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An estimated 673 million people worldwide experienced hunger in 2024, representing about 8.2 % of the global population.

This reflects the joint State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World.

Around 318 million people are estimated to face acute levels of food insecurity in 2025, conditions of severe food stress where life and livelihoods are at risk.

Of these, ≈41 million are at Emergency levels (IPC Phase 4+) or worse, including areas approaching famine conditions.

Around 295 million people in 2024 faced acute hunger in 53 crisis-affected countries. Up ~13.7 million from 2023.

About 2.3 billion people experienced moderate or severe food insecurity in 2024, meaning they lacked reliable access to nutritious food.

An estimated ≈2.6 billion people could not afford a healthy diet in 2024, fewer than earlier pandemic peaks, but still extremely high.

Current global nutrition data (SOFI 2025) shows ongoing concern for children under five:

~23.2% of children under 5 were stunted (low height for age) in 2024 — a decline from prior years but still widespread.

~6.6% of children under 5 were wasted (low weight for height) in 2024 (wasting reflects acute malnutrition).

Childhood overweight also persisted at around 5.5% of under-5s.

REFUGEES, MIGRANTS and ASYLUM SEEKERS CRISIS

Approximately 117.3 million people worldwide were forcibly displaced by mid-2025 due to conflict, persecution, violence, human rights violations and other causes.

UNHCR forecasts that the total could reach ~139.3 million early in 2026, reflecting continued conflict and displacement pressures across many regions.

As of June 2025, about 67.8 million people remained internally displaced worldwide.

Internal displacement remains concentrated in multiple conflict zones, including Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Colombia, Myanmar, Ukraine, and Haiti.

There are over 42.5 million refugees globally as of late 2025.

This includes refugees under UNHCR’s mandate and excludes certain other protection categories (e.g., statistics published separately by UNRWA for Palestine refugees).

Asylum-seekers: Millions around the world are registered as asylum-seekers, awaiting legal protection status, though exact current global totals vary by source and update cycles.

Other People in Need of International Protection: Includes populations facing severe threats but not formally recognized yet as refugees.

5 persons becomes displaced every 1 second

67.80 MILLION are internally displaced people

43.00 MILLION are refugees

9.00 MILLION are asylum-seekers

Sources: UNHCR, UNICE, Eurostat

WORLD POVERTY IS A DISASTER

Source: SOFI 2025) report by FAO, WFP, WHO, UNICEF, and IFAD

Children, live in extreme poverty

people worldwide
are hungry

Around 360 to 390 million out of the 673 million hungry people are women and girls

~8,000 children every day DIE from hunger-related causes worldwide

people, lived below the $2.15 per day poverty line in 2025

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1.05 to 1.3 billion tonnes of food are lost or wasted annually globally

FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY AND HUNGER IN THE WORLD

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Children

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Stateless people in Europe

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Unaccompanied child
asylum applicants
(EU+, 2024)

In 2022, 158,685 children seeking protection were registered in Europe.
By 2024, this had increased to ≈244,905 an approximate +54% rise over two years.

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Children have been born as refugees in Europe
(EU+ countries including Tόrkiye) since 2011, and are alive today.

Forcibly displaced children are currently hosted across Europe (EU+ countries and Turkey)

Refugee & Migrant Children in Europe