Global hunger declines across continents but climate, trade risks loom, UN says
The report says 645 million people were hungry in 2025, but climate shocks and trade disruptions could slow further gains.
- On Tuesday, a UN report revealed that Africa has surpassed Asia as the continent with the largest number of people facing hunger, affecting 309 million Africans last year.
- Severe climate-related shocks and regional conflicts have aggravated the situation. "Conflicts like the one in Sudan... in the Democratic Republic of Congo, also weigh heavily on people," said David Laborde, director of the agrifood economics division at the Food and Agriculture Organisation.
- Asia followed with 292 million people touched by hunger, while 66.6 per cent of Africans cannot afford a healthy diet, more than double the level in Asia.
- Overall, the world population facing hunger decreased to 7.8 per cent in 2025, dropping to 645 million people; however, this remains higher than before the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Recent estimates point to signs of a turnaround in 2025, with the report encouraging African nations to prioritize transforming the animal source food sector. "Centre of gravity of hunger has shifted from Asia to Africa," said Laborde.
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Approximately 645 million people, the equivalent of 7.8% of the world's population, suffered from hunger in 2025, according to the annual report of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). Although the situation has improved slightly compared to previous years, the level remains above that recorded before the COVID-19 pandemic.
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World hunger decreased in 2025, affecting about 645 million people, almost half of whom are in Africa, according to a report released this Tuesday by FAO. According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), in 2025, 7.8% of the world's population were hungry, and in regional terms, the greatest progress was made in Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean, while the worst data are recorded in Africa. In Latin America …
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