Facts About Hunger and Poverty

World Population

• 6.8 billion¹

World Hunger

• 925 million people do not have enough to eat — more than the populations of USA, Canada and the European Union combined.²

• 98% of the world's undernourished people live in developing countries.²

• Two-thirds of the world's hungry live in just 7 countries: Bangladesh, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia and Pakistan.²
• Where is hunger the worst?
  • Asia and the Pacific: 578 million³
  • Sub-Saharan Africa: 239 million³
  • Latin America and the Caribbean: 53 million³
  • Near East and North Africa: 37 million³
  • Developed countries: 19 million³

Aiming at the very heart of hunger, The Hunger Project is currently committed to work inBangladesh, Benin, Burkina Faso, Ethiopia, India, Ghana, Malawi, Mexico, Mozambique,Peru, Senegal and Uganda.

Sources:

1. US Census Bureau, International Data Base
2. FAO News Release, 2010
3. FAO FAQs on Hunger, 2010