UN: Slight Decrease in Global Hunger in 2024

According to a United Nations report, global hunger saw a slight decrease in 2024, affecting between 638 and 720 million people. The improvement is attributed to progress in Latin America and Southeast Asia, while the situation is worsening in Africa.

Approximately 8.2% of the world's population faced hunger in 2024, a 0.3% decrease compared to 2023. However, significant inequalities remain.

While hunger is decreasing in Latin America and the Caribbean, it is worsening in West Asia and Africa, where it exceeds 20%.

These figures were published on the occasion of the United Nations Food Systems Summit in Addis Ababa and are far from the UN's goal of a world without hunger by 2030. Projections indicate that approximately 512 million people will face malnutrition by the end of the decade, with 60% in Africa.

The report also refers to food insecurity in the Gaza Strip, where the entire population is in severe acute insecurity.

Approximately 2.3 billion people were forced to skip meals and are considered to be in moderate or severe food insecurity, an increase of 335 million compared to 2019.

The pandemics and the war in Ukraine have increased food prices, but UN agencies believe that lessons have been learned from the inflationary surge of 2007-2008.