2024世界粮食安全和营养状况报告（英文）

2024

INBRIEF

THESTATEOF

FOODSECURITYANDNUTRITIONINTHEWORLD

FINANCINGTOENDHUNGER,

FOODINSECURITYANDMALNUTRITIONINALLITSFORMS

Requiredcitation:

FAO,IFAD,UNICEF,WFPandWHO.2024.InBrieftoTheStateofFoodSecurityandNutritionintheWorld2024–Financingtoendhunger,foodinsecurityandmalnutritioninallitsforms.Rome,FAO.

/10.4060/cd1276en

ThisbookletcontainsthekeymessagesandcontentfromthepublicationTheStateofFoodSecurityandNutritionintheWorld2024.Thenumberingoftablesandfigurescorrespondstothatpublication.

ThemainreportTheStateofFoodSecurityandNutritionintheWorld2024isavailableat:

/10.4060/cd1254en

,whilethesupplementarymaterialisavailableat:

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INDIA.Winnowingwheat:scalingupfinancingflowswillacceleratethevitaltransformationofagrifoodsystems.

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CONTENTS

KEYMESSAGES

FOREWORD

CHAPTER1

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER2

FOODSECURITYANDNUTRITION

AROUNDTHEWORLD

2.1

Foodsecurityindicators:latestupdatesand

progresstowardsendinghungerandensuring

foodsecurity

FIGURE1Globalhungerrosesharplyfrom2019to2021

andpersistedatthesamelevelto2023

FIGURE4Foodinsecuritylevelshaveremainedvirtually

unchangedgloballyfrom2022to2023,withLatinAmerica

andtheCaribbeanbeingtheonlyregionshowingnotable

reduction

2.2

Costandaffordabilityofahealthydiet

FIGURE8Theproportionofthepopulationandnumberof

peopleunabletoaffordahealthydietintheworld

decreasedfrom2020to2022

2.3

Thestateofnutrition:progresstowards

globalnutritiontargets

FIGURE10Globalstuntingandwastingprevalenceshave

beendecliningandlevelsofexclusivebreastfeedingrising

overthepastdecade,buttheworldisnotontrackto

achieveanyofthesevenglobalnutritiontargetsby2030

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CHAPTER3

ANEWDEFINITIONOFFINANCINGFOR

FOODSECURITYANDNUTRITION

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3.1

Challengesindefiningandmeasuring

financingforfoodsecurityandnutrition

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3.2

Anewdefinitionoffinancingforfood

securityandnutrition

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FIGURE15Aconceptualdiagramofthenewdefinitionof

financingforfoodsecurityandnutrition–forendinghunger

andfoodinsecurity(SDGTarget2.1)andallformsof

malnutrition(SDGTarget2.2)

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FIGURE18Hungerishigherandhasincreasedthemostin

countriesaffectedbythemajordrivers,andhunger

increasesarehigherinpoorcountriesaffectedbymore

thanonemajordriver

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CHAPTER4

CURRENTLEVELSOFANDGAPSIN

FINANCINGTOENDHUNGER,FOOD

INSECURITYANDMALNUTRITION

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4.1

Trackingcurrentlevelsoffundingforfood

securityandnutrition

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FIGURE21Generaldomesticgovernmentexpenditureon

agricultureperruralinhabitantisextremelylowandnot

clearlyincreasinginlow-andlower-middle-income

countrieswhereitismostlyneededtoreducefood

insecurityandmalnutrition

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TABLE11Compositionofpublicspendingonfoodsecurity

andnutritioninselectedlow-andmiddle-incomecountries

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CONTENTS

TABLE12Globalofficialdevelopmentassistanceand

otherofficialflowsforallaidsectorsandforfoodsecurity

andnutrition

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4.2

Thecostofpoliciesandinterventionsto

endhungerandmalnutritionby2030

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4.3

Thecostofinactionorslowaction

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FIGURE29TrillionsofUSDareestimatedtobeneededto

financeinvestmentsforendinghungerandsomeformsof

malnutrition,andtoincreasetheaffordabilityofhealthy

dietsby2030

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CHAPTER5

WHATISNEEDEDTOCATALYSE

SCALABLEFINANCINGTOFILL

THEGAP?

