Sri Lanka Hunger Statistics 1960-2024

Population below minimum level of dietary energy consumption (also referred to as prevalence of undernourishment) shows the percentage of the population whose food intake is insufficient to meet dietary energy requirements continuously. Data showing as 5 may signify a prevalence of undernourishment below 5%.
  • Sri Lanka hunger statistics for 2022 was 0.00%, a 5.3% decline from 2021.
  • Sri Lanka hunger statistics for 2021 was 5.30%, a 0.4% decline from 2020.
  • Sri Lanka hunger statistics for 2020 was 5.70%, a 0.7% decline from 2019.
  • Sri Lanka hunger statistics for 2019 was 6.40%, a 0.7% decline from 2018.
Data Source: World Bank

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Country Name % of Population
Cameroon 0.00%
Honduras 0.00%
Sri Lanka 0.00%
Nicaragua 0.00%
Sao Tome and Principe 0.00%
Kosovo 0.00%
Bhutan 0.00%
Ghana 0.00%
Lao PDR 0.00%
Nigeria 0.00%
El Salvador 0.00%
Vanuatu 0.00%
Bolivia 0.00%
Georgia 0.00%
Kiribati 0.00%
Mauritania 0.00%
Solomon Islands 0.00%
Vietnam 0.00%
Bangladesh 0.00%
Micronesia 0.00%
Cambodia 0.00%
Mongolia 0.00%
Sudan 0.00%
Uzbekistan 0.00%
Angola 0.00%
Egypt 0.00%
Kyrgyz Republic 0.00%
Myanmar 0.00%
West Bank and Gaza 0.00%
Ukraine 0.00%
Djibouti 0.00%
Kenya 0.00%
Moldova 0.00%
Papua New Guinea 0.00%
Tunisia 0.00%
Cabo Verde 0.00%
India 0.00%
Morocco 0.00%
Philippines 0.00%
Timor-Leste 0.00%
Republic of Congo 0.00%
Indonesia 0.00%
Lesotho 0.00%
Pakistan 0.00%
Eswatini 0.00%
Zambia 0.00%
Sri Lanka Hunger Statistics - Historical Data
Year % of Population Annual Change
2022 0.00% -5.30%
2021 5.30% -0.40%
2020 5.70% -0.70%
2019 6.40% -0.70%
2018 7.10% -0.50%
2017 7.60% -0.50%
2016 8.10% -1.00%
2015 9.10% -1.10%
2014 10.20% -1.50%
2013 11.70% -1.30%
2012 13.00% -1.00%
2011 14.00% 1.00%
2010 13.00% 1.50%
2009 11.50% 0.70%
2008 10.80% -1.00%
2007 11.80% -1.40%
2006 13.20% -0.70%
2005 13.90% -1.00%
2004 14.90% -0.60%
2003 15.50% -0.30%
2002 15.80% -0.70%
2001 16.50% 16.50%
2000 0.00% 0.00%
1999 0.00% 0.00%
1998 0.00% 0.00%
1997 0.00% 0.00%
1996 0.00% 0.00%
1995 0.00% 0.00%
1994 0.00% 0.00%
1993 0.00% 0.00%
1992 0.00% 0.00%
1991 0.00% 0.00%
1990 0.00% 0.00%
1989 0.00% 0.00%
1988 0.00% 0.00%
1987 0.00% 0.00%
1986 0.00% 0.00%
1985 0.00% 0.00%
1984 0.00% 0.00%
1983 0.00% 0.00%
1982 0.00% 0.00%
1981 0.00% 0.00%
1980 0.00% 0.00%
1979 0.00% 0.00%
1978 0.00% 0.00%
1977 0.00% 0.00%
1976 0.00% 0.00%
1975 0.00% 0.00%
1974 0.00% 0.00%
1973 0.00% 0.00%
1972 0.00% 0.00%
1971 0.00% 0.00%
1970 0.00% 0.00%
1969 0.00% 0.00%
1968 0.00% 0.00%
1967 0.00% 0.00%
1966 0.00% 0.00%
1965 0.00% 0.00%
1964 0.00% 0.00%
1963 0.00% 0.00%
1962 0.00% 0.00%
1961 0.00% 0.00%
1960 0.00% 0.00%