Overview

• IBGE’s 2024 PNAD shows households with any food insecurity fell from 21.1 million to 18.9 million, lowering the share to 24.2% from 27.6% in 2023.
• Severe hunger affected about 6.48 million people in 2024, with severe insecurity dropping to 3.2% of households, or roughly 2.5 million homes.
• All categories declined year over year, with mild at 16.4%, moderate at 4.5% and severe at 3.2% of households.
• Moderate-or-severe prevalence fell to 7.7%, the lowest since 2004, a trend consistent with FAO’s removal of Brazil from the Map of Hunger.
• Gaps remain: North and Northeast show the highest rates, rural areas fare worse than urban, and insecurity concentrates in homes led by women and Black or Pardo Brazilians; most states improved, though Roraima, the Federal District, Amapá and Tocantins worsened.