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5.1

Scalingupfinancingflowstofoodsecurity

andnutrition

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TABLE18Low-andmiddle-incomecountries’degreeof

abilitytoaccessfinancing,consideringfoodsecurityand

nutritionindicatorsandthemajordrivers

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FIGURE32Whicharethemostadequatefinancing

toolsandmechanismsdependingonthecountry

context?

5.2

Innovativefinancingapproachesand

toolstobridgethefinancinggapfor

SDGTargets2.1and2.2

FIGURE33Recommendedinnovativefinancing

instrumentsforcountries,consideringtheirability

toaccessfinancingflows

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Howtoachievebetteralignmentwithand

synergiesindifferentsourcesoffinancing

FIGURE34Recommendationsforaddressingthe

fragmentationofthecurrentfoodsecurityandnutrition

financingarchitectureforendinghunger,foodinsecurity

andmalnutrition

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THEWAYFORWARD

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KEYMESSAGES

TheworldisstillfarofftracktoachieveSustainableDevelopmentGoal(SDG)2,

ZeroHunger,withtheglobalprevalenceof

undernourishmentpersistingatnearlythesamelevelforthreeconsecutiveyearsafterhavingrisensharplyinthewakeoftheCOVID-19pandemic.Between713and757millionpeoplemayhavefacedhungerin

2023–oneoutof11peopleintheworld,andoneoutofeveryfiveinAfrica.HungerisstillontheriseinAfrica,butithasremainedrelativelyunchangedinAsia,whilenotableprogresshasbeenmadeinthe

LatinAmericanandCaribbeanregion.

Progresstowardsthebroadergoalofensuringregularaccesstoadequatefoodforallhasalso

stalled;theprevalenceofmoderateorseverefoodinsecurityhasremainedunchangedforthree

consecutiveyearsatthegloballevel,althoughitisimportanttohighlightprogressinLatinAmerica.

In2023,anestimated28.9percentoftheglobalpopulation–2.33billionpeople–weremoderatelyorseverelyfoodinsecure.

Focusingoneconomicaccesstonutritiousfoods,updatedandimprovedestimatesshowthatmorethanone-thirdofpeopleintheworld–about2.8billion–couldnotaffordahealthydietin2022.Inequalitiesareevident,withlow-incomecountrieshavingthe

largestpercentageofthepopulationthatisunabletoaffordahealthydiet(71.5percent)comparedwithlower-middle-incomecountries(52.6percent),

upper-middle-incomecountries(21.5percent)andhigh-incomecountries(6.3percent).

Thelackofimprovementinfoodsecurityandtheunevenprogressintheeconomicaccesstohealthy

dietscastashadowoverthepossibilityofachievingZeroHungerintheworld,sixyearsawayfromthe

2030deadline.Itisprojectedthat582millionpeoplewillbechronicallyundernourishedattheendofthedecade,morethanhalfoftheminAfrica.Thereistheneedtoacceleratethetransformationofouragrifoodsystemstostrengthentheirresiliencetothemajor

driversandaddressinequalitiestoensurethat

healthydietsareaffordableforandavailabletoall.

Therehasbeensomeprogresstowardsthegoalofendingallformsofmalnutrition,withimprovementsintheglobalprevalenceofstuntingandwastingamongchildrenunderfiveyearsofageandofexclusive

breastfeedingamonginfantsundersixmonthsofage.Theglobalprevalenceoflowbirthweightandthatofchildhoodoverweighthavebeenstagnant,while

anaemiainwomenaged15to49yearshasincreased.Theworldisnotontracktoreachanyoftheseven

globalnutritiontargetsby2030.

Improvementsinstunting,wastingandexclusive

breastfeedinglaythegroundworkforchildrento

achievetheirfullpotentialforgrowthanddevelopment,butrisingratesofobesity–exacerbatingthedouble

burdenofmalnutrition–foreshadowmajorchallengesforthehealthandwell-beingofallagegroups.

Double-dutyactionsareneededwhichsimultaneouslytackleundernutrition,micronutrientdeficiencies,

overweightandobesitybyleveragingthecommondriverssharedbyallformsofmalnutrition.

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KEYMESSAGES

MeetingSDGTargets2.1and2.2toendhunger,

foodinsecurityandmalnutritionrequiresincreasedandmorecost-effectivefinancing,butthereis

currentlynoclearpictureofthefinancingforfood

securityandnutrition–neitherthatavailablenorthatadditionallyneeded–formeetingthesetargets.

