Which country has the highest Total PEM/Starvation Deaths?

India has the highest Total PEM/Starvation Deaths in 2023, at 32,305, followed by Nigeria (31,269) and United States (18,742).

Which country has the lowest Total PEM/Starvation Deaths?

Niue has the lowest Total PEM/Starvation Deaths in 2023, at 0.1.

What is the median Total PEM/Starvation Deaths across countries?

The median is 113 across the 200 countries with data in 2023.

Where does this starvation deaths by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Malnutrition Death Rate Per 100k - World Life Expectancy; Deaths - Protein-energy malnutrition - HealthData.org; Death rate from malnutrition - Our World in Data.

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Starvation Deaths by Country

Name: Starvation Deaths by Country
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India has the highest Total PEM/Starvation Deaths in 2023 (32,305), followed by Nigeria (31,269) and United States (18,742). Niue has the lowest (0.1).

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Median

113

Middle half 8.18 – 728

Average

1,207

200 countries

Lowest (best)

0.1

Monaco

Highest (worst)

32,305

India

Over time · 1980–2023

The top 5 in 2023, against the median.

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Monaco
San Marino
Tokelau
Niue
Andorra

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202 countries · # = rank by Total PEM/Starvation Deaths

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1	Monaco	0.1	0.38 ASR per 100K pop.
1	San Marino	0.1	0.27 ASR per 100K pop.
1	Tokelau	0.1	3.16 ASR per 100K pop.
1	Niue	0.1	4.45 ASR per 100K pop.
5	Andorra	0.2	0.27 ASR per 100K pop.
5	Palau	0.2	1.31 ASR per 100K pop.
7	Bermuda	0.3	0.5 ASR per 100K pop.
7	Nauru	0.3	2.8 ASR per 100K pop.
7	Tuvalu	0.3	3.1 ASR per 100K pop.
10	Kuwait	0.4	0.01 ASR per 100K pop.
11	Qatar	0.6	0.02 ASR per 100K pop.
11	Northern Mariana Islands	0.6	1.24 ASR per 100K pop.
13	Brunei	0.7	0.16 ASR per 100K pop.
14	Malta	0.8	0.15 ASR per 100K pop.
14	Greenland	0.8	1.43 ASR per 100K pop.
16	Marshall Islands	1.1	2.74 ASR per 100K pop.
17	Dominica	1.2	1.8 ASR per 100K pop.
18	Montenegro	1.4	0.22 ASR per 100K pop.
19	Armenia	1.6	0.05 ASR per 100K pop.
20	Guam	1.7	1.08 ASR per 100K pop.
20	Saint Kitts and Nevis	1.7	3.56 ASR per 100K pop.
22	Tonga	2.1	2.05 ASR per 100K pop.
23	Seychelles	2.2	2.04 ASR per 100K pop.
24	Latvia	2.4	0.13 ASR per 100K pop.
24	American Samoa	2.4	4.91 ASR per 100K pop.
26	Bhutan	2.5	0.33 ASR per 100K pop.
26	Antigua and Barbuda	2.5	2.81 ASR per 100K pop.
28	North Macedonia	2.8	0.15 ASR per 100K pop.
29	Estonia	2.9	0.21 ASR per 100K pop.
30	Iceland	3	0.76 ASR per 100K pop.
30	Grenada	3	2.65 ASR per 100K pop.
32	Tajikistan	3.6	0.03 ASR per 100K pop.
32	Barbados	3.6	1.21 ASR per 100K pop.
34	Lithuania	3.7	0.13 ASR per 100K pop.
35	Bahamas	4.1	1 ASR per 100K pop.
36	United States Virgin Islands	4.5	5.3 ASR per 100K pop.
37	Samoa	4.7	2.15 ASR per 100K pop.
37	Saint Lucia	4.7	2.62 ASR per 100K pop.
39	Bahrain	4.8	0.31 ASR per 100K pop.
40	Slovenia	5	0.23 ASR per 100K pop.
41	Bosnia and Herzegovina	5.8	0.18 ASR per 100K pop.
42	Moldova	6	0.17 ASR per 100K pop.
43	Mongolia	6.5	0.19 ASR per 100K pop.
