THE COUNTRIES SUFFERING THE MOST FROM HUNGER
More than 30 million people in 22 countries and territories are facing severe food crises and are on the brink of famine unless they receive immediate life-saving assistance, according to the latest Hunger Hotspots report by FAO and the World Food Programme.
Conflict, economic downturns, inequality and climatic disasters such as droughts and floods are major drivers of global food insecurity.
Countries where hunger is most severe
BURKINA FASO
Increasing conflict in Burkina Faso is driving up food prices, pushing thousands of people into food insecurity and more than 40,000 into famine.
MALI
Mali, which already had high levels of acute food insecurity, is experiencing an escalation of violent conflict, causing hunger to increase further. For the first time, thousands of people are suffering from "catastrophic" levels of hunger.
SOUTH SUDAN
In South Sudan, widespread flooding, conflict and a weak economy may intensify the hunger crisis in the world's newest nation. An estimated 40,000 people are struggling to survive in famine conditions.
OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY
Between December 2023 and February 2024, at the height of the conflict, the entire population (about 2.2 million people) is estimated to be facing high levels of acute food insecurity, including more than half a million people in the most critical situation on the food insecurity scale.
Hotspots and countries with worrying levels of hunger:
- Afghanistan
- Burkina Faso
- Chad
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Djibouti
- El Salvador
- Ethiopia
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Guatemala