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Details. According to the 2023 Global Hunger Index (GHI) scores and provisional designations, nine countries have alarming levels of hunger: Burundi, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Niger, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen. Many countries have seen hunger worsen in recent years: since 2015, hunger ...
6 days ago · Catch up on the developing stories making headlines. UNITED NATIONS -- Nearly 282 million people in 59 countries suffered from acute hunger in 2023, with war-torn Gaza as the territory with the ...
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Jan 12, 2024 · The State of Global Hunger in 2023. Driven by conflict, the climate crisis and economic conditions, 333 million people experienced extreme hunger in 2023. The underlying causes are pervasive poverty and rampant inequality that limit people’s access to food. Women and girls are most affected. The current state of hunger makes our work more ...
6 days ago · Extreme weather events were the primary drivers in 18 countries where over 77 million people faced high levels of acute food insecurity, up from 12 countries with 57 million people in 2022. In 2023, the world experienced its hottest year on record and climate related shocks impacted populations, with episodes of severe floods, storms, droughts ...
Jul 14, 2022 · 2023: Another year of extreme jeopardy for those struggling to feed their families The scale of the current global hunger and malnutrition crisis is enormous. WFP estimates – from 78 of the countries where it works (and where data is available) – that more than 333 million people are facing acute levels of food insecurity in 2023, and do ...
Dec 7, 2023 · Latest research shows around 735 million people currently facing hunger, compared to 613 million in 2019. Over 122 million more people are facing hunger in the world since 2019 due to the pandemic and repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, according to the latest State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World ...
Oct 2, 2023 · More than 128,000 people in four countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Somalia, and South Sudan) face an extreme lack of food and are unable to meet other basic needs, even with emergency coping strategies. Overall, an analysis of acute food insecurity shows a 10% increase in the number of food insecure people (IPC 3+) in 48 countries in 2023 so far.
