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  • Publication | 2025

Afghanistan: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for March - April 2025 and Projection for May - October 2025

Global Food and Nutrition Security

In the current period (March to April 2025), an estimated 12.6 million people (27 percent of the total population of 46 million people) faced high levels of acute food insecurity classified in IPC Phase 3 and above (Crisis or worse) and are in urgent need of humanitarian food assistance. Of these, about 1.95 million people (4 percent of the total population) are classified in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) and around 10.64 million people (23 percent of the total population) are in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis). The situation is mainly driven by a fragile economy, a significant cut in humanitarian assistance compared to 2024, and environmental disasters, notably flooding and drought. An improvement is expected during the projection period (May to October 2025), with an estimated 9.52 million people (21 percent of the population) classified in IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse). This includes 1.6 million people (4 percent of the total population) classified in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) and around 7.93 million (17 percent of the total population) classified in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis). The significant expected improvement between May and October, which also coincides with the harvest season, is due to key factors including the compounded positive effect of humanitarian assistance, including both food assistance and agricultural support to the most vulnerable families, favourable climate conditions, and more agricultural labour opportunities.