Ranked: These are the countries with the highest (and lowest) death rate from malnutrition, 2024

Food is readily available worldwide and its production has been greatly improved due to technological advancements. Today, food can be organic or ultra-processed, and people consume it to obtain the energy they require for their daily activities and survival. Despite this, deaths caused by starvation are still a reality. Many people worldwide lose their lives every day due to the lack of nutritious food to eat. CEOWORLD magazine’s researchers believe that this issue is essential to be addressed as starvation is a global problem. In their report, the researchers shed light on the nature of starvation as a social and international issue. They also provide information about the countries in four out of the world’s seven continents that have high incidences of starvation deaths. Readers will gain a better understanding of the severity of this global dilemma.

What is starvation?

Starvation is considered the most extreme kind of malnutrition. This social problem involves people suffering from an intense dearth in caloric energy intake. They are unable to take in the right kinds and amounts of food necessary to keep themselves alive and healthy. People who remain hungry for long periods suffer from permanent organ damage and death.

In every continent, which country has the greatest number of starvation-induced deaths?

CEOWORLD magazine’s researchers included the following table, which shows the country with the highest incidence of starvation deaths. The data reflects the age-standardized average quantity of deaths due to starvation or protein-energy malnutrition (PEM) per 100,000 people. Readers will find that Angola tops the list above with 101.32 PEM deaths per 100,000 people. Other African countries are also included, such as Mali, Somalia, Benin, Central African Republic, Madagascar, and Eritrea, where poverty and political and social instability are elevated. These social problems worsen these countries’ problems with starvation.

