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UN report shows global hunger falls to 645 million, Africa remains hardest hit

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization released its State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 (SOFI 2026) report, finding that the number of people suffering from hunger fell to 645 million in 2025 – 7.8 % of the global population – marking the third consecutive year of decline. While overall numbers improved, the progress is uneven. Africa now carries the greatest absolute burden, with about 309 million people under‑nourished and a prevalence of roughly 20 % of the population, and the region also faces rising food‑price pressure and climate‑related shocks. Latin America and the Caribbean reduced the prevalence of sub‑nutrition to 4.8 % (about 32 million people), with notable advances in Brazil, which stayed below the 2.5 % “hunger‑map” threshold and saw severe food‑insecurity fall to 0.6 % of the population. Venezuela cut its under‑nourished population from 2.1 million to 1.5 million, and the Dominican Republic achieved a sub‑nutrition rate under 2.5 %, officially exiting the global hunger map. The report also highlighted that 150 million children under five remain chronically malnourished worldwide, a modest decline since 2012 but far from the target of 108 million by 2030. Other concerns include rising adult obesity, increasing costs of a healthy diet, and the threat that conflicts such as the war in the Middle East could undermine further gains.

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