UN Addresses Hunger Crisis in Africa
(MENAFN) The United Nations has issued a warning about a deteriorating hunger situation across Africa, with its most recent estimates on food insecurity indicating that over 1 billion individuals—approximately two-thirds of the continent’s population—will be unable to afford a nutritious diet in 2024.
These conclusions were shared in the UN’s State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2025) report, published on Monday.
The report was prepared by several agencies, including the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Program (WFP), and the World Health Organization (WHO).
It offers an analysis of worldwide patterns and progress in combating hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition.
The document reveals that approximately 8.2% of the global population, equating to about 673 million people, suffered from hunger in 2024.
This figure marks a slight decrease from 8.5% in 2023 and 8.7% in 2022.
However, this trend contrasts sharply with the increasing hunger rates observed in most parts of Africa and western Asia.
“The proportion of the population facing hunger in Africa surpassed 20 percent in 2024, affecting 307 million people,” the report highlights.
Future projections suggest that nearly 60% of individuals likely to be chronically undernourished by 2030 will reside in Africa.
A significant concern is the growing number of people who cannot afford a healthy diet on the continent, rising from 864 million in 2019 to more than 1 billion in 2024.
Meanwhile, the global count of people unable to afford nutritious food has decreased slightly, falling from 2.76 billion to 2.6 billion.
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