Undernourishment in North African countries 2022

From 2020 to 2022, Sudan was the North African country with the highest prevalence of undernourishment, measured at 11.9 percent of the total population. The rate was around five percentage points more than the sub-regional average (6.8 percent). In Egypt, the prevalence of the population which did not eat enough food reached 7.2 percent in the same period, an increase compared to the 6.4 percent recorded from 2004 to 2006. Furthermore, over the observed three-year periods, Algeria registered the lowest share of undernourished people, accounting for 6.7 percent of the population from 2004 to 2006 and less then 2.5 percent between 2020 and 2022.

Prevalence of undernourishment in the total population in Northern Africa from 2004 to 2022, by country

Characteristic	2004-2006	2020-2022
Sudan	-	11.9%
Libya	4.7%	8.4%
Egypt	6.4%	7.2%
Morocco	5.5%	6.3%
Tunisia	4.3%	3%
Algeria*	6.7%	2.5%
Northern Africa	6.1%	6.8%

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Release date

July 2023

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Region

Africa

Survey time period

2004 to 2022

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three-year averages

Supplementary notes

* Percentage for 2020-2022 is less than 2.5.
The source adds the following information: "Regional estimates were included when more than 50 percent of population was covered. To reduce the margin of error, estimates are presented as three-year averages".

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