Table 5: Prevalence of undernourishment (PoU as % of population that is undernourished) for six countries from 2006 to 2016 with their averages across the years and rankings based on averages.

Ranking & Year Ranking # Average § 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Country
Mongolia 1 21.5 29.1 26.5 24.2 22.1 20.8 19.6 18.8 18.3 18.3 19.6 18.7
Lao PDR 2 20.2 25.7 24.5 23.6 22.0 20.7 19.2 18.3 17.4 17.0 17.1 16.6
Cambodia 3 18.0 § 19.2 18.8 18.7 18.8 18.8 18.6 18.0 17.1 16.1 15.3 18.5
Myanmar 4 18.0 § 28.5 25.0 21.7 19.1 16.9 15.5 14.7 14.4 14.4 16.9 10.5
Philippines 5 14.0 15.2 14.1 13.3 13.1 13.4 13.9 14.3 14.4 14.3 13.8 13.7
Vietnam 6 13.4 17.6 16.7 15.5 14.5 13.6 13.0 12.4 11.9 11.2 10.7 10.8

Data extracted from World Bank and rearranged for study purpose. #: PoU ranking based on each country’s PoU average from 2006 to 2016, higher average means more severe undernourishment of a country, therefore Mongolia as ranking 1 the most severe in undernourishment. §: PoU expressed as % of population undernourished, average means averaged % of each country’s PoU from 2006 to 2016, Cambodia has slightly higher PoU than Myanmar as 17.99 vs. 17.96.