the United Nations defines undernourishment as habitual food consumption being "insufficient to provide the dietary energy levels that are required to maintain a normal active and healthy life."
North Korea's prevalence of undernourishment for the years 2017-2019 topped countries such as Afghanistan and Timor-Leste, whose recorded levels were around 30%
The isolated country was also battered by a series of late-summer typhoons that caused flooding and major damage to buildings, roads and crops. Last month, South Korea's agriculture ministry estimated that North Korea's combined crop production fell by 5.2% in 2020, due largely to the poor weather conditions.
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