Viet Nam and Georgia lowered their undernourished populations by 37.9 and 35.4 percentage points, respectively, during this period, whereas Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh and the Lao People’s Democratic Republic managed to reduce their undernourished populations by 16 to 18 percentage points. In the case of the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, the proportion of the undernourished population has risen by 7.0 percentage points in the past two decades. The proportion of undernourishment remains high in low-income economies, lower-middle-income economies and least developed countries.