Malnutrition is one of the most painful things that are still happening to many people in many parts of the world. It is true that food is the primary need among the three human basic needs, and every person should have food that has proper proteins and nutrients in it but there are some people in this world who are deprived of it because of some reason or the other. This is a great indication that poverty is also a recurrent problem that has not been solved in those nations. Poverty and Malnourishment are always linked to each other because everyone could be fed well if there is a stable income or job that will sustain every household in the community.

Here is our list of the top ten most malnourished countries in the whole world.

10. Kenya

The presence of nearly 600,000 Somali refugees is putting a growing strain on Kenyan resources, and causing tensions between local and refugee communities. The crisis has left millions of people with limited access to food and water, and some areas now have the highest malnutrition rate recorded in a decade. And as many as 385,000 children under five are malnourished. So far the government of Kenya has failed to control the malnutrition in the country.

9. Mozambique

Poverty is the major cause of malnourishment found in the people in Mozambique. The ironic fact about it is that majority of that 70% are women and the source of income is very meager which comes from the agricultural production where most of the rural women work. Hence, the income that each woman earns is very low, and it’s not even sufficient to sustain them in a week. It is true that for more than two decades there is a far reaching improvement that happened, and the economy has been stabilized, but population is also growing especially the people who are living in impoverish state in rural areas.

8. Swaziland

Swaziland is another country where malnutrition has spread to a great extent. About 31% of the under-five children are stunted in growth, where-as 1% and 6% are wasted and underweight, respectively. Potential determinants of childhood malnutrition and mortality in Swaziland are inadequate dietary intake of protein, energy and micronutrients, inadequate access to food due to poverty and decline in food production, insufficient health services and unhealthy environment, inequitable distribution of household and national socioeconomic resources.

7. Chile

The South American country which is at the number seventh spot in our list of the top ten most malnourished countries in the whole world is Chile. The total population of the capital city of Chile is said to be 16,572,475 and out of which many people are in the shackles of the malnutrition. There is a need to take some very serious steps else the condition of the people living in this country will get worse and things will not be in hand of the government too to control the situation.

6. Egypt

Egypt is again one of those countries that have been worse affected by the malnutrition. The total number of people who live in this country is approximately 90 million. It is such a large country and the people are so much affected today by this worse condition of malnutrition that there is an urgent need to do things quickly so that he condition can improve and people can be saved.

5. Sierra Leone

According to latest report that majority of kids in this country who are under 5 are weighing two lbs which is really a clear indication that there is a serious malnutrition problem. In fact, there are over 300,000 children who are critically malnourished, which is the main reason why there is high percentage of infant illnesses and mortality rate in the country because of malnutrition. Some of the causes are food shortages because of low number of harvest, and the needy areas are high. Nonetheless, one of the plans that they are seeing is to fix damage roads for people to sell the products that they have produced in order to alleviate poverty.

4. Philippines

This country situated in Southeast Asia is among the few countries of this continent to get this ill curse. Day by day people of Philippines are getting affected even more. The total number of people who live in the country are 92,337,852 and the area covered by this country is reported to be 300,000 square kilometres. This is one of the major factors why government is unable to control malnutrition in the country.

3. Ethiopia

Based on the figures Ethiopia has a stable economy, but there are external and uncontrollable factors that contribute to poverty ratio of the country. High population, series of droughts, high-tax, soil degradation, and poor infrastructure are hedging up the real growth of Ethiopia, and it results to malnutrition because of the poor purchasing power in order to get sufficient food supply for all households. Infant mortality rates are as high as 10%, and people could only live up to 42 years old.

2. Cambodia

This is one of the poorest countries in Southeast Asia despite for the fact that it was known as a great empire in the history, but it fell from that state and has been experiencing serious hunger and malnourishment. In fact, there is about 40% of malnutrition in the whole country, and majority of the people who are suffering greatly are children under 5 years old.

1. Nigeria

Africa still holds the highest place on the list of malnutrition affected places, and its concentrated now in Nigeria. It is true that there is a family nutritional program that that they have established in 2008, and it’s still ongoing, but 1/6 of the population of the country is suffering from chronic hunger wherein there are 3.8 million of children that die yearly. In fact, very alarming too that according to calculations that if this will continue in the next 15 years 450 million of people would suffer, and meet their demise.