44	Palestine	6.6	0.12 ASR per 100K pop.
44	Cyprus	6.6	0.48 ASR per 100K pop.
46	Micronesia	6.7	6.45 ASR per 100K pop.
47	Vanuatu	7	2.11 ASR per 100K pop.
48	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.2	6.2 ASR per 100K pop.
49	Maldives	7.4	1.37 ASR per 100K pop.
50	Singapore	7.8	0.14 ASR per 100K pop.
51	Oman	8.3	0.16 ASR per 100K pop.
52	Greece	8.6	0.08 ASR per 100K pop.
53	Belize	9.5	2.3 ASR per 100K pop.
54	Turkmenistan	10.2	0.18 ASR per 100K pop.
55	Georgia	10.9	0.3 ASR per 100K pop.
56	Belarus	11.9	0.13 ASR per 100K pop.
57	Croatia	12.3	0.32 ASR per 100K pop.
57	Cape Verde	12.3	2.49 ASR per 100K pop.
59	Kiribati	13	10.15 ASR per 100K pop.
60	Bulgaria	13.2	0.19 ASR per 100K pop.
60	New Zealand	13.2	0.26 ASR per 100K pop.
62	Slovakia	13.4	0.25 ASR per 100K pop.
63	Suriname	13.8	2.32 ASR per 100K pop.
64	United Arab Emirates	15.6	0.15 ASR per 100K pop.
65	Luxembourg	16.2	2.46 ASR per 100K pop.
66	Fiji	16.4	1.75 ASR per 100K pop.
67	Ireland	16.8	0.32 ASR per 100K pop.
68	Lebanon	17.1	0.3 ASR per 100K pop.
69	Austria	17.8	0.2 ASR per 100K pop.
70	Kyrgyzstan	18	0.25 ASR per 100K pop.
71	Albania	18.3	0.76 ASR per 100K pop.
72	Jordan	19.6	0.15 ASR per 100K pop.
73	Sao Tome and Principe	21.2	9.56 ASR per 100K pop.
74	Trinidad and Tobago	22	1.59 ASR per 100K pop.
75	Solomon Islands	24.2	2.82 ASR per 100K pop.
76	Mauritius	24.5	1.92 ASR per 100K pop.
77	Finland	28.5	0.51 ASR per 100K pop.
78	Equatorial Guinea	29.6	1.82 ASR per 100K pop.
79	Serbia	29.7	0.33 ASR per 100K pop.
80	Libya	29.9	0.4 ASR per 100K pop.
81	Azerbaijan	31	0.29 ASR per 100K pop.
82	Hungary	31.9	0.33 ASR per 100K pop.
83	Ukraine	32.3	0.08 ASR per 100K pop.
84	Costa Rica	33	0.63 ASR per 100K pop.
85	Uzbekistan	33.4	0.09 ASR per 100K pop.
86	Comoros	34.6	3.92 ASR per 100K pop.
87	Gabon	44.4	2.32 ASR per 100K pop.
88	Guyana	47.6	5.83 ASR per 100K pop.
89	Israel	50.9	0.51 ASR per 100K pop.
90	Saudi Arabia	56.7	0.17 ASR per 100K pop.
91	Jamaica	58.3	2.05 ASR per 100K pop.
92	Uruguay	60.4	1.77 ASR per 100K pop.
93	Denmark	62.1	1.05 ASR per 100K pop.
94	Eswatini	66.5	5.61 ASR per 100K pop.
95	Cuba	90.5	0.8 ASR per 100K pop.
96	Lesotho	95.5	4.98 ASR per 100K pop.
97	Syria	98.2	0.55 ASR per 100K pop.
97	Djibouti	98.2	7.07 ASR per 100K pop.
99	Puerto Rico	103	3.11 ASR per 100K pop.
100	Romania	109	0.56 ASR per 100K pop.
101	United Kingdom	117	0.17 ASR per 100K pop.
102	Panama	119	2.82 ASR per 100K pop.
103	Gambia	120	4.77 ASR per 100K pop.
104	Timor-Leste	129	8.95 ASR per 100K pop.
105	Morocco	132	0.36 ASR per 100K pop.
106	Botswana	136	5.55 ASR per 100K pop.
107	Guinea-Bissau	143	6.57 ASR per 100K pop.
108	Switzerland	146	1.62 ASR per 100K pop.
109	Portugal	148	1.41 ASR per 100K pop.
110	Netherlands	156	0.88 ASR per 100K pop.
111	Sweden	156	1.48 ASR per 100K pop.
112	Tunisia	159	1.33 ASR per 100K pop.
113	Nicaragua	159	2.34 ASR per 100K pop.
114	Australia	160	0.59 ASR per 100K pop.
115	Czechia	171	1.57 ASR per 100K pop.
116	Algeria	177	0.4 ASR per 100K pop.
117	Paraguay	190	3 ASR per 100K pop.
118	Poland	194	0.5 ASR per 100K pop.
119	Mauritania	206	4.48 ASR per 100K pop.
120	South Korea	210	0.41 ASR per 100K pop.
121	Kazakhstan	216	1.06 ASR per 100K pop.
122	Namibia	217	7.21 ASR per 100K pop.
