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Global Hunger Rate Falls in 2024 as South America and South Asia Drive Recovery

The U.N. warns that ongoing crises threaten to erode early progress

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FILE - Newly arrived Somalis, displaced by a drought, receive food distributions at makeshift camps in the Tabelaha area on the outskirts of Mogadishu, Somalia on March 30, 2017. (AP Photo/Farah Abdi Warsameh, File)
A group of people wait to be served food, Gaza, Palestine. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo
Residents pick up free groceries and clothes at La Colaborativa's food pantry in Chelsea, Massachusetts, U.S., July 1, 2025. REUTERS/Brian Snyder/File Photo

Overview

  • The 2024 SOFI report shows hunger prevalence fell to 8.2% from 8.5% in 2023, marking the first drop since before the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Improved food access in South America and Southern Asia, supported by robust social protection programs, underpinned the global decline.
  • Africa recorded over 307 million chronically undernourished people in 2024, with hunger more widespread than two decades ago.
  • Maximo Torero cautioned that intensifying conflicts could drive hunger back up in regions such as Gaza and Sudan.
  • Projected nutrition aid cuts of up to 45% in 2025 risk undermining critical programs for millions of children.