The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new United Nations report.
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The number of people affected by hunger globally rose to as many as 828 million in 2021, an increase of about 46 million since 2020 and 150 million since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic (1), according to a United Nations report that provides fresh evidence that the world is moving further away from its goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms by 2030.
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The numbers paint a grim picture:
As many as 828 million people were affected by hunger in 2021 – 46 million people more from a year earlier and 150 million more from 2019.
After remaining relatively unchanged since 2015, the proportion of people affected by hunger jumped in 2020 and continued to rise in 2021, to 9.8% of the world population. This compares with 8% in 2019 and 9.3% in 2020.
Around 2.3 billion people in the world (29.3%) were moderately or severely food insecure in 2021 – 350 million more compared to before the outbreak of the COVID‑19 pandemic. Nearly 924 million people (11.7% of the global population) faced food insecurity at severe levels, an increase of 207 million in two years.
The gender gap in food insecurity continued to rise in 2021 - 31.9% of women in the world were moderately or severely food insecure, compared to 27.6% of men – a gap of more than 4 percentage points, compared with 3 percentage points in 2020.
Almost 3.1 billion people could not afford a healthy diet in 2020, up 112 million from 2019, reflecting the effects of inflation in consumer food prices stemming from the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures put in place to contain it.
An estimated 45 million children under the age of five were suffering from wasting, the deadliest form of malnutrition, which increases children’s risk of death by up to 12 times. Furthermore, 149 million children under the age of five had stunted growth and development due to a chronic lack of essential nutrients in their diets, while 39 million were overweight.
Progress is being made on exclusive breastfeeding, with nearly 44% of infants under 6 months of age being exclusively breastfed worldwide in 2020. This is still short of the 50% target by 2030. Of great concern, 2 in 3 children are not fed the minimum diverse diet they need to grow and develop to their full potential.
Looking forward, projections are that nearly 670 million people (8% of the world population) will still be facing hunger in 2030 – even if a global economic recovery is taken into consideration. This is a similar number to 2015, when the goal of ending hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition by the end of this decade was launched under the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.
(https://www.who.int/news/item/06-07-2022-un-report--global-hunger-numbers-rose-to-as-many-as-828-million-in-2021) . Acessed 8 jul 2022.
From Associação Brasileira de Saúde Coletiva (ABRASCO):
Carta Final do I Encontro Nacional Contra a Fome:
(https://www.abrasco.org.br/site/noticias/carta-final-do-l-encontro-nacional-contra-a-fome/66929/). Acessed 8 jul 2022.
O Brasil tem hoje 33 milhões de pessoas que passam fome. Esse é um cenário inadmissível para um país conhecido como potência agrícola e por ter saído do mapa da fome da FAO das Nações Unidas em 2014.
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O cenário atual no Brasil:
6 de cada 10 pessoas, ou 125 milhões da nossa população, enfrentam diariamente dificuldades para se alimentarem e 12% dela vive em situação de Insegurança Hídrica.
Pessoas negras, mulheres, povos originários, povos e comunidades tradicionais são a maioria entre as formas mais severas de insegurança alimentar e nutricional.
O racismo, o patriarcado, a discriminação e as desigualdades são estruturais na constituição e história do nosso país.
A violência urbana e rural, dirigida aos defensores de direitos, população negra e indígena, atingiu níveis alarmantes.
(https://www.abrasco.org.br/site/noticias/carta-final-do-l-encontro-nacional-contra-a-fome/66929/). Acessed 8 jul 2022.
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