SDG Country Profiles Sustainable Development Goals, country by country
Sustainable Development Goal 2

Goal 2 of 17

Zero Hunger

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture

65.0 world score, 2022
61.0 median country score, 2023
59.8 average across the countries assessed
166 countries assessed on this goal

World score since 2000

The world aggregate for this goal only.

Regional averages

Unweighted mean across the countries of each region assessed on this goal, 2023.

How the 166 scores are spread

  • 0 0
  • 1 10
  • 3 20
  • 4 30
  • 16 40
  • 52 50
  • 68 60
  • 20 70
  • 2 80
  • 0 90

Biggest gains on this goal

Change in goal score, 2015–2022.

  1. 1 Albania 50.2 → 59.3 +9.1
  2. 2 Moldova 54.5 → 63.0 +8.5
  3. 3 Tajikistan 56.8 → 65.3 +8.5
  4. 4 Bangladesh 62.4 → 70.8 +8.4
  5. 5 Romania 65.5 → 72.9 +7.4

Largest falls on this goal

Where the score is lower than it was in 2015.

  1. 1 Eswatini 57.3 → 50.4 -6.9
  2. 2 Israel 61.0 → 55.4 -5.6
  3. 3 Sweden 68.2 → 63.1 -5.1
  4. 4 Ecuador 62.9 → 57.8 -5.1
  5. 5 Estonia 68.2 → 63.2 -5.0

Every country on Goal 2

2023 scores, highest first. Ties share a rank.

