1. 842 million people in the world do not have enough to eat. This
number has fallen by 156 million since 1990.
2. The vast majority of hungry people (827 million)
live in developing countries,
where 14.3 percent of the population is undernourished.
3. Asia has the largest share of the world's hungry people (some 552 million) but the trend is
downward.
4. If women farmers had the same access to resources as
men, the number of hungry in the world could be reduced by up to 150 million.
5. Poor nutrition causes nearly half
(45%) of deaths in children under five
- 3.1 million children each year.
6. One out of six children -- roughly 100 million
-- in developing countries is underweight.
7. One in four of the world's children are
stunted. In developing
countries the proportion can rise to one in three.
8. 80 percent of the world's stunted children live in just
20 countries.
9. 66 million primary school-age children
attend classes hungry across
the developing world, with 23 million in Africa alone.
10. WFP calculates that US$3.2
billion is needed per year to
reach all 66 million hungry school-age children.
Source: World Food Programme (WFP).
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