The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) is the world’s largest humanitarian organisation, saving lives in emergencies and using food assistance to build a pathway to peace, stability and prosperity for people recovering from conflict, disasters and the impact of climate change.

Last week, the WFP launched its 2025 Global Outlook report, offering an update on global food security in the countries where it operates and has data available. The report outlines WFP’s operational requirements to support target populations, categorised by country, region, and focus area, and provides an overview of its plans to tackle hunger in 2025.

The report highlights that acute hunger is once again on the rise, impacting 343 million people across 74 countries where the World Food Programme (WFP) operates and collects data. An estimated 1.9 million individuals are teetering on the edge of famine, predominantly in Gaza and Sudan—where famine was officially declared in one area in July—along with parts of South Sudan, Haiti, and Mali. For 2025, the WFP requires US$16.9 billion to provide critical assistance to 123 million of the most vulnerable people facing food insecurity worldwide.

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