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At the sub-regional level, Arab Group had the highest average daily protein supply per person
with 83 grin 2009-2011. Arab Group was followed by Asian Group and African Group with 69
gr and 63 gr respectively. Protein supply is sufficient in very few countries such as Kuwait,
Maldives, and Turkey. In most of the African Group countries, only half of required amount of
protein has been supplied (Figure 30).
Furthermore, number of people at risk of undernourishment is a broad indicator. According to
FAO definition, undernourishment means that a person is not able to acquire enough food to
meet the daily minimum dietary energy requirements, over a period of one year. The number
of undernourished people in the OIC is calculated by applying the estimated prevalence of
undernourishment to total population.
Figure 31 displays that as of 2014-2016, 168.6 million people are expected to be
undernourished in the OIC member countries which accounts for 21.2 percent of
undernourished people in the World. In the last 25 years, while the number of undernourished
people in the World has fallen gradually, it remained almost the same in the OIC member
countries. Therefore, the share of OIC in undernourished people of the World has risen from
16.6 percent in 1990-1992 to 21.2 percent 2014-2016. This can be explained by the impact of
the surge in food insecurity, particularly after the food crisis in 2006-2008 that brought forth
serious socioeconomic challenges both for households and policy makers in the developing
regions of Asia & Pacific, Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America & Caribbean where the
majority of the OIC member countries are located. 14
Figure 31. Undernourished People in the OIC and its Share in the World
Source: FAOSTAT
14 SESRIC, 2015
16,6
18,4
19,4
19,3
20,3
21,2
0
5
10
15
20
25
0
200
400
600
800
1.000
1.200
1990-92 1995-97 2000-02 2005-07 2010-12 2014-16
Percent Million People
OIC Total Number of Undernourished People World Total Number of Undernourished People
OIC Undernourished People Share in the World