Thewiderangeofdefinitionsoffinancingforfoodsecurityandnutrition,andthedifferencesamong

them,leadtoinconsistentestimates,causingissuesinidentifyingunderfinancedareas,ensuring

accountability,andtrackinginterventionimpacts.

Therefore,bothacommondefinitionandmappingoffinancingforfoodsecurityandnutritionareurgentlyneeded,ascurrenteffortslackadequateattentionandclarity.

Thisreportdefinesfinancingforfoodsecurityandnutritionasthepublicandprivatefinancialresources,bothdomesticandforeign,thataredirectedtowardseradicatinghunger,foodinsecurityandallformsof

malnutrition.Theyaretargetedtoensurethe

availability,access,utilizationandstabilityof

nutritiousandsafefoods,andpracticesthatfavourhealthydiets,aswellashealth,educationandsocialprotectionservicesthatenablethese,andthey

includethefinancialresourcesthataredirected

towardsstrengtheningtheresilienceofagrifood

systemstothemajordriversandunderlyingstructuralfactorsofhunger,foodinsecurityandmalnutrition.

Theuniversaladoptionofanewdefinitionanda

standardizedapproachtomappingfinancingflows

orientedtomeetSDGTargets2.1and2.2–

asprovidedinthisreport–mustcapturethe

multidimensionalnatureoffoodsecurityandnutrition,shiftingawayfromthetypicalsector-defined

boundariesthatarecommontothesedefinitions.

Arobustnumberforthetotalfinancingavailableandadditionallyneededtosupportalltheefforts

towardsmeetingSDGTargets2.1and2.2isnotyet

quantifiable.Financingforfoodsecurityandnutritionismostlytrackableforpublicandofficialflows,

butnotforseveralprivateflows.

Publicspendingonfoodsecurityandnutritionmostlytargetsfoodconsumption,especiallyto

supportfoodavailabilityandaccess,basedondatafortenlow-andmiddle-incomecountries.

Governmentsinlow-incomecountriesappeartohavelowspendingcapacitytoaddressthemajordriversoffoodinsecurityandmalnutrition.

Foodsecurityandnutritiontakelessthana

quarteroftotalofficialdevelopmentassistanceandotherofficialflows.Intheperiodfrom2017to2021,theseflowsamountedtoUSD76billionperyear,ofwhichonly34percenthelpedaddressthemajor

driversoffoodinsecurityandmalnutrition.TheseflowsoverwhelminglygrewmoreforAfrica(acrossregions)andforlower-middle-incomecountries(acrossincomegroups).

Privatefinancingfromphilanthropy,cross-borderremittancesfrommigrantsinvestedinagrifood

systems,andforeigndirectinvestmentmayreachacombinedtotalofUSD95billionperyearoverthe

periodfrom2017to2022.Blendedfinanceaccountsformodestamounts,andnetbankingloansto

agriculture,forestryandfishingshowanalmostcontinuousdecline.

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Irrespectiveofwhattheexactamountoffinancingneededmightbetomakethenecessaryprogress

towardsSDGTargets2.1and2.2,thefinancinggapcouldamounttoseveraltrillionUSD.Notbridgingthisgapwillresultinsocial,economicandenvironmentalconsequencesrequiringsolutionsthatwillalsocost

severaltrillionUSD.Moreeffectiveuseofexistingfinancingwillhelpreducethefinancinggap.

Innovative,inclusiveandequitablesolutionsareneededtoscaleupfinancingforfoodsecurityandnutritionincountrieswithhighlevelsofhungerand

malnutrition.However,manylow-andmiddle-incomecountriesfacesignificantconstraintsinaccessing

affordablefinancingflows.

Countrieswithlimitedormoderateabilityto

accessfinancingflowshave,onaverage,ahigher

prevalenceofundernourishmentandstuntingin

childrenbelowfiveyearsofage,whereasahigheraverageofchildhoodoverweightisobservedin

countrieswithhighabilitytoaccessfinancingflows.Mostofthesecountriesareaffectedbyoneormoremajordriversoffoodinsecurityandmalnutrition,

withclimateextremesthemostcommonatalllevelsofabilitytoaccessfinancingflows.

Forcountrieswithlimitedabilitytoaccess

financingflows,grantsandconcessionalloansarethemostsuitableoptions,whilecountrieswithmoderateabilitycanincreasedomestictaxrevenues,linking

taxationtofoodsecurityandnutritionoutcomes.

