Global Undernourishment Prevalence as a Three-Year Average

A 3-year average percentage of the total population experiencing undernourishment, derived from the Suite of Food Security Indicators on FAOSTAT. The dataset is compiled by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and other international organizations to build a wide food security information system. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security: availability, access, utilization, and stability.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between undernourishment prevalence and other economic or climate indicators from the FAOSTAT suite.
• Tracking changes in the undernourishment indicator over time to assess progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 2 (Zero Hunger).
• Analyzing the stability dimension of food security by examining multi-year trends in the undernourishment data.
• Comparing undernourishment rates across different countries and regions using the standardized FAOSTAT framework.

Strengths

• Data is structured to enable comparisons across regions and over time.
• Indicators are informed by expert judgment and aim to capture various aspects of food insecurity.
• Part of a wider food security information system with indicators classified along four key dimensions.

Limitations

• The core metric is a 3-year average, which may obscure annual fluctuations and recent shocks.
• Specific row count, column details, and temporal coverage are not provided in the input.
• Relies on data availability from multiple international organizations, which may affect consistency.

Provenance

Source

Suite of Food Security Indicators on FAOSTAT, compiled by FAO and other international organizations.

Collection Method

Aggregated from various sources following recommendations from the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table.

Geography

Global, with comparisons across regions.