123	Dominican Republic	224	2 ASR per 100K pop.
124	Iran	255	0.29 ASR per 100K pop.
125	Belgium	272	2.34 ASR per 100K pop.
126	Norway	275	5.02 ASR per 100K pop.
127	Honduras	290	2.71 ASR per 100K pop.
128	Laos	301	4 ASR per 100K pop.
129	Vietnam	302	0.29 ASR per 100K pop.
130	Sri Lanka	325	1.43 ASR per 100K pop.
131	Iraq	326	0.74 ASR per 100K pop.
132	El Salvador	341	5.5 ASR per 100K pop.
133	North Korea	349	1.32 ASR per 100K pop.
134	Egypt	354	0.32 ASR per 100K pop.
135	Taiwan	356	1.53 ASR per 100K pop.
136	Liberia	360	6.28 ASR per 100K pop.
137	Russia	362	0.24 ASR per 100K pop.
138	Chile	390	2.03 ASR per 100K pop.
139	Malaysia	409	1.2 ASR per 100K pop.
140	Togo	416	4.86 ASR per 100K pop.
141	Spain	430	0.9 ASR per 100K pop.
142	Rwanda	515	3.7 ASR per 100K pop.
143	Cambodia	522	3.04 ASR per 100K pop.
144	Sudan	567	1.51 ASR per 100K pop.
145	Central African Republic	579	8.82 ASR per 100K pop.
146	Canada	599	1.56 ASR per 100K pop.
147	Italy	608	1.03 ASR per 100K pop.
148	Ecuador	627	3.53 ASR per 100K pop.
149	Bolivia	662	5.48 ASR per 100K pop.
150	Senegal	725	3.87 ASR per 100K pop.
151	Malawi	739	3.57 ASR per 100K pop.
152	Sierra Leone	781	9.74 ASR per 100K pop.
153	Venezuela	790	3.08 ASR per 100K pop.
154	Germany	802	0.95 ASR per 100K pop.
155	Papua New Guinea	919	8.27 ASR per 100K pop.
156	Yemen	927	2.61 ASR per 100K pop.
157	Kenya	984	1.89 ASR per 100K pop.
158	Guatemala	989	6 ASR per 100K pop.
159	Nepal	1,004	3.23 ASR per 100K pop.
160	Argentina	1,014	2.13 ASR per 100K pop.
161	Eritrea	1,054	15.01 ASR per 100K pop.
162	Burkina Faso	1,128	4.65 ASR per 100K pop.
163	Turkey	1,188	1.38 ASR per 100K pop.
164	Zambia	1,221	5.83 ASR per 100K pop.
165	Benin	1,243	8.75 ASR per 100K pop.
166	Myanmar	1,270	2.21 ASR per 100K pop.
167	Haiti	1,329	9.85 ASR per 100K pop.
168	South Sudan	1,427	14.48 ASR per 100K pop.
169	Burundi	1,570	11 ASR per 100K pop.
170	Ivory Coast	1,627	4.81 ASR per 100K pop.
171	Colombia	1,633	3.13 ASR per 100K pop.
172	Thailand	1,687	2.57 ASR per 100K pop.
173	Ghana	1,743	5.24 ASR per 100K pop.
174	Cameroon	1,791	5.28 ASR per 100K pop.
175	Mozambique	1,880	5.64 ASR per 100K pop.
176	Peru	1,881	5.21 ASR per 100K pop.
177	Angola	1,900	5.27 ASR per 100K pop.
178	Uganda	1,971	4.32 ASR per 100K pop.
179	Somalia	2,087	9.54 ASR per 100K pop.
180	Japan	2,115	1.7 ASR per 100K pop.
181	Madagascar	2,275	7.37 ASR per 100K pop.
182	Mali	2,391	9.87 ASR per 100K pop.
183	South Africa	2,506	3.91 ASR per 100K pop.
184	Zimbabwe	2,813	17.65 ASR per 100K pop.
185	Chad	2,856	14.81 ASR per 100K pop.
186	Afghanistan	3,242	8.94 ASR per 100K pop.
187	Brazil	4,695	2.21 ASR per 100K pop.
188	Pakistan	4,933	2.02 ASR per 100K pop.
189	Philippines	5,154	4.5 ASR per 100K pop.
190	DR Congo	5,564	5.9 ASR per 100K pop.
191	France	5,600	8.01 ASR per 100K pop.
192	Mexico	6,196	4.7 ASR per 100K pop.
193	Bangladesh	6,603	3.8 ASR per 100K pop.
194	Ethiopia	6,814	6.01 ASR per 100K pop.
195	Niger	8,536	32.04 ASR per 100K pop.
196	China	13,325	0.93 ASR per 100K pop.
197	Indonesia	17,700	6.16 ASR per 100K pop.
198	United States	18,742	5.59 ASR per 100K pop.
199	Nigeria	31,269	12.77 ASR per 100K pop.
200	India	32,305	2.24 ASR per 100K pop.
—	Tanzania	—	3.97 ASR per 100K pop.
—	Cook Islands	—	0.23 ASR per 100K pop.

