Goal 2 · People
Zero hunger
End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
- Canada’s rating
- Major
- Stagnating
- Canada’s goal score
- 72.1/ 100
- −1.7 points since 2015; 7th in the G7
- G7 countries improving
- 2 of 7
- Decreasing: Japan
- G7 achieved or with challenges remaining
- 0 of 7
- 4 significant, 3 major challenges
How the G7 compare
Goal 2 score, 2005–2025
Score out of 100 on the globally comparable indicators. Canada is the thick line. Dashed: OECD and all-country averages.
Indicator by indicator
The goal colour is driven by each country’s two worst indicators, so read the whole row before judging a country.
Goal 2 indicators for the G7
Latest value, with the rating colour and trend arrow. Hover a cell for the year of the data. ◆ marks indicators about effects on other countries (spillovers); † marks OECD dashboard indicators that are not in the SDG Index score.
| Indicator | Green threshold | Canada | France | Germany | Italy | Japan | United Kingdom | United States |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prevalence of undernourishment (%) | 7.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| Prevalence of stunting in children under 5 years of age (%) | 7.5 | 2.58 | 2.58 | 1.3 | 2.58 | 7.1 | 2 | 3.8 |
| Prevalence of wasting in children under 5 years of age (%) | 5 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 2.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 |
| Minimum dietary diversity among children aged 6-23 months (%) | 70 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 | 90 |
| Prevalence of obesity, BMI ≥ 30 (% of adult population) | 10 | 26.2 | 9.7 | 20.4 | 17.3 | 5.54 | 26.8 | 42 |
| Human Trophic Level (best 2-3 worst) | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.48 | 2.48 | 2.42 | 2.42 | 2.41 | 2.43 |
| Cereal yield (tonnes per hectare of harvested land) | 2.5 | 3.7 | 7.27 | 7.01 | 5.06 | 6.25 | 7.14 | 8.33 |
| Progress towards productive and sustainable agriculture (worst 1-5 best) | 4.5 | 3.83 | 4.57 | 4.57 | 4.57 | 4.17 | 4 | 4 |
| Yield gap closure (% of potential yield) † | 75 | 64 | 78.4 | 81 | 67.2 | – | 69 | 68.6 |
| Exports of hazardous pesticides (tonnes per million population) ◆ | 1 | 2.58 | 3.48 | 0.886 | 2.83 | 20.4 | 17.7 | 12 |
Explore one indicator over time
Prevalence of obesity, BMI ≥ 30 (% of adult population)
The percentage of the adult population that has a body mass index (BMI) of 30kg/m² or higher, based on measured height and weight.
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The rest of the world
Goal 2 score around the world, 2025
Goal score out of 100 (globally comparable indicators). G7 countries are outlined.
G7 countries are outlined; Canada has the thickest outline.
Workshop questions
Which G7 country has the highest Goal 2 score, and which has the lowest? Do their dashboard colours tell the same story as their scores?
Show a hint
Colours come from each country’s two worst indicators, while the score is the average of all indicators in the index.
Which Goal 2 indicators drive the G7’s ratings? Are they about hunger or about the food system?
Exports of hazardous pesticides affect other countries. Should a country’s SDG score count harms it causes abroad? Argue both sides.
For Canada, find the oldest data point among this goal’s indicators. How might an old value change the colour or arrow you see?
Pick one indicator where Canada is stagnating. Use the Trend lab to calculate the annual change needed to reach the green threshold by 2030, and compare it with Canada’s pace since 2015.