Countries with the highest (and lowest) death rate from malnutrition 2024

Rank	Country	Region	Deaths per 100,000 individuals due to protein-energy malnutrition (starvation)	Population	GDP (USD million)	GDP Per Capita
1	Angola	Central Africa	101.32	33,086,278	93,796	2,550
2	Mali	Western Africa	57.15	22,395,489	21,309	913
3	Bangladesh	Southern Asia	56.36	169,828,911	446,349	2,621
4	Cambodia	Southeastern Asia	50.19	17,091,464	30,943	1,916
5	Somalia	Eastern Africa	46.73	18,143,379	11,515	717
6	Benin	Western Africa	37.71	12,606,998	19,940	1,449
7	Bolivia	South America	31.79	12,006,031	46,796	3,858
8	Central African Republic	Central Africa	29.51	5,633,412	2,760	539
9	Madagascar	Eastern Africa	28.32	26,923,353	15,763	530
10	Eritrea	Eastern Africa	27.52	3,748,902	2,255	644
11	Zimbabwe	Eastern Africa	27.38	15,178,979	32,424	2,006
12	Djibouti	Eastern Africa	27.07	1,001,454	3,873	3,761
13	Maldives	Southern Asia	25.71	382,751	6,977	17,559
14	South Sudan	Eastern Africa	25.51	13,249,924	6,267	417
15	Kiribati	Micronesia	25.24	121,388	297	2,381
16	Burundi	Eastern Africa	24.46	12,837,740	3,190	246
17	India	Southern Asia	18.85	1,392,329,000	3,732,224	2,612
18	Guatemala	Central America	18.63	17,602,431	102,765	5,407
19	Malawi	Eastern Africa	17.98	21,507,723	13,176	580
20	Zambia	Eastern Africa	17.69	19,610,769	29,536	1,486
21	Mozambique	Eastern Africa	17.43	32,419,747	21,936	647
22	Chad	Central Africa	16.39	17,414,717	12,596	703
23	Dominican Republic	Caribbean	16.23	10,760,028	120,629	11,249
24	Burkina Faso	Western Africa	16.16	22,185,654	20,785	888
25	Botswana	Southern Africa	15.9	2,410,338	20,756	7,758
26	Ecuador	South America	15.45	16,938,986	118,686	6,500
27	Kenya	Eastern Africa	15.4	51,526,000	112,749	2,188
28	Tanzania	Eastern Africa	15.37	61,741,120	84,033	1,327
29	Cameroon	Central Africa	14.66	28,088,845	49,262	1,722
30	Indonesia	Southeastern Asia	14.53	279,118,866	1,417,387	5,109
31	Rwanda	Eastern Africa	13.52	13,246,394	13,927	1,032
32	Sierra Leone	Western Africa	13.12	8,494,260	3,519	415
33	Uganda	Eastern Africa	13.11	45,562,000	52,390	1,163
34	Brazil	South America	13.04	203,062,512	2,126,809	10,413
35	Ethiopia	Eastern Africa	12.9	107,334,000	155,804	1,473
36	Mauritania	Western Africa	12.69	4,475,683	10,357	2,338
37	Comoros	Eastern Africa	12.54	758,316	1,364	1,377
38	Guinea	Western Africa	12.21	13,261,638	23,205	1,543
39	Liberia	Western Africa	11.75	5,248,621	4,347	800
40	Lesotho	Southern Africa	11.69	2,306,000	2,373	1,110
41	DR Congo	Central Africa	11.52	95,370,000	67,512	675
42	Afghanistan	Southern Asia	11.04	34,262,840	14,939	443
43	Republic of the Congo	Central Africa	10.36	6,106,869	14,407	2,858
44	Belize	Central America	10.02	441,471	3,218	7,142
45	El Salvador	Central America	9.72	6,884,888	35,339	5,558
46	Ghana	Western Africa	9.56	30,832,019	76,628	2,329
47	Cape Verde	Western Africa	9.52	491,233	2,598	4,503
48	Namibia	Southern Africa	9.39	2,641,857	12,647	4,786
49	Guinea-Bissau	Western Africa	9.36	1,781,308	1,991	1,028
50	Eswatini	Southern Africa	9.26	1,223,362	4,648	3,995
51	Timor Leste (East Timor)	Southeastern Asia	8.61	1,354,662	2,023	1,497
52	Vanuatu	Melanesia	8.5	301,295	1,166	3,492
53	Bhutan	Southern Asia	8.46	770,276	2,686	3,500
54	Solomon Islands	Melanesia	8.38	734,887	1,690	2,285
55	Haiti	Caribbean	8.23	11,743,017	25,986	2,125
56	Jamaica	Eastern Asia	8.09	2,825,544	18,761	6,831
57	Gambia	Western Africa	8.03	2,417,471	2,388	903
58	Guyana	South America	7.82	743,699	16,329	20,565
59	Niger	Western Africa	7.81	25,369,415	17,073	631
60	Honduras	Central America	7.48	9,745,149	33,992	3,245
61	Colombia	South America	7.41	52,215,503	363,835	6,976
62	Fiji	Melanesia	7.35	893,468	5,511	6,025
63	Gabon	Central Africa	6.74	2,233,272	19,319	8,832
64	Mexico	North America	6.56	129,406,736	1,811,468	13,804
65	Micronesia	Micronesia	6.56	105,754	458	4,358
