The World Bank has said that last year's State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World report found that up to 733 million people globally suffered from malnutrition in 2023, an increase of 152 million since 2019.
This sharp rise, according to the World Bank, underscores the escalating crisis of hunger and food insecurity worldwide.
It noted that hidden hunger is affecting 2.8 billion people.
The same report concluded that rising food prices and income inequality have led to 2.8 billion people being unable to afford a healthy diet in 2022, contributing to what is termed as "hidden hunger." Rising food prices disproportionately affect poorer households which spend a greater proportion of their incomes on food, it said in a report titled "Five alarming statistics on global hunger". "World food prices have declined from their 2022 peaks, but price dynamics will remain a key determinant of food security in 2025.
