The United Nations says that despite the relative reduction in hunger, the world is still far from achieving the goal of “zero hunger” by 2030, and if current trends continue, more than 600 million people will face hunger that year.
According to the organization, about 673 million people, equivalent to 8.2 percent of the world’s population, faced hunger in 2024, a figure that has decreased from 8.5 percent in 2023 and 8.7 percent in 2022.
The UN also said that in 2024, about 2.3 billion people faced moderate or severe food insecurity, lacking regular access to enough food at some point in the year.
The organization considers conflicts, climate change, the Covid-19 pandemic, and increasing inequalities to be the main factors exacerbating hunger, and has emphasized investing in agriculture, strengthening food systems, and expanding social protection to achieve the goal of “zero hunger.”
