World’s Hungriest Countries – Ranked 2026

A global ranking of the world’s hungriest countries, based on the latest international data on food insecurity and malnutrition.

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

The report creates GHI scores for 123 countries, based on a formula that captures three dimensions of hunger: insufficient caloric intake, child undernutrition and child mortality.

This is 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.
• The number of undernourished people remains nearly 100 million higher than in 2016.
• Somalia is the world’s hungriest country in 2025.
• Between 638 million and 720 million people were undernourished in 2024.
• 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.
• Five countries are suffering from alarming levels of hunger — DR Congo, Haiti, Madagascar, Somalia and South Sudan. Chad sits just below the cutoff, falling short by only 0.2 percentage points.
• However, there are a further 13 countries with insufficient data — Bahrain, Bhutan, Burundi, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Laos, Lesotho, Maldives, Nicaragua, North Korea, Qatar, Sudan, Yemen — some of which may also be suffering from food insecurity.
• Another 32 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 2025 GHI scores. Twenty-five of those countries have a score of less than five, and were collectively ranked from 1-25.

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 (2025)

Rank	Country	2025
109	Afghanistan	29.0
37	Albania	7.0
38	Algeria	7.1
111	Angola	29.7
34	Argentina	6.4
1-25	Armenia
29	Azerbaijan	5.6
	Bahrain	—
85	Bangladesh	19.2
1-25	Belarus
103	Benin	25.9
	Bhutan	—
70	Bolivia (Plurinat. State of)	14.6
1-25	Bosnia & Herzegovina
93	Botswana	21.8
34	Brazil	6.4
1-25	Bulgaria
98	Burkina Faso	22.9
*	Burundi	—
48	Cabo Verde	9.4
73	Cambodia	14.9
78	Cameroon	17.1
116	Central African Republic	33.4
118	Chad	34.8
1-25	Chile
1-25	China
32	Colombia	6.1
79	Comoros	17.2
97	Congo (Republic of)	22.6
1-25	Costa Rica
88	Côte d'Ivoire	20.4
1-25	Croatia
121	Dem. Rep. of the Congo	37.5
94	Djibouti	21.9
34	Dominican Republic	6.4
58	Ecuador	10.9
57	Egypt	10.5
42	El Salvador	7.6
	Equatorial Guinea	—
	Eritrea	—
1-25	Estonia
77	Eswatini	15.9
100	Ethiopia	24.4
52	Fiji	9.9
83	Gabon	18.8
80	Gambia	17.3
1-25	Georgia
65	Ghana	13.1
82	Guatemala	18.0
99	Guinea	23.7
101	Guinea-Bissau	25.4
45	Guyana	8.3
119	Haiti	35.7
62	Honduras	12.5
1-25	Hungary
102	India	25.8
70	Indonesia	14.6
40	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7.4
63	Iraq	12.8
43	Jamaica	8.0
54	Jordan	10.3
1-25	Kazakhstan
103	Kenya	25.9
*	Korea (DPR)	—
1-25	Kuwait
43	Kyrgyzstan	8.0
*	Lao PDR	—
1-25	Latvia
46	Lebanon	8.5
*	Lesotho	—
112	Liberia	30.0
69	Libya	13.9
1-25	Lithuania
120	Madagascar	35.8
95	Malawi	22.0
68	Malaysia	13.6
	Maldives	—
96	Mali	22.3
86	Mauritania	19.9
66	Mauritius	13.4
31	Mexico	6.0
26	Moldova (Rep. of)	5.1
26	Mongolia	5.1
1-25	Montenegro
47	Morocco	9.3
103	Mozambique	25.9
75	Myanmar	15.3
84	Namibia	18.9
72	Nepal	14.8
*	Nicaragua	—
117	Niger	33.9
115	Nigeria	32.8
1-25	North Macedonia
53	Oman	10.2
106	Pakistan	26.0
41	Panama	7.5
114	Papua New Guinea	31.0
28	Paraguay	5.2
39	Peru	7.2
66	Philippines	13.4
	Qatar	—
1-25	Romania
1-25	Russian Federation
92	Rwanda	21.7
30	Saudi Arabia	5.9
76	Senegal	15.6
1-25	Serbia
108	Sierra Leone	28.5
1-25	Slovakia
88	Solomon Islands	20.4
123	Somalia	42.6
74	South Africa	15.1
121	South Sudan	37.5
61	Sri Lanka	11.2
*	Sudan	—
55	Suriname	10.4
113	Syrian Arab Republic	30.6
63	Tajikistan	12.8
91	Tanzania (United Rep. of)	21.1
50	Thailand	9.7
107	Timor-Leste	28.0
80	Togo	17.3
59	Trinidad & Tobago	11.0
33	Tunisia	6.2
1-25	Türkiye
50	Turkmenistan	9.7
87	Uganda	20.2
55	Ukraine	10.4
1-25	United Arab Emirates
1-25	Uruguay
1-25	Uzbekistan
49	Venezuela (Boliv. Rep. of)	9.6
60	Viet Nam	11.1
	Yemen	—
110	Zambia	29.6
90	Zimbabwe	20.9

*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