The State of

Food InsecurIty in the World 2012

There are 130 million fewer hungry people today than there were 20 years ago

1/8

One in eight people goes to sleep

hungry every day

The Millennium Development Goal 1 hunger target, halving the proportion of hungry people in developing countries by 2015, is still within reach

HUN GER

Countries and the international community must do more to fight hunger: invest in farmers and agriculture and create jobs and safety nets for the poorest       

Countries

Asia and Latin America have reduced the number of hungry people, while the hunger is on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa

number of hungry declining in asia and Latin america

number of hungry rising in

sub-Saharan africa

Internatio

nal

partners

2015MdG 1:MdG

target

20151990-92 99-01 04-06 07-09 10-12

23.3%

18.3%16.8%

15.5% 14.9%

2010-121990-92

870 million hungry people

worldwide

-130 million

1000m

870m

11.6%