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SDG 2

Zero Hunger

End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition.

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Ireland: Major challenges remain· Stagnating

Official figures from the Sustainable Development Report 2026 (Sachs, Lafortune, Fuller, Iablonovski — SDSN), shown as published — only the layout is ours. The report is licensed CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by SDSN. Imported from their published database on 2026-09-21.

What this goal covers

  • •End hunger and guarantee safe, nutritious food for everyone, year-round
  • •End all forms of malnutrition, including childhood stunting and wasting
  • •Double the productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers

Simplified from the UN's official targets for this goal.

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Goal 2 score, by country

Ireland Other countries
1Luxembourg
95.7/100
2Switzerland
94.7/100
3United Kingdom
90.3/100
4Czechia
90.3/100
5United Arab Emirates
90.3/100
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12Ireland
83.9/100
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173Madagascar
24.4/100
174Yemen, Rep.
20.7/100
175Congo, Dem. Rep.
18.8/100
176Papua New Guinea
9.1/100
177Syrian Arab Republic
9/100

Ireland is in rank group 12 of 177 (out of 177 countries with a score for this goal).

What makes up Ireland's score (84 out of 100)

The average of 7 indicator scores, one per official target area. Each bar scores Ireland from 0 to 100 on that indicator: the best 10% of countries count as 100, the worst 5% as 0.

  • 2.1 Ending hunger · Prevalence of undernourishment2.5% (2023)
    100
  • 2.1 Food access · Moderate or severe food insecurity4.8% (2023)
    100
  • 2.2 Child malnutrition · Stunting in children under 52.2% (2011)
    100
  • 2.2 Child malnutrition · Wasting in children under 50.4% (2011)
    100
  • 2.3 Farm productivity · Farm output per worker (agriculture value added per worker)45,252 US$ (2025)
    82
  • 2.a Investment in agriculture · Agriculture orientation index for government spending1 (2024)
    79
  • 2.2 Child malnutrition · Overweight in children under 510.5% (2011)
    26

Simplified score, may contain errors. See how it's built

Chart data: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0) and the UN SDG Global Database (UNdata terms). Each goal score (0–100, 100 = best) averages a country's scores on several official indicators, one per main target area of the goal (7 for this goal). Each indicator is scored against a range set by the data: the best 10% of countries count as 100, the worst 5% as 0. Latest value per country since 2010; fetched 2026-09-22. The scores are calculated by this site; the underlying values are the sources', unchanged. How the scores are built →

County-level data isn't published for this goal yet — Ireland's CSO currently only breaks a handful of SDG indicators down by county.

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