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  • Publication | 2024

Honduras: Acute Food Insecurity Situation for December 2023 - February 2024 and Projections for March - May 2024 and June - August 2024

Global Food and Nutrition Security

About 1.8 million people (18 percent of the population analysed) experienced high levels of acute food insecurity, classified in IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse) between December 2023 and February 2024, including approximately 174,000 people in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency) and 1.6 million people in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis).

Low income, coupled with high food prices is putting pressure on the poorest households – reducing their purchasing power and driving food insecurity. Additionally. the unemployment rate in the country is high, with 57.3 percent of the workforce unemployed or underemployed (due to insufficient work time or income).

The situation in the first projected period (March to May 2024) is projected to see a slight increase in the population in IPC Phase 3 or above, reaching a total of 1.8 million people. The situation is expected to deteriorate in the second projection period (June to August 2024) in line with the seasonal hunger period. Nearly 1.9 million people (19 percent of the population analysed) are projected to be in IPC Phase 3 or above, including 226,000 people in Phase 4.