The report estimates 8.2% of the world’s population (673 million people) experienced a hunger in 2024down 8.5% in 2023 and 8.7% in 2022.
Latin America and Asia have experienced improvements, the prevalence of undernourishment lowering 1.2% in Asia and 1% in Latin America and the Caribbean between 2022 and 2024.
However, 20% of the African population and 12.7% of people in western Asia face hunger, showing evidence of an unfortunately regular increase.
Of the 512 million people projected who could be chronically undernourished by 2030, almost 60% will be in Africa.
Progress of sustainable development
Together, these figures and the evaluation by the report of nutritional objectives as part of the sustainable development program underline the immense challenge to achieve the global objective of hunger zero.
Among children’s nutrition indicators, the prevalence of growth retardation among those under five decreased by 3.2% from 2012 to 2024, but the proportion of overweight or waste children remains largely unchanged.
Increased anemia in women aged 15 to 49 and adult obesity.
Above all, while global food insecurity has decreased only slightly from 2023 to 2024, 335 million more people were affected in 2024 than in 2019before the COVID 19 Pandemic and 683 million more than in 2015, when the sustainable development program was adopted.
Food inflation of the era cocovated
The report was published by five United Nations agencies: The Food and Agriculture Organization (Fao), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (Ifad), the United Nations Children’s Fund (Unicef), the global food program (Wfp), and the World Health Organization (WHO).
They noted that the estimates of hunger and food security remain above pre-pale levels due to a “perfect storm” of COVVI-19 inflation, war in Ukraine and climatic shocks.
Talk to Overview of the report On July 22, the chief economist of the FAO, Máximo Torero Cullen, underlined the conclusion that tax and monetary policies during the COVID-19 pandemic increased demand and inflation.
Combined with the commercial restrictions of basic foods and products linked to the war in Ukraine and the current climatic shocks, these factors have spectacular food inflation spectacular, which hinders post-pandemic recovery of food security and nutrition.
This perfect storm struck the countries with low and lower income, particularly harshly, which makes food inflation even higher than the world average already high.
Consequently, although the number of people capable of allowing themselves a healthy food has increased in the world from 2019 to 2024 despite the price increase, it decreased in countries with low and lower income, where prices have increased even more strongly.
Financing recommendations and needs
The report recommends a combination of political responses to combat global inflation of food prices. These include targeted budgetary measures to protect the most affected, credible and transparent monetary policies to keep inflation under control and strategic investments in agrifood systems.
The report and agency leaders have also stressed that funding is desperately necessary to meet the world’s challenges.
“Hunger remains at alarming levels, but the funding necessary to lower it,” said Cindy McCain, general manager of WFP.
“This year, financing reductions of up to 40% mean that tens of millions of people will lose the vital rescue buoy that we offer,” she added.
“Although the low reduction in global food insecurity rates is welcome, the inability continues to provide critical aid to people in need will soon eliminate these hard -won earnings, arousing additional instability in the volatile regions of the world.”
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