Fosteringofcollaborativefinancingpartnerships

followingablendedfinanceapproachisessential,

astheleveloffinancialriskcanmakeothersourcesoffinancingtooexpensive.Countrieswithahigh

abilitytoaccessfinancingcanembedfoodsecurityandnutritionobjectivesininstrumentssuchasgreen,social,sustainableandsustainability-linkedbonds.

Thecurrentfoodsecurityandnutritionfinancingarchitectureishighlyfragmentedandneedstoshiftfromasiloedapproachtoamoreholisticperspective.Enhancedcoordinationamongactorsisneededon

whatisessentialconsideringnationalandlocalpolicypriorities.Tothataim,transparencyandharmonizingdatacollectionarecrucialforimprovingcoordinationandtargetingfinancingeffectively.

Donorsandotherinternationalactorsneedto

increasetheirrisktoleranceandbemoreinvolvedinde-riskingactivities,whilegovernmentsmustfillthegapsnotaddressedbyprivatecommercialactorsby

investinginpublicgoods,reducingcorruptionandtaxevasion,increasingfoodsecurityandnutrition

expenditureandconsideringrepurposingpolicysupport.

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FOREWORD

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chievingtheSustainableDevelopmentGoals(SDGs)istheresponsibilityofallcountries.Ourfiveorganizationssupporttransformativeeffortstoprogresstowardsaworldfreefromhunger,foodinsecurityandmalnutritioninallits

formsby2030.Weareencouragedbythecommitmentofnationalgovernments,partnersallovertheworldandtheglobalcommunitytowardsthiscommongoal.

Whilewehavemadesomeprogress,improvementshavebeenunevenandinsufficient.Wehaveseenimprovementinmorepopulouscountrieswithgrowingeconomies,

buthunger,foodinsecurityandmalnutritioncontinuetoincreaseinmanycountries

aroundtheworld.Thisisaffectingmillionsofpeopleespeciallyinruralareas,where

extremepovertyandfoodinsecurityremaindeeplyentrenched.Vulnerablepopulations,particularlywomen,youthandIndigenousPeoples,aredisproportionatelyaffected.

Acontinuationofthepasttrendsmeansthatby2030,millionsofpeoplewillstillbe

undernourished,millionsofchildrenwillstillbeaffectedbymalnutritioninitsdifferentforms,andtheworldwillstillbefallingshortofreachingtheglobalnutritiontargets.

Conflict,climatevariabilityandextremes,economicslowdownsanddownturns,lackof

accesstoandunaffordabilityofhealthydiets,unhealthyfoodenvironments,andhighandpersistentinequalitycontinuetodrivefoodinsecurityandmalnutritionallovertheworld.Thepoliciesandinvestmentsneededtotransformagrifoodsystemsandaddressthese

driversalongtherural–urbancontinuumhavebeenidentifiedinpreviouseditionsof

TheStateofFoodSecurityandNutritionintheWorld.Inpreparingforthisyear’sreport,wewantedtoaddressthereasonswhysuchpoliciesandinvestmentshavenotbeen

implementedatscale.

Acentralreasonisfinanceandfinancialinclusion,whichareamongthemeansofimplementationoftheSDGsandneedmoreconsistentpoliticalcommitment.

Thecountrieswiththehighestlevelsoffoodinsecurityandmultipleformsof

malnutrition,andaffectedbythemajordriversoftheseproblems,arethecountrieswiththeleastaccesstofinancing.

Ourfiveorganizationsarecommittedtotakingcomprehensivestockofhowmuch

financingforfoodsecurityandnutritionisavailableglobally,andhowmuchmoreis

neededtosupportthepoliciesandinvestmentsnecessarytoaddressallthecausesand

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themajordriversoffoodinsecurityandmalnutritionalongtherural–urbancontinuum.Thisreportprovidesadefinitionoffinancingforfoodsecurityandnutritionandthe

guidancetoimplementit.Tosupportsuchimplementation,ourfiveorganizationscommittoadvocatefor,andsupport,datadevelopmentforabetterglobalaccountingsystemof

financingforfoodsecurityandnutrition.