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis	Caribbean	6.54	47,195	1,069	18,082
67	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	Caribbean	6.08	110,872	1,039	9,360
68	Grenada	Caribbean	6.06	112,579	1,306	11,437
69	Antigua and Barbuda	Caribbean	5.91	100,772	1,949	19,068
70	Nauru	Micronesia	5.85	11,680	150	11,757
71	São Tomé and Príncipe	Central Africa	5.83	214,610	674	2,905
72	Paraguay	South America	5.45	6,109,644	44,142	5,843
73	Togo	Western Africa	5.38	8,095,498	9,111	1,004
74	Equatorial Guinea	Central Africa	5.29	1,558,160	10,041	6,502
75	Tuvalu	Polynesia	5.25	10,679	63	5,773
76	Nepal	Southern Asia	5.22	29,164,578	41,339	1,353
77	China	Eastern Asia	5.07	1,409,670,000	17,700,899	12,541
78	Philippines	Southeastern Asia	5	112,892,781	435,675	3,859
79	Dominica	Caribbean	4.86	67,408	697	9,356
80	Laos	Southeastern Asia	4.76	7,443,000	14,244	1,879
81	Ivory Coast	Caribbean	4.65	29,389,150	79,430	2,728
82	Papua New Guinea	Melanesia	4.54	11,781,559	31,692	2,581
83	Yemen	West Asia	4.47	31,888,698	21,045	618
84	South Africa	Southern Africa	4.45	62,027,503	380,906	6,191
85	Tonga	Polynesia	4.32	100,179	547	5,488
86	Argentina	South America	4.05	46,654,581	621,833	13,297
87	Egypt	Northern Africa	3.93	104,462,545	398,397	3,770
88	Samoa	Polynesia	3.7	205,557	939	4,638
89	Senegal	Western Africa	3.68	18,275,743	31,141	1,715
90	Peru	South America	3.55	33,396,698	264,636	7,669
91	Pakistan	Southern Asia	3.5	241,499,431	340,636	1,471
92	Bahamas	Caribbean	3.34	397,360	13,876	34,371
93	Myanmar	Southeastern Asia	3.31	55,770,232	74,861	1,381
94	Mauritius	Eastern Africa	3.11	1,261,041	14,819	11,752
95	Nicaragua	Central America	2.96	6,733,763	17,353	2,599
96	Barbados	Caribbean	2.93	267,800	6,220	21,442
97	Panama	Central America	2.89	4,337,406	82,348	18,493
98	France	Western Europe	2.86	68,373,000	3,049,016	46,315
99	Saint Lucia	Caribbean	2.86	178,696	2,469	13,572
100	Bahrain	West Asia	2.59	1,577,059	44,994	28,464
101	Suriname	South America	2.56	616,500	3,539	5,667
102	Sudan	Northern Africa	2.35	41,984,500	25,569	534
103	Nigeria	Western Africa	2.27	216,783,400	390,002	1,755
104	Iran	West Asia	2.11	84,038,000	366,438	4,234
105	Chile	South America	2.1	19,960,889	344,400	17,254
106	Algeria	Northern Africa	2.04	45,400,000	224,107	4,875
107	Morocco	Northern Africa	2.04	37,022,000	147,343	3,980
108	Venezuela	South America	2.02	28,302,000	92,210	3,474
109	Seychelles	Eastern Africa	1.97	100,447	2,085	20,890
110	Iraq	West Asia	1.77	43,324,000	297,695	5,883
111	Uruguay	South America	1.76	3,444,263	76,244	21,378
112	North Korea	Eastern Asia	1.65	25,660,000	48,350	654
113	Malaysia	Southeastern Asia	1.63	33,379,500	430,895	13,034
114	Azerbaijan	West Asia	1.58	10,151,517	77,392	7,530
115	Trinidad and Tobago	Caribbean	1.54	1,365,805	27,887	19,622
116	Palau	Micronesia	1.51	16,733	267	15,113
117	Costa Rica	Central America	1.4	5,262,225	85,590	16,213
118	Brunei	Southeastern Asia	1.38	445,400	15,153	34,384
119	Thailand	Southeastern Asia	0.99	68,263,022	512,193	7,298
120	Turkey	West Asia	0.92	85,279,553	1,154,600	13,384
121	Albania	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	0.9	2,761,785	23,032	8,057
122	United States	North America	0.89	335,893,238	26,949,643	80,412
123	Jordan	West Asia	0.83	11,302,000	50,022	4,851
124	Sri Lanka	Southern Asia	0.77	22,037,000	88,309	3,342
125	Oman	West Asia	0.77	5,113,071	108,282	21,266
126	Norway	Northern Europe	0.74	5,533,582	546,768	99,266
127	Armenia	West Asia	0.72	2,981,200	24,540	8,283
128	Luxembourg	Western Europe	0.72	660,809	89,095	135,605
129	Estonia	Northern Europe	0.71	1,365,884	41,799	30,998
130	Syria	West Asia	0.66	22,923,000	11,800	537
131	Cyprus	West Asia	0.63	918,100	32,032	34,791
132	Saudi Arabia	West Asia	0.61	32,175,224	1,069,437	32,586
133	Kyrgyzstan	Central Asia	0.58	7,100,000	12,681	1,830