What correlates with Total PEM/Starvation Deaths (2023)?

Pearson r against 1,383 other country metrics sharing at least 120 countries. Correlation is not causation.

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People who Lack Access to Safe Drinking WaterSafe Drinking Water by Country
r = +0.84 · very strong · n = 145
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Banana ConsumptionBanana Consumption by Country
r = +0.83 · very strong · n = 162
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ChildrenChildren in the World by Country
r = +0.81 · very strong · n = 186
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AFP CasesCountries with Polio
r = +0.79 · very strong · n = 139
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Avg Annual Live Births w/ DefectsBirth Defect Rates by Country
r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 189
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2050Past and Projected Future Population by Country
r = +0.78 · very strong · n = 198
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Places that have a higher Total PEM/Starvation Deaths tend to score lower on these

Average Men's Shoe Size (US sizes)Shoe Size by Country
r = −0.34 · moderate · n = 156
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Net International Investment PositionNet International Investment Position by Country
r = −0.31 · moderate · n = 122
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Political Stability ScorePolitical Stability by Country
r = −0.30 · weak · n = 198
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Girls 10Average Height by Country
r = −0.29 · weak · n = 189
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Girls - Avg Ht, 10 YoAverage Height by Country
r = −0.29 · weak · n = 189
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Percentile RankPolitical Stability by Country
r = −0.28 · weak · n = 196
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Total PEM/Starvation Deaths?: India has the highest Total PEM/Starvation Deaths in 2023, at 32,305, followed by Nigeria (31,269) and United States (18,742).
Which country has the lowest Total PEM/Starvation Deaths?: Niue has the lowest Total PEM/Starvation Deaths in 2023, at 0.1.
What is the median Total PEM/Starvation Deaths across countries?: The median is 113 across the 200 countries with data in 2023.
Where does this starvation deaths by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Malnutrition Death Rate Per 100k - World Life Expectancy; Deaths - Protein-energy malnutrition - HealthData.org; Death rate from malnutrition - Our World in Data.

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