Number of undernourished/hungry people worldwide 2000-2021
Recent years have seen an increase in the amount of people suffering from undernourishment. This is a reversal of the trend which had seen declining numbers till 2014. Between 2019 to 2021, about 702.7 million people were undernourished around the world. Undernourishment is defined as the status of persons, whose food intake regularly provides less than their minimum energy requirements.
