Hunger afflicts one in ten globally, UN report finds

As many as 783 million people faced hunger worldwide in 2022 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including in Ukraine, according to a study launched by five United Nations agencies on Wednesday.

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Hunger afflicts one in ten globally, UN report finds
Hunger afflicts one in ten globally, UN report finds

Hunger afflicts one in ten globally, UN report finds

12 Jul 2023

As many as 783 million people faced hunger worldwide in 2022 in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, repeated weather shocks and conflicts, including in Ukraine, according to a study launched by five United Nations agencies on Wednesday.

Rapid poverty reduction in some countries, data missing in many others

Rapid poverty reduction in some countries, data missing in many others

11 Jul 2023

Twenty five countries, including some of the world’s biggest economies, have halved their poverty indices, but lack of post-COVID-19 pandemic data obscures the situation facing almost a billion people globally, a new United Nations-University of Oxford study has found. 

155 million faced acute food insecurity in 2020, conflict the key driver

05 May 2021

At least 155 million people faced crisis levels of food insecurity in 2020 because of conflict, extreme weather events and economic shocks linked in part to COVID-19, a UN-partnered flagship report said on Wednesday.