Estimatingthegapinfinancingforfoodsecurityandnutritionandmobilizinginnovativewaysoffinancingtobridgeitmustbeamongourtoppriorities.Policies,legislationand

interventionstoendhungerandensureallpeoplehaveaccesstosafe,nutritiousand

sufficientfood(SDGTarget2.1),andtoendallformsofmalnutrition(SDGTarget2.2)needsignificantresourcemobilization.Theyarenotonlyaninvestmentinthefuture,butourobligation.Westrivetoguaranteetherighttoadequatefoodandnutritionofcurrentandfuturegenerations.

Intherun-uptotheSummitoftheFuture2024,andtheFourthInternationalConferenceonFinancingforDevelopmentin2025,thethemeofthisyear’sreportisparticularly

timely.Wehopethatgovernments,partnersandstakeholderswillbeinspiredby,andactupon,thereport’sconcreterecommendationsonhowtosource,andmakebetteruseof,financingtoachieveZeroHunger.Wealsohopethatthecallsmadeinthisreportare

notedanddiscussedintherelevantintergovernmentalprocessessupportingthe

implementationofthe2030AgendaintheHigh-LevelPoliticalForumonSustainableDevelopment,includingtheFinancingforDevelopmentForum.

CatherineRussell

QuDongyu

FAODirector-General

AlvaroLario

UNICEFExecutiveDirector

IFADPresident

CindyHensleyMcCainTedrosAdhanomGhebreyesus

WFPExecutiveDirectorWHODirector-General

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CHAPTER1

INTRODUCTION

Thereverseinprogressandthe

persistentlyhighlevelsofhunger,

foodinsecurityandmalnutritionin

recentyearshaveputtheworldofftracktomeetSDGTargets2.1and2.2–toendhunger,foodinsecurityandallformsofmalnutritionby2030.Previouseditions

ofthisreporthaverepeatedly

highlightedtheintensificationofseveralmajordriversoffoodinsecurityand

malnutrition,specificallyconflict,climatevariabilityandextremes,andeconomicslowdownsand

downturns,combinedwiththe

well-establishedunderlyingfactorsthatcontributetofoodinsecurityand

malnutrition,suchaslackofaccesstoandunaffordabilityofhealthydiets,

unhealthyfoodenvironments,andhighandpersistentinequality.Notonlyarethesemajordriversincreasingin

frequencyandintensity,theyare

occurringconcurrentlymoreoften,

andincombinationwiththeunderlyingfactors,resultinginincreasingnumbersofhungryandfood-insecurepeople.

Dependingonthemajordriveror

combinationofdriversaffectingfoodsecurityandnutritioninacountry,addressingitwillrequireaportfolioofpoliciesacrosssixtransformativepathways,asoutlinedindetailin

TheStateofFoodSecurityandNutritionintheWorld2021.

Toattainthescaleofactionsneeded,sufficientlevelsofandequalaccesstofinancingtoaddressfoodsecurityandnutritionchallengesareessential.

Thethemeofthisyear’sreportfocuseson

thefinancingtomeetSDGTargets2.1and2.2–financingtoendhunger,

foodinsecurityandmalnutritioninallitsforms.n

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CHAPTER2

FOODSECURITYANDNUTRITIONAROUNDTHE

WORLD

2.1

FOODSECURITYINDICATORS:LATESTUPDATESAND

PROGRESSTOWARDSENDINGHUNGERANDENSURING

FOODSECURITY

KEYMESSAGES

Afterrisingsharplyfrom2019to2021,

globalhunger,measuredbytheprevalenceofundernourishment,haspersistedatnearlythesamelevelforthreeconsecutiveyears,still

affecting9.1percentofthepopulationin2023comparedwith7.5percentin2019.

Itisestimatedthatbetween713and

757millionpeople,correspondingto

8.9and9.4percentoftheglobalpopulation,

respectively,mayhavefacedhungerin2023.Consideringthemid-range(733million),thisisabout152millionmorepeoplethanin2019.

WhilehungerisstillontheriseinAfrica,

ithasremainedrelativelyunchangedinAsia,

andthereisnotableprogressinLatinAmerica.Africaremainstheregionwiththelargest

proportionofthepopulationfacinghunger

–20.4percent,comparedwith8.1percent

inAsia,6.2percentinLatinAmericaand

theCaribbean,and7.3percentinOceania.

However,Asiaisstillhometomorethanhalfofallthosefacinghungerintheworld.

