US EditionUN report says global hunger fell in 2024, except in Africa and western Asia
GLOBAL, JUL 29 – Global hunger fell by 15 million in 2024, driven by improvements in South America and Southern Asia, while conflict and economic challenges worsened food insecurity in Africa and Western Asia.
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UN warns of rising hunger in Africa amid global decline
While global hunger is showing signs of decline, a new United Nations report highlights a troubling trend in Africa, where hunger continues to rise. According to the report, an estimated 512 million people worldwide will remain undernourished by the end of the decade, 60% of them in Africa.
Some 673 million people were hungry in 2024, or 8.2 per cent of the world's population, according to the 2025 edition of the "State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World" report, which states that this figure is down from 8.5 per cent in 2023 and 8.7 per cent in 2022. Despite this improvement, hunger has continued to gain ground in most of the subregions of Africa and West Asia, notes the report released Monday evening in Addis Ababa on th…
According to the annual report on "The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World", an estimate of 673 million people suffered from hunger last year, which is 15 million less than the previous one and 22 less than in 2022. This improvement is explained by the progress observed in South America, South Asia and South-East Asia but contrasts with the "constant increase" of hunger in most regions of Africa and West Asia, where the percentage …
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