Food Systems Dashboard

Outcomes Food security

Prevalence of undernourishment (SDG 2.1.1)

FSCI
SDGs

Definition

An estimate of the proportion of the population that lacks enough dietary energy for a healthy, active life.

Relevance

An indicator used to monitor hunger at the global and regional level. The estimate is obtained with a model that compares the distribution of habitual food consumption levels with the dietary energy

Additional Information

Recommended citation: FAO. 2024. FAOSTAT: Suite of Food Security Indicators. [Accessed the first week of every month]. https://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#data/FS. Licence: CC-BY-4.0. Notes: The lowest value provided by FAO is <2.5%. These countries are shown on the FSD as 0% but the real value may be between 0-2.5%.

Participate in an independent evaluation of the Food Systems Dashboard- FSD!

Your insights are invaluable in helping us understand how the FSD is used and how it can be improved to better support evidence-based decision-making across food systems. The survey is anonymous and takes just 15–20 minutes.

If you primarily engage with dashboards Bangladesh, Pakistan, Indonesia, Nigeria, Kenya, or Mozambique, please submit your response here.

Participate in the Global Survey →