09.08.2023
122 Million More People Were Hungry in 2022, Bringing The Total to 813 Million
The number of people facing hunger around the world has increased by more than 122 million from 2019, according to the newly released annual State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report, This translates into roughly 9.2 percent of the global population experiencing hunger (measured as prevalence of undernourishment) in 2022, up from 7.9 percent prior to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, nearly 30 percent of the global population faced moderate to severe food insecurity in 2022 and 42 percent were unable to afford a healthy diet in 2021. These trends pose significant challenges for the Sustainable Development Goal of ending hunger by 2030, with the report estimating that nearly 600 million people around the world will be chronically hungry by that time. As in previous years, Africa remains the region hardest hit by hunger. Nearly 20 percent of the region’s population was hungry in 2022, compared to 8.5 percent in Asia and 6.5 percent in Latin America and the Caribbean. While hunger rates declined in Asia and Latin America in 2022, rates continued to rise in all sub-regions of Africa. The 2023 report highlights the impact of both the COVID-19 pandemic and associated market disruptions and the war in Ukraine on global food security and nutrition trends. Credit: FAO
Poverty deprives people of adequate education, health care and of life's most basic necessities- safe living conditions (including clean air and clean drinking water) and an adequate food supply. The developed (industrialized) countries today account for roughly 20 percent of the world's population but control about 80 percent of the world's wealth.
Poverty and pollution seem to operate in a vicious cycle that, so far, has been hard to break. Even in the developed nations, the gap between the rich and the poor is evident in their respective social and environmental conditions.
Poverty and pollution seem to operate in a vicious cycle that, so far, has been hard to break. Even in the developed nations, the gap between the rich and the poor is evident in their respective social and environmental conditions.
