Posted on 13 June 2022
Globally, levels of hunger are alarmingly high. In 2021, they surpassed all previous records that were reported by the Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC); close to 193 million people are acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance across 53 countries/territories, according to the findings of the GRFC 2022. This represents an increase of nearly 40 million people compared to the previous high reached in 2020.
The outlook for global acute food insecurity in 2022 is expected to deteriorate further relative to 2021. In particular, the unfolding war in Ukraine is likely to exacerbate food insecurity, given that the repercussions of the war on global food, energy and fertilizer prices and supplies have not yet been factored into most country-level projection analyses.