RankCountryRegionScore
1 China East & South Asia 83.4
2 Korea, Rep. OECD 82.9
3 Singapore East & South Asia 76.2
4 Serbia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 75.8
5 Dominican Republic Latin America & the Caribbean 75.7
6 Japan OECD 75.2
7 Croatia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 74.3
8 Paraguay Latin America & the Caribbean 73.8
9 Vietnam East & South Asia 73.6
10 Austria OECD 73.1
11 Romania Eastern Europe & Central Asia 72.9
12 France OECD 72.4
13 Germany OECD 72.4
14 Slovak Republic OECD 72.3
15 Chile OECD 71.5
16 Mauritius Sub-Saharan Africa 71.5
17 Peru Latin America & the Caribbean 71.4
18 Belgium OECD 71.2
19 Denmark OECD 71.0
20 Bangladesh East & South Asia 70.8
21 Ghana Sub-Saharan Africa 70.8
22 Hungary OECD 70.3
23 Italy OECD 69.8
24 Qatar Middle East & North Africa 69.6
25 Cambodia East & South Asia 69.0
26 Sri Lanka East & South Asia 69.0
27 Philippines East & South Asia 68.8
28 Brazil Latin America & the Caribbean 68.7
29 Belize Latin America & the Caribbean 68.7
30 Argentina Latin America & the Caribbean 68.7
31 United States OECD 68.6
32 Nepal East & South Asia 68.6
33 United Kingdom OECD 68.4
34 Bulgaria Eastern Europe & Central Asia 68.2
35 Switzerland OECD 67.9
36 Ukraine Eastern Europe & Central Asia 67.9
37 Ireland OECD 67.7
38 Netherlands OECD 67.7
39 Uruguay Latin America & the Caribbean 67.6
40 Kuwait Middle East & North Africa 67.5
41 Poland OECD 67.5
42 Uzbekistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 67.5
43 Guyana Latin America & the Caribbean 66.7
44 Uganda Sub-Saharan Africa 66.7
45 Greece OECD 66.6
46 Indonesia East & South Asia 66.6
47 Slovenia OECD 66.6
48 Bahrain Middle East & North Africa 66.4
49 Malta Eastern Europe & Central Asia 66.3
50 Myanmar East & South Asia 65.9
51 Lao PDR East & South Asia 65.8
52 Spain OECD 65.4
53 Cote d'Ivoire Sub-Saharan Africa 65.4
54 Benin Sub-Saharan Africa 65.4
55 Tajikistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 65.3
56 Egypt, Arab Rep. Middle East & North Africa 65.3
57 Colombia OECD 65.2
58 Türkiye OECD 65.2
59 Bolivia Latin America & the Caribbean 64.9
60 United Arab Emirates Middle East & North Africa 64.8
61 Morocco Middle East & North Africa 64.7
62 Portugal OECD 64.3
63 Latvia OECD 64.2
64 Iran, Islamic Rep. Middle East & North Africa 64.1
65 Bosnia and Herzegovina Eastern Europe & Central Asia 63.8
66 Belarus Eastern Europe & Central Asia 63.6
67 Canada OECD 63.5
68 Bahamas, The Latin America & the Caribbean 63.4
69 Suriname Latin America & the Caribbean 63.4
70 Estonia OECD 63.2
71 Sweden OECD 63.1
72 Moldova Eastern Europe & Central Asia 63.0
73 Rwanda Sub-Saharan Africa 63.0
74 Azerbaijan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 62.7
75 North Macedonia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 62.6
76 Czechia OECD 62.1
77 Senegal Sub-Saharan Africa 61.8
78 Malawi Sub-Saharan Africa 61.7
79 Tunisia Middle East & North Africa 61.5
80 Cameroon Sub-Saharan Africa 61.3
81 Fiji Oceania 61.2
82 Mexico OECD 61.1
83 Nigeria Sub-Saharan Africa 61.1
84 Togo Sub-Saharan Africa 61.0
85 Tanzania Sub-Saharan Africa 61.0
86 Finland OECD 60.9
87 Cuba Latin America & the Caribbean 60.9
88 Norway OECD 60.8
89 Sao Tome and Principe Sub-Saharan Africa 60.7
90 Kyrgyz Republic Eastern Europe & Central Asia 60.4
91 Lithuania OECD 59.6
92 New Zealand OECD 59.5
93 Burundi Sub-Saharan Africa 59.5
94 Zambia Sub-Saharan Africa 59.5
95 Mali Sub-Saharan Africa 59.3
96 Albania Eastern Europe & Central Asia 59.3
97 Russian Federation Eastern Europe & Central Asia 59.1
98 Jamaica Latin America & the Caribbean 59.1
99 Luxembourg OECD 58.9
100 Thailand East & South Asia 58.6
101 Burkina Faso Sub-Saharan Africa 58.6
102 Turkmenistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 58.6
103 Kenya Sub-Saharan Africa 58.5
104 Australia OECD 58.4
105 Guinea Sub-Saharan Africa 58.2
106 Bhutan East & South Asia 57.9
107 Oman Middle East & North Africa 57.9
108 Ecuador Latin America & the Caribbean 57.8
109 Brunei Darussalam East & South Asia 57.6
110 Algeria Middle East & North Africa 57.6
111 Jordan Middle East & North Africa 56.9
112 Saudi Arabia Middle East & North Africa 56.9
113 South Africa Sub-Saharan Africa 56.8
114 Barbados Latin America & the Caribbean 56.7
115 Sierra Leone Sub-Saharan Africa 56.7
116 Lebanon Middle East & North Africa 56.6
117 El Salvador Latin America & the Caribbean 56.2
118 Georgia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 55.5
119 Israel OECD 55.4
120 Nicaragua Latin America & the Caribbean 54.8
121 Angola Sub-Saharan Africa 54.8
122 India East & South Asia 54.4
123 Mozambique Sub-Saharan Africa 54.3
124 Trinidad and Tobago Latin America & the Caribbean 54.3
125 Honduras Latin America & the Caribbean 53.9
126 Costa Rica OECD 53.9
127 Ethiopia Sub-Saharan Africa 53.7
128 Cyprus Eastern Europe & Central Asia 53.7
129 Armenia Eastern Europe & Central Asia 53.6
130 Iceland OECD 53.5
131 Madagascar Sub-Saharan Africa 53.5
132 Kazakhstan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 53.4
133 Congo, Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 53.2
134 Iraq Middle East & North Africa 53.2
135 Djibouti Sub-Saharan Africa 53.0
136 Venezuela, RB Latin America & the Caribbean 52.4
137 Montenegro Eastern Europe & Central Asia 51.8
138 Congo, Dem. Rep. Sub-Saharan Africa 51.7
139 Gabon Sub-Saharan Africa 51.6
140 Haiti Latin America & the Caribbean 51.2
141 Eswatini Sub-Saharan Africa 50.4
142 Panama Latin America & the Caribbean 50.3
143 Namibia Sub-Saharan Africa 49.9
144 Malaysia East & South Asia 49.4
145 Lesotho Sub-Saharan Africa 49.2
146 Mongolia East & South Asia 48.9
147 Zimbabwe Sub-Saharan Africa 48.5
148 Liberia Sub-Saharan Africa 47.8
149 Gambia, The Sub-Saharan Africa 47.6
150 Afghanistan Eastern Europe & Central Asia 46.9
151 Niger Sub-Saharan Africa 45.3
152 Comoros Sub-Saharan Africa 45.2
153 Botswana Sub-Saharan Africa 45.1
154 Cabo Verde Sub-Saharan Africa 45.0
155 Maldives East & South Asia 44.6
156 Pakistan East & South Asia 43.6
157 Guatemala Latin America & the Caribbean 43.5
158 Mauritania Sub-Saharan Africa 42.6
159 Chad Sub-Saharan Africa 38.5
160 Central African Republic Sub-Saharan Africa 36.5
161 Papua New Guinea Oceania 33.9
162 Syrian Arab Republic Middle East & North Africa 31.1
163 Yemen, Rep. Middle East & North Africa 28.8
164 Somalia Sub-Saharan Africa 27.3
165 Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 21.9
166 South Sudan Sub-Saharan Africa 19.8