134	Palestine	West Asia	0.57	5,483,450	18,109	3,464
135	Libya	Northern Africa	0.56	6,931,061	40,194	5,872
136	Czech Republic	Central Europe	0.54	10,882,235	335,243	30,475
137	Canada	North America	0.53	40,528,396	2,117,805	53,247
138	Cuba	Caribbean	0.52	11,089,511	107,528	56,495
139	Lebanon	West Asia	0.51	5,490,000	37,945	3,283
140	Kazakhstan	Central Asia	0.5	20,000,000	259,292	12,968
141	Portugal	Southern Europe	0.42	10,467,366	276,432	26,879
142	Latvia	Northern Europe	0.41	1,874,700	46,668	24,929
143	Netherlands	Western Europe	0.4	17,590,000	1,092,748	61,770
144	Sweden	Northern Europe	0.39	10,558,012	597,110	55,216
145	Belarus	Eastern Europe	0.38	9,200,617	68,864	7,477
146	Qatar	West Asia	0.37	2,656,032	235,500	81,968
147	Belgium	Western Europe	0.33	11,801,722	627,511	53,657
148	Switzerland	Western Europe	0.31	8,931,306	905,684	102,865
149	Taiwan	Eastern Asia	0.29	23,399,654	751,930	32,339
150	Moldova	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	0.28	2,512,758	16,000	6,411
151	Australia	Australasia	0.27	26,461,912	1,687,713	63,487
152	Lithuania	Northern Europe	0.27	2,869,660	79,427	28,482
153	Spain	Southern Europe	0.23	48,345,223	1,582,054	33,090
154	Tunisia	Northern Africa	0.23	11,850,232	51,271	4,191
155	Iceland	Northern Europe	0.23	396,960	30,570	78,837
156	Japan	West Asia	0.2	124,240,000	4,230,862	33,950
157	New Zealand	Australasia	0.2	5,223,100	249,415	48,072
158	South Korea	Eastern Asia	0.17	51,439,038	1,709,232	33,147
159	Singapore	Southeastern Asia	0.17	5,917,600	497,347	87,884
160	Israel	West Asia	0.16	9,827,000	521,688	53,196
161	Russia	Eastern Europe	0.15	146,424,729	1,862,470	13,006
162	Ireland	Western Europe	0.15	5,281,600	589,569	112,248
163	San Marino	Southern Europe	0.15	33,889	1,998	58,541
164	Romania	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	0.14	19,051,562	350,414	18,413
165	Ukraine	Eastern Europe	0.13	41,130,432	173,413	5,225
166	Serbia	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	0.13	6,641,197	75,015	11,301
167	Vietnam	Southeastern Asia	0.12	100,300,000	433,356	4,316
168	United Arab Emirates	West Asia	0.12	9,282,410	509,179	50,602
169	Turkmenistan	Central Asia	0.12	7,057,841	81,822	12,934
170	Mongolia	Eastern Asia	0.12	3,457,548	18,782	5,348
171	Monaco	Western Europe	0.12	39,050	8,596	234,317
172	Slovakia	Central Europe	0.1	5,426,468	133,044	24,471
173	North Macedonia	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	0.1	1,832,696	15,801	7,672
174	Germany	Central Europe	0.09	84,607,016	4,429,838	52,824
175	United Kingdom	Western Europe	0.09	67,026,292	3,332,059	48,912
176	Tajikistan	Central Asia	0.09	10,077,600	11,816	1,180
177	Montenegro	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	0.09	616,695	7,058	11,338
178	Malta	Southern Europe	0.09	519,562	20,311	38,715
179	Poland	Central Europe	0.08	37,667,000	842,172	22,393
180	Denmark	Northern Europe	0.08	5,959,464	420,800	71,402
181	Andorra	Southern Europe	0.08	83,523	3,692	44,107
182	Georgia	Eastern Europe	0.07	3,736,400	30,023	8,165
183	Greece	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	0.06	10,413,982	242,385	23,173
184	Kuwait	West Asia	0.06	4,670,713	159,687	32,215
185	Slovenia	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	0.06	2,120,937	68,394	32,350
186	Uzbekistan	Central Asia	0.04	36,599,764	90,392	2,509
187	Hungary	Central Europe	0.04	9,597,085	203,829	21,075
188	Italy	Southern Europe	0.03	58,919,345	2,186,082	37,146
189	Finland	Northern Europe	0.03	5,572,545	305,689	54,507
190	Bulgaria	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	0.02	6,447,710	103,099	16,087
191	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	0.02	3,277,082	26,945	7,778
192	Austria	Central Europe	0.01	9,154,514	526,182	58,013
193	Croatia	Southeastern Europe (Balkans)	0.01	3,855,641	80,185	20,877

