Global hunger index 2022 pdf

We span a broad range of activities, bringing life-saving assistance in emergencies and supporting sustainable and resilient livelihoods to achieve a world with zero hunger. • • About hunger • • • • • Saving lives • • • • • • Changing lives • • • • • • • • • • • • Supporting governments • • • • Innovation and digital transformation • • We work in 123 countries and territories, combining emergency assistance with long-term development while adapting our activities to the context and challenges of each location and its people. • • Countries • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Emergencies • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • The 2022 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC 2022) highlights the remarkably high severity and numbers of people in Crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) or equivalent in 53 countries/territories, driven by persistent conflict, pre-existing and COVID-19-related economic shocks, and weather extremes. The number identified in the 2022 edition is the highest in the report’s six-year existence. The report is produced by the Global Network against Food Crises (which includes WFP), an international alliance working to address the root causes of extreme hunger. Download "Global Report on Food Crises - 2022" PDF | 19.42 MB

A humanitarian riddle: Hunger is a pretty simple concept. But it’s also an incredibly complex concept. You may know, for instance, that one out of every nine people are living at some level of food insecurity. But what is food insecurity? Is that the same as malnutrition? When is a famine a famine? And how many people are facing these issues? Here, we cover both numbers and the meaning behind them. In addition to some world hunger facts and figures for 2022, this piece also includes a quick primer to some of the most frequently asked questions and frequently used terms that we use around global hunger — and why their definitions matter for the work that we do. “Around 193 million people were acutely food insecure last year; this will only get worse, with the impacts of the Ukraine conflict on food costs and availability and one of the worst droughts in 40 years in the Horn of Africa.” — Anushree Rao, Director of Advocacy, Policy, and Campaigns, Concern UK World Hunger Facts and Figures For 2022 • The 828 million hungry people. • This number represents an increase of approximately 150 million hungry peoplesince the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. • In July of 2022, the 345 million were experiencing acutehunger (more on that below). • The number of acutely hungry people in the world increased by 25% in just three months. This increase in global • That 828 million isn't the largest figure for world hunger: The FAO estimates that there are 2.3 billion people facing less ex...

Action Against Hunger leads the global movement to end hunger. We innovate solutions, advocate for change, and reach 28 million people every year with proven hunger prevention and treatment programs. As a nonprofit that works across 55 countries, our 8,900 dedicated staff members partner with communities to address the root causes of hunger, including climate change, conflict, inequity, and emergencies. We strive to create a world free from hunger, for everyone, for good.

Details In five countries – Central African Republic, Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo, Madagascar, Yemen - hunger is at an alarming level. In some countries, there is insufficient data to calculate a GHI score. But based on other known data, four more countries - Burundi, Somalia, South Sudan and Syria – have been provisionally identified as alarming. In another 35 countries, hunger levels are classified as serious, according to this year's GHI scores.