Is world hunger falling?
As of 2024, chronic hunger worldwide is 8.2%: −4.5 pts since 2000.
Why it changed
Two things are true at once: rising farm productivity, incomes, and food-security and social-protection programs widened access to food, cutting the share from about 13% in 2000 to 8.2%. And roughly 1 in 12 people, about 673 million, still face chronic hunger, and the rate is still above its 7.5% pre-pandemic level.
Source · Our World in Data (FAO, SOFI 2025) CC-BY 4.0 (Our World in Data) Last reviewed 2026-06-30
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What is the source for this number?
Our World in Data (FAO, SOFI 2025). Last reviewed 2026-06-30 — CC-BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
How has this changed since 2000?
−4.5 pts since 2000. As of 2024, chronic hunger worldwide stands at 8.2%.
What still isn’t solved?
Roughly 1 in 12 people, about 673 million, still face chronic hunger, and the rate is still above its 7.5% pre-pandemic level.