Hunger Statistics
Every year, authors, journalists, teachers, researchers, schoolchildren and students ask us for statistics about hunger and malnutrition. To help answer these questions, we've compiled a list of useful facts and figures on world hunger.
1
Some 795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life. That's about one in nine people on earth.
2
The vast majority of the world's hungry people live in developing countries, where 12.9 percent of the population is undernourished.
3
Asia is the continent with the most hungry people - two thirds of the total. The percentage in southern Asia has fallen in recent years but in western Asia it has increased slightly.
4
Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest prevalence (percentage of population) of hunger. One person in four there is undernourished.
5
Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five - 3.1 million children each year.
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One out of six children -- roughly 100 million -- in developing countries is underweight.
7
One in four of the world's children are stunted. In developing countries the proportion can rise to one in three.
8
If women farmers had the same access to resources as men, the number of hungry in the world could be reduced by up to 150 million.
9
66 million primary school-age children attend classes hungry across the developing world, with 23 million in Africa alone.
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WFP calculates that US$3.2 billion is needed per year to reach all 66 million hungry school-age children.
Ref :
https://www.wfp.org/hunger/stats
1
Some 795 million people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life. That's about one in nine people on earth.
2
The vast majority of the world's hungry people live in developing countries, where 12.9 percent of the population is undernourished.
3
Asia is the continent with the most hungry people - two thirds of the total. The percentage in southern Asia has fallen in recent years but in western Asia it has increased slightly.
4
Sub-Saharan Africa is the region with the highest prevalence (percentage of population) of hunger. One person in four there is undernourished.
5
Poor nutrition causes nearly half (45%) of deaths in children under five - 3.1 million children each year.
6
One out of six children -- roughly 100 million -- in developing countries is underweight.
7
One in four of the world's children are stunted. In developing countries the proportion can rise to one in three.
8
If women farmers had the same access to resources as men, the number of hungry in the world could be reduced by up to 150 million.
9
66 million primary school-age children attend classes hungry across the developing world, with 23 million in Africa alone.
10
WFP calculates that US$3.2 billion is needed per year to reach all 66 million hungry school-age children.
Ref :
https://www.wfp.org/hunger/stats
