The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025

About the report

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2025 is the flagship report of five UN agencies — FAO, IFAD, UNICEF, WFP and WHO. The 2025 edition examines the causes and consequences of the 2021–2023 food price surge and its impact on food security and nutrition.

Global hunger

An estimated 8.2% of the global population — about 673 million people — faced hunger in 2024, down from 8.5% in 2023 and 8.7% in 2022, though still above pre-pandemic levels. Hunger continued to rise in most of Africa (20.2% of the population, 307 million people) and in Western Asia (12.7%), while improving in Southern Asia and Latin America.

Food insecurity and affordability

About 2.3 billion people were moderately or severely food insecure in 2024 (28.0% of the population). The average cost of a healthy diet rose to 4.46 PPP dollars per person per day in 2024. Despite higher prices, the number unable to afford a healthy diet fell to 2.60 billion in 2024, but rose in Africa to just over 1 billion and in low-income countries to 545 million.

Nutrition and outlook

Child stunting fell to 23.2% in 2024, while anaemia among women aged 15–49 rose to 30.7% (2023) and adult obesity to 15.8% (2022). The report projects 512 million people could still be undernourished by 2030 — nearly 60% in Africa — underscoring the gap to SDG 2 (Zero Hunger).

Original link: https://doi.org/10.4060/cd6008en