Prevalence of undernourishment is the percentage of the population whose habitual food consumption is insufficient to provide the dietary energy levels that are required to maintain a normal active and healthy life. Data showing as 2.5 may signify a prevalence of undernourishment below 2.5%.
Exact source values · %
Reporting year
Canada
Source status
2000
Not available
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2001
2.5
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2002
2.5
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2003
2.5
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2004
2.5
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2005
2.5
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2006
2.5
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2007
2.5
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2008
2.5
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2009
2.5
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2010
2.5
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2011
2.5
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2012
2.5
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2013
2.5
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2014
2.5
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2015
2.5
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2016
2.5
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2017
2.5
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2018
2.5
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2019
2.5
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2020
2.5
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2021
2.5
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2022
2.5
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2023
2.5
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2024
Not available
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2025
Not available
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Source and methods
Source reporting years may represent multi-year averages. Undernourishment values of 2.5 can mean below 2.5%; they are not exact low-prevalence measurements.
The World Bank: World Development Indicators: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), uri: http://www.fao.org/faostat/en/#home. Selected and formatted by World Signals Monitor. No publisher endorsement is implied.
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