Trapped in “hunger hotspots”

The number of people facing acute food insecurity has soared from 135 million in 2019 to 345 million. More than 150 million people face food insecurity in 17 African and Asian hunger hotspots


People facing acute food insecurity, 2022
(millions, proportion of population)


AFRICA
MALI 8%
NIGER 18%
CHAD 13%
SUDAN 13%
SOUTH SUDAN 63%
BURKINA FASO 16% 
NIGERIA 12%
D.R. CONGO 25%
ANGOLA 58%
ETHIOPIA 30% 
SOMALIA 38% 
KENYA 23%
MOZAMBIQUE 10%

SYRIA 60%
AFGHANISTAN 45%
LEBANON 45%
YEMEN 60%

152.4m facing food insecurity


Levels of insecurity
Moderate 
Severe
Crisis 
Emergency
Famine

D.R. Congo 	20.5 5.4 	25.9m
Nigeria 	18.3 1.2	19.5m
Yemen 		11.7 7.1 0.2	19.0m
Afghanistan 	12.9 6.0	18.9m
Syria 		9.5 2.5		12.0m
Ethiopia 	12.1 4.3 0.4	16.8m
South Sudan 	4.8 2.9  	7.7m
Somalia 	4.2 1.7 	5.9m
Sudan 		4.6 1.3 	5.9m
Niger 		4.0 0.4		4.4m
Kenya 		2.7 0.8		3.5m
Burkina Faso	2.8 0.6		3.4m
Lebanon 	2.3 0.1		2.4m
Chad 		2.0 0.1		2.1m 
Mali 		1.7 0.3 	2.0m
Angola 		1.2 0.4 	1.6m
Mozambique 	1.4 0.02	1.4m
 

Source: “Hunger Hotspots” – UN FAO, World Food Programme
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