Hunger and malnutrition in Palau
28%moderately or severely food insecure (2024)
34%children 6-59 months anaemic (2019, WHO)
21 per 1,000children who die before age five (2024)
Sources: FAO (undernourishment, food insecurity), UNICEF/WHO/World Bank Joint Malnutrition Estimates (stunting, wasting, underweight, overweight), WHO (anaemia) and UN IGME (child deaths), as published by the World Bank.