Meanwhile, in four of the world’s seven continents, CEOWORLD magazine’s researchers found that there is a standout country in which deaths caused by starvation are high. Here are five of these countries:

AFRICA: In Africa and around the world, Angola is the country with the highest rate of starvation deaths, with 101.32 PEM deaths per 100,000 people. This trend is linked to food insecurity caused by the almost constant civil strife in the country. Angolan people suffer from intermittent food shipments. Many lost their lives to starvation caused by agricultural lands mined and bombed heavily.

ASIA: Bangladesh is the world’s 8th most populated country, with 169.4 million people at the time of writing this report. This developing country in Asia is one of the fast-growing economy. Nevertheless, Bangladesh is the country in this continent that has the highest starvation death incidence, with a malnutrition death rate of 56.36 deaths per 100,000 people. Analysts point to the high level of income inequality in the South Asian country as the main cause of this bleak trend. People enjoy high living standards in Dhaka and other large cities in Bangladesh (Chattogram, Khulna, Rajshahi, and Gazipur). But in rural areas, people have poor living conditions. Many of them are subsistence farmers constantly struggling with food insecurity.

EUROPE: France is in the top 10 list of the world’s largest economies as of 2024. Being one of the world’s industrialized countries, readers may not believe that this European country has the highest rate of starvation deaths in the continent. From the research by CEOWORLD researchers, they found that France may rank 98th in the world when it comes to starvation deaths. Yet, in the continent, it has the highest incidence, with 2.86 starvation deaths per 100,000 people. In France, malnutrition is still a critical issue, and many of those grappling with food insecurity are recent immigrants hailing from Africa. Among this demographic, the poverty incidence is much higher than in France. This trend is widely associated with the heightened hardship of this group assimilating to mainstream French society and getting well-paid employment.

NORTH AMERICA: Mexico has a diversified, and strong economy and productive manufacturing sector. Nonetheless, CEOWORLD magazine’s researchers discovered that it is the country in North America that has the highest death rate caused by malnutrition. The starvation death rate in Mexico is 6.56 deaths per 100,000 people. This North American country’s people have struggled with malnutrition due to the lack of infrastructure development. This problem is widely attributed to the widespread corruption in Mexico. Furthermore, much of this country’s produce is exported to the United States and Canada.

In today’s technology-driven and fast-paced modern world, many people believe that starvation is a problem of the past. However, this global issue still persists today. The United Nations World Food Programme has the responsibility of putting an end to malnutrition and starvation deaths. While this international organization is working tirelessly, it needs more funding and cannot solve the problem of starvation alone.

CEOWORLD magazine’s researchers suggest that more work needs to be done by various groups, including governments, non-governmental organizations, private corporations, and citizens of the world. By collaborating in synergy, these groups can effectively avert starvation deaths and put an end to this longstanding problem.

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