The number of calories needed to lift the undernourished from their status, everything else being constant. The average intensity of food deprivation of the undernourished, estimated as the difference between the average dietary energy requirement and the average dietary energy consumption of the undernourished population (food-deprived), is multiplied by the number of undernourished to provide an estimate of the total food deficit in the country, which is then normalized by the total population.

Depth of the food deficit (Kcal per person per day)

200020052010201120122013201420152016
Argentina7141010108632
Barbados304532272424242321
Belize422936363638404140
Bolivia247209190182164140120109104
Brazil974217151312111110
Chile342827282625232220
Colombia706167757978736762
Costa Rica364136373738403935
Cuba6112151515121087
Dominican Republic23220614112911298918886
Ecuador110131104948376737270
El Salvador886077818688888685
Guatemala1381019694959599101101
Guyana776478797979797774
Haiti549585524503489490510530546
Honduras12811310410410296898585
Jamaica554556585960626258
Mexico333829293031303029
Nicaragua281184155150144136130126122
Panama1881691161049483756966
Paraguay957184848381807671
Peru15314793827164585450
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1548153494645464645
Suriname948965605858595856
Trinidad and Tobago1049079777469645955
Uruguay302924232223252524
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)123921914131212109