According to the Global Report on Food crises (GRFC), in 2021, almost 40 million people were facing a food Emergency. 193 million people are acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance across 53 countries/territories.
Acute food insecurity overview- 2021
- 193M people in 53 countries/territories were in Crisis or worse
- 570 000 people in 4 countries were in Catastrophe
- 39.2M people in 36 countries were in Emergency
- 133.1M people in 41 countries were in Crisis
- 236.2M people in 41 countries are in stress
Hunger remains alarmingly high
In 2021, almost 40 million people were facing Emergency or worse conditions, across 36 countries. Over half a million people face starvation and death in four countries: Ethiopia, South Sudan, southern Madagascar, and Yemen. The number of people facing these dire conditions is four times than in 2020 and seven times higher than in 2016.
Globally, levels of hunger remain alarmingly high. In 2021, they surpassed all previous records as reported by the Global Report on Food Crises. 193 million people are acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance across 53 countries/territories.
Highest food Insecurity in last six years
In 2021, around 193 million people were in Crisis or worse or equivalent in 53 countries/territories. It is an increase of nearly 40 million people since 2020 and the highest number in the report’s six-year existence. The global figure identified in the 2022 edition is the highest in the report’s six-year existence, exceeding the previous five-year high reported in the GRFC 2021 by nearly 25 percent.
Global Report on Food Crises
A grim outlook for 2022
The situation would be worse in 2022. In 41 out of the 53 countries/territories, between 179 million and 181 million people would be in Crisis. For most of the world’s major food crises, acute food insecurity to persist at similar levels to 2021 or increase.