Itisprojectedthat582millionpeoplewillbechronicallyundernourishedattheendofthedecade,revealingthedauntingchallengeofachievingtheSustainableDevelopment

GoalofZeroHunger.By2030,AfricawillreplaceAsiaastheregionaccountingformorethanhalftheundernourishedpeopleintheworld.

Goingbeyondhunger,theprevalenceofmoderateorseverefoodinsecurityremainsabovepre-COVID-19pandemiclevels,

withlittlechangeinfouryears.In2023,anestimated28.9percentoftheglobal

population–2.33billionpeople–were

moderatelyorseverelyfoodinsecure,

meaningtheydidnothaveregularaccesstoadequatefood.

Theprevalenceofmoderateorsevere

foodinsecurityremainedvirtuallyunchangedinAfrica,Asia,andNorthernAmericaand

Europefrom2022to2023,anditworsenedinOceania.Incontrast,notableprogress

occurredinLatinAmerica.

Foodinsecurityaffectswomenmorethanmen,althoughthegendergapgrewsmallerin

2023.Globally,thepercentage-pointdifferenceintheprevalenceofmoderateorseverefood

insecuritybetweenmenandwomenfellfrom3.6in2021to2.3in2022andnarrowed

furtherto1.3in2023.Theprevalenceoffoodinsecurityisalsoconsistentlyhigherinrural

areasthaninurbanareas,whiletheprevalenceinperi-urbanareascomparedtoruralareas

differsamongregions.

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CHAPTER2

FIGURE1GLOBALHUNGERROSESHARPLYFROM2019TO2021ANDPERSISTEDATTHESAMELEVELTO2023

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Theassessmentofglobalhungerin2023,

measuredbytheprevalenceof

undernourishment(SDGIndicator2.1.1)revealsacontinuinglackofprogress

towardsthegoalofZeroHunger.After

risingsharplyfrom2019to2021,the

proportionoftheworldpopulationfacinghungerpersistedatvirtuallythesame

levelforthreeconsecutiveyears,withthelatestestimatesindicatingaglobal

prevalenceofundernourishment

of9.1percentin2023.Intermsof

population,between713and757millionpeople(8.9and9.4percentoftheglobalpopulation,respectively)wereestimatedtobeundernourishedin2023.

Consideringthemid-rangeestimate

(733million),about152millionmorepeoplemayhavefacedhungerin2023comparedto2019(Figure1).

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Africaistheregionwiththelargest

percentageofthepopulationfacing

hunger–20.4percent,comparedwith8.1percentinAsia,6.2percentin

LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean,

and7.3percentinOceania.However,Asiaisstillhometothelargest

number:384.5million,ormorethanhalfofallthosefacinghungerintheworld.InAfrica,298.4millionpeoplemayhavefacedhungerin2023,

comparedwith41.0millionin

LatinAmericaandtheCaribbean,

and3.3millioninOceania.Thereisacleartrendofrisingprevalenceof

undernourishmentinAfrica,whereasprogressisbeingmadeinLatin

AmericaandtheCaribbean,anditisrelativelyunchangedinAsia.

Inallregions,theprevalenceofundernourishmentisstillabovepre-COVID-19pandemiclevels.

Updatedprojectionsshowthat

582millionpeoplewillbechronicallyundernourishedin2030,pointingtotheimmensechallengeofachievingSDG2(ZeroHunger).Thisisabout

130millionmoreundernourished

peoplethaninascenariothat

reflectedtheworldeconomybeforethepandemic.By2030,53percentoftheglobalpopulationfacinghungerwillbeconcentratedinAfrica.

Goingbeyondhunger,theglobal

prevalenceofmoderateorseverefoodinsecurity(SDGIndicator2.1.2)also

remainsfarabovepre-pandemic

levels,withlittlechangeinfouryears,afterthesharpincreasefrom2019to

2020duringthepandemic.In2023,anestimated28.9percentoftheglobal

population–2.33billionpeople–weremoderatelyorseverelyfoodinsecure,meaningtheydidnothaveregular

accesstoadequatefood.These

estimatesinclude10.7percentofthe

population–ormorethan864millionpeople–whowereseverelyfood

insecure,meaningtheyhadrunoutoffoodattimesduringtheyearand,at

worst,goneanentiredayormore

withouteating.Theprevalenceof

severefoodinsecurityattheglobal

levelrosefrom9.1percentin