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State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024
July 31 , 2024
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- Around 733 million people or 1 in 11 people faced hunger globally in 2023.
- The world is far off track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2, Zero Hunger.
- Between 713 and 757 million people were estimated to be undernourished in 2023.
- This is approximately 152 million more than in 2019 when considering the mid-range (733 million).
- An estimated 28.9 percent of the global population were moderately or severely food insecure in 2023.
- The percentage of the population facing hunger continues to rise in Africa (20.4 percent), remains stable in Asia (8.1 percent) and shows progress in Latin America (6.2 percent).
- In 2023, around 2.33 billion people globally faced moderate or severe food insecurity.
- The estimates of adult obesity show a steady increase over the last decade, from 12.1 percent (2012) to 15.8 percent (2022).
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