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Starvation Deaths by Country 2024

  • PEM stands for Protein-energy malnutrition.
  • Data shown reflect the age-standardized average number of deaths per 100,000 individuals due to protein-energy malnutrition (starvation) for the year 2019.

204 countries

Country
PEM Deaths 2019 (per 100K)
Angola101.32
Mali57.15
Bangladesh56.36
Cambodia50.19
Somalia46.73
Benin37.71
Bolivia31.79
Central African Republic29.51
Madagascar28.32
Eritrea27.52
Zimbabwe27.38
Djibouti27.07
Maldives25.71
South Sudan25.51
Kiribati25.24
Burundi24.46
India18.85
Guatemala18.63
Malawi17.98
Zambia17.69
Mozambique17.43
Chad16.39
Dominican Republic16.24
Burkina Faso16.16
Botswana15.9
Ecuador15.45
Kenya15.4
Tanzania15.37
Cameroon14.66
Indonesia14.53
Rwanda13.52
Sierra Leone13.12
Uganda13.11
Brazil13.04
Ethiopia12.9
Mauritania12.69
Comoros12.54
Guinea12.21
Liberia11.75
Lesotho11.69
DR Congo11.52
Afghanistan11.04
Republic of the Congo10.36
Belize10.02
American Samoa9.79
El Salvador9.72
Ghana9.56
Cape Verde9.53
Namibia9.39
Guinea Bissau9.37
Eswatini9.26
Timor Leste8.62
Vanuatu8.5
Bhutan8.46
Solomon Islands8.38
Haiti8.23
Jamaica8.09
Gambia8.04
Guyana7.82
Niger7.81
Honduras7.48
Colombia7.41
Fiji7.35
Gabon6.74
Mexico6.56
Micronesia6.56
Saint Kitts and Nevis6.54
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines6.08
Grenada6.06
Marshall Islands6.01
Antigua and Barbuda5.91
Nauru5.85
Sao Tome and Principe5.83
Paraguay5.45
Togo5.38
Equatorial Guinea5.29
Tuvalu5.25
Nepal5.22
China5.07
Philippines5
Dominica4.86
Laos4.76
Ivory Coast4.65
Papua New Guinea4.54
Yemen4.47
South Africa4.45
Tonga4.32
Northern Mariana Islands4.15
Argentina4.05
Niue3.95
Egypt3.93
Samoa3.7
Senegal3.68
Tokelau3.63
Peru3.55
Pakistan3.5
Guam3.44
Bahamas3.34
Myanmar3.31
Mauritius3.11
Nicaragua2.96
Barbados2.93
Panama2.89
France2.86
Saint Lucia2.86
Bahrain2.59
Suriname2.56
United States Virgin Islands2.49
Sudan2.35
Nigeria2.28
Iran2.11
Chile2.1
Algeria2.05
Morocco2.04
Venezuela2.02
Seychelles1.97
Iraq1.77
Uruguay1.76
North Korea1.65
Malaysia1.63
Azerbaijan1.58
Trinidad and Tobago1.54
Greenland1.54
Palau1.51
Costa Rica1.4
Brunei1.38
Puerto Rico1.2
Thailand0.99
Turkey0.92
Albania0.9
United States0.89
Cook Islands0.84
Jordan0.83
Bermuda0.8
Sri Lanka0.77
Oman0.77
Norway0.74
Armenia0.72
Luxembourg0.72
Estonia0.71
Syria0.66
Cyprus0.63
Saudi Arabia0.61
Kyrgyzstan0.58
Palestine0.58
Libya0.57
Czech Republic0.56
Canada0.53
Cuba0.52
Lebanon0.51
Kazakhstan0.5
Portugal0.42
Latvia0.41
Netherlands0.4
Sweden0.39
Belarus0.38
Qatar0.37
Belgium0.33
Switzerland0.31
Taiwan0.29
Moldova0.28
Australia0.27
Lithuania0.27
Spain0.23
Tunisia0.23
Iceland0.23
Japan0.2
New Zealand0.2
South Korea0.17
Singapore0.17
Israel0.16
Russia0.15
Ireland0.15
San Marino0.15
Romania0.14
Ukraine0.13
Serbia0.13
Vietnam0.12
United Arab Emirates0.12
Turkmenistan0.12
Mongolia0.12
Monaco0.12
Slovakia0.1
North Macedonia0.1
Germany0.09
United Kingdom0.09
Tajikistan0.09
Montenegro0.09
Malta0.09
Poland0.08
Denmark0.08
Andorra0.08
Georgia0.07
Greece0.06
Kuwait0.06
Slovenia0.06
Uzbekistan0.04
Hungary0.04
Italy0.03
Finland0.03
Bulgaria0.02
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.02
Austria0.01
Croatia0.01

What country has the most deaths by starvation?

With 101.32 deaths per 100,000 people, the country of Angola, which is located in Africa, has the largest number of starvation deaths every year.

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