Global hunger falls across continents as UN warns of climate, trade threats
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Rome: Global hunger fell for the third year in a row in 2025, with gains seen across all continents, but the United Nations cautioned that climate shocks, conflicts, and delays in global trade could jeopardise further progress.
According to the United Nations' State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 study, approximately 645 million people, or 7.8% of the world's population, were hungry last year, down from 8.1% in 2024 and 8.6% in 2022.
According to the report, hunger levels have improved in Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean, but Africa still has the biggest absolute number of hungry people, with an estimated 309 million impacted by 2025. Approximately 2.1 billion individuals worldwide experienced moderate or severe food insecurity.
The UN agencies warned that recent developments might be reversed by extreme weather, climate change, conflicts, increased energy and fertiliser costs, trade disruptions, and reductions in humanitarian financing. According to the estimate, 510–520 million people may face hunger by 2030 as a result of the violence in the Middle East.
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