5
22	Togo	39.3	36.7	26.6	24.1
23	Mauritania	32	29	23.7	24
24	Kenya	37.4	31.4	23.2	23.7
25	Venezuela	14.7	11.2	7.6	23.5
26	Mali	41.9	37	31.3	22.9
27	Botswana	28.20	27.3	22.4	22.6
28	Malawi	43.20	33.8	27.1	22.6
29	Benin	34.10	28.7	24.2	22.4
30	Myanmar	39.80	31.8	23.3	20.9
31	Guatemala	28.50	24.6	22.2	20.7
32	Cambodia	41.20	27.2	24.9	20.6
33	Bangladesh	34.10	29	27.8	20.4
34	Eswatini	26.10	24.1	17.8	20.3
35	Nepal	37.40	31	22.8	19.5
36	Cameroon	36.40	31	23.2	19.1
37	Indonesia	26.10	29.5	23.1	19.1
38	Namibia	25.30	24.7	23.9	19.1
39	Philippines	25.00	20.4	20.4	19
40	Gabon	21.10	20.4	18.8	18.2
41	Gambia	29.20	28	22.7	17.8
42	Iraq	24.00	24	21.1	17.1
43	Senegal	34.30	24.4	18	17.1
44	Sri Lanka	21.90	19.5	20.1	16.3
45	Ghana	28.50	22.2	17.9	15.2
46	Bolivia	27.60	23.2	16.8	14
47	Vietnam	26.30	21.9	16.5	13.6
48	South Africa	18.40	19.4	15.3	13.5
49	Malaysia	15.50	13.3	11.8	13.3
50	Nicaragua	22.30	17.1	14.6	13.2
51	Honduras	21.90	19.7	16.9	13.1
52	Mongolia	30.10	23.1	12.7	13.1
53	Oman	14.80	16	11.6	12.2
54	Egypt	16.40	14.4	15.3	11.9
55	Guyana	17.30	15.8	12.2	11.1
56	Turkmenistan	21.20	16.6	13.6	11.1
57	Ecuador	19.70	19	16.3	11
58	El Salvador	14.70	12.1	10.4	10.5
59	Suriname	15.50	11.7	10.5	10.2
60	Thailand	17.80	12.3	12.7	10.2
61	Mauritius	15.00	13.6	12.3	9.3
62	Algeria	14.50	11.7	9	9
63	Lebanon	11.60	13.3	12.4	8.9
64	Morocco	15.50	17.5	9.6	8.9
65	Jordan	10.80	8.1	8.6	8.8
66	Kyrgyzstan	18.40	13.9	11.7	8.4
67	Jamaica	8.60	9	9.2	8.1
68	Fiji	9.60	9.1	8.1	8
69	Iran	13.50	8.9	7.6	7.9
70	Mexico	10.10	8.4	7.4	7.7
71	Colombia	10.90	11.5	9.1	7.5
72	Paraguay	12.10	11.6	9.6	7.5
73	Saudi Arabia	11.10	12.2	8.2	7.5
74	Peru	20.80	16.5	8.9	7.3
75	Panama	18.50	15	9.8	7.2
76	Dominican Rep.	15.20	13.9	10.3	7.1
77	Armenia	19.40	13.4	10.4	6.9
78	Uzbekistan	24.40	16.9	12.7	6.7
79	Serbia	—	6.1	5.3	6.6
80	Trinidad & Tob.	11.10	11.4	10.8	6.6
81	Slovakia	6.50	5.9	<5	6.4
82	Georgia	12.30	8.9	<5	6.1
83	Azerbaijan	25.00	16	10.6	6
84	Albania	20.70	15.8	8.5	5.9
85	Tunisia	10.30	7.8	7	5.7
86	Bulgaria	8.20	7.3	7.8	5.5
87	Kazakhstan	11.40	12.3	8.1	5.4
88	Argentina	6.30	5.6	5.2	5.3
89	North Macedonia	7.50	7.7	6.7	5.2
90	Russia	10.00	6.8	6	5.2
–	Belarus	<5	<5	<5	<5
–	Bosnia & Herz.	9.30	6.7	<5	<5
–	Brazil	11.30	6.3	<5	<5
–	Chile	<5	<5	<5	<5
–	China	13.60	9.5	<5	<5
–	Costa Rica	6.10	<5	<5	<5
–	Croatia	<5	<5	<5	<5
–	Cuba	<5	<5	<5	<5
–	Estonia	5.90	<5	<5	<5
–	Kuwait	<5	<5	<5	<5
–	Latvia	7.00	<5	<5	<5
–	Lithuania	6.10	<5	<5	<5
–	Montenegro	—	5.5	<5	<5
–	Romania	8.00	5.5	<5	<5
–	Turkey	10.10	6.3	<5	<5
–	Ukraine	13.00	<5	<5	<5
–	Uruguay	7.50	6.8	5	<5

Source: Global Hunger Index