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3,322

N o r t h
3,484
S e a

A T L A N T I C
IRELAND • 3,590
O C E A N
UNITED STATES • 3,729 calories/person/day
3,22
On average, people in the U.S. have
the most calories available* to them 3,414
on a daily basis—the equivalent of
one and a half large pepperoni pizzas.

LUXEMB

2,614
BELGIUM • 3,719

3,071
2,658

DOM. REP. ST. KITTS & NEVIS 3,

2,375
3,227 1,988 2,480
Haiti has the FRANCE • 3,545
2,770 world’s highest
prevalence of un- 2,261
GUATEMALA 2,773 dernourishment,
2,374 at 53 percent.
HONDURAS 2,987 PORTUGAL • 3,516
3,243 IT
2,538

EL SALVADOR C a r i b b e a n 2,618 Me dit

2,573 2,866
S e a
NICARAGUA
2,420 2,780
GRENADA
2,377 3,051
C ALORIES COUNT 2,824
3,250

By Kelsey Nowakowski
PANAMA 2,842
2,444

The world’s farmers grow enough food

VENEZUELA 2,718
2,593
2,677
to end global hunger, but 795 million SENEGAL
2,687 2,321
people remain undernourished. Pov- 2,764 BURKINA FASO
erty keeps many from meeting the UN 2,643 CABO VERDE GAMBIA 2,545
BEN
2,498 2,551
Food and Agriculture Organization’s 2,4
2,276 While undernourishment across
South America has decreased by more
recommended average intake of 2,353
than 75 percent since the early 1990s, the
2,285 GUINEA 2,287
2,473
calories a day. Access is the primary proportion of underweight children de-
PERU clined more slowly due, in part, to poor diet.
problem, says the FAO’s Carlo Cafiero. 2,473 2,168
2,827
Political unrest, economic crises, and 3,107 2,150
natural disasters can snarl food dis- 2,145
tribution, creating pockets of scarcity 2,733
SAO TO
2
that exacerbate people’s struggle to 2,609
access food.
The world has made progress
against hunger. Undernourishment
2,918
has declined from 23 to 13 percent in
developing countries over the past
quarter century. Even so, what a coun-
try eats reflects its economic status:
People in less prosperous nations get 2,907

more calories from grains or starchy

roots; in industrialized countries, an-
imal protein, fats, and sugar make up
a larger portion of meals.

3,135
 CALORIES PER PERSON
Daily average calories
3,234 available per capita COUNTRY
3,465 by country.† Less than 2,300 2,300 to 2,599 2,600 to 2,899 2,900 to 3,199 3,200 to 3,500 More than 3,500
3,131

3,188 TOP FOOD SOURCE Sugar & fat Animal products Grains Produce
Text color indicates the leading Sugar and other Meat, eggs, Rice, wheat, Starchy roots,
B al t i c kinds of food available in the sweeteners, vegetable, dairy products, corn, oats, vegetables,
S e a 3,087 country’s daily supply. palm, and other oils animal fats other cereals fruits
3,366

22
3,385

3,460
3,112 3,196
3,405 3,141
BOURG • 3,507 2,787
3,254 Natural disasters and a lack of
2,853 agricultural resources limit North Korea’s
2,650
MONGOLIA food production; 42 percent of its people
3,071 2,333 are undernourished, compared with less
AUSTRIA • 3,702 3,126 than 5 percent in South Korea.

3,340 2,842 UZBEKISTAN 2,130

2,523
426 3,129 2,946 2,669
2,775
2,813
3,175
3,020
2,934 2,799 2,048
2,938
China alone accounts for nearly
TALY • 3,612
2,860 TURKEY • 3,637 2,640
three-quarters of the total drop since
East
1,978 1990 in the number of undernour- C h i n a
3,367 ished people in developing countries. S e a
erran GREECE • 3,537
2,633 3,171 NEPAL
ean IRAQ 3,051
PAKISTAN
Se 2,378
2,447
a 2,383
2,981
BANGLADESH
2,383
ISRAEL • 3,583
1 INDIA
2,370
2,261
3,210
P A C I F I C
3,497 A quarter of the world’s 2,767
O C E A N
3,285
3,054
3,242 hungry people live in India, 2,256
which has the highest S o u t h
number of undernourished 2,712 VIETNAM C h i n a
2,848 people, at 195 million. B ay 2,528
NIGER 3,441
3,073
S e a
R

of CAMBODIA PHILIPPINES
e

2,457
2,504
d

2,136 Arabian B e n g a l 2,339

DJIBOUTI
S

S e a
e

2,033 2,306
NIN
a

479
Drought and political instability in SRI LANKA
East Africa have caused several famines 2,406 2,836
2,930
in the past quarter century in countries
such as Eritrea, Somalia, and Sudan. MALDIVES
2,547
2.673
INDONESIA
2,047 2,556
CAMEROON 1,974
2,047
2,380

2,247
OME & PR.
,444 2,114
2,174
2,084

2,715 2,120

2,265
I N D I A N SOLOMON IS. 2,924
2,149
1,870
O C E A N 2,421

2,129
Zambia’s daily food supply is
the lowest in the world. Inadequate 2,874
production plays a large role 2,792
in food insecurity there. 2,914
2,038

2,089 3,022 2,791

2,185 2,899
SWAZILAND
2,194 2,333 3,151

LESOTHO ALBERTO LUCAS LÓPEZ, NGM STAFF. SOURCE: CARLO CAFIERO, FAO
2,541
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2,947 3,150