Overview

• The 2025 Global Report on Food Crises confirms 295.3 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2024, the highest level recorded in six years of consecutive increases.
• Nearly two million people in Gaza, Sudan, and South Sudan are experiencing catastrophic food insecurity, marking a doubling of those in the most severe hunger category since 2023.
• Famine was declared in Sudan's Zamzam IDP camp in July 2024 and later confirmed in five additional regions, the first famine findings globally since 2017.
• Pakistan faces a growing food crisis, with 11 million people in flood-affected rural districts facing acute hunger and 2.1 million children under five suffering from acute malnutrition.
• Humanitarian food aid is under threat as funding for food-related initiatives is projected to decline by 45%, jeopardizing both emergency responses and long-term resilience-building efforts.