Hunger Statistics.
- celaaa141216
- Jan 15, 2023
- 1 min read
After steadily declining for a decade, world hunger is on the rise, affecting nearly 10% of people globally. From 2019 to 2022, the number of undernourished people grew by as many as 150 million, a crisis driven largely by conflict, climate change, and the COVID-19 pandemic.
"We are still far from the world without malnutrition."
- UNICEF
870 Million
the number of hungry people.
Hunger
1st on the list of world's top 10 health risks.
Undernutrition
underlying cause of more than a third of
under-five deaths.
$0.25 / Day
cost to feed a child.
Chronic Hunger
decreased by 130 million people over
the past 2 decade.
Climate Change
to push 24 million children more into hunger
by 2050.
Prevalence of Undernourishment
in Developing Countries:
declined from 23.2 to 14.9 percent between 1990 - 2010.
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