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  • Publication | 2024

WFP 2025 Global Outlook

Global Food and Nutrition Security

Key findings:

WFP's flagship 2025 Global Outlook shows that 343 million people across 74 countries are acutely food insecure, a 10 per cent increase from last year and just shy of the record hit during the pandemic.

WFP needs US$16.9 billion to assist 123 million of the hungriest people in 2025.

Regional outlook and priorities:

  • In Asia and the Pacific, where 88 million people struggle under the devastating effects of acute hunger, WFP will require US$2.5 billion to respond to crises and enhance further shock-responsive social protection and anticipatory action initiatives.
  • With over 170 million acutely insecure people, Sub-SaharanAfrica accounts for 50 percent of WFP’s projected funding needs in 2025. The conflict in Sudan—where famine was confirmed in one location in August—is driving massive displacement with a spillover into neighbouring countries. Conflict is also pushing millions into hunger in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the Sahel, while extreme climate events exacerbated by the El Niño phenomenon are deepening food insecurity across the Southern Africa region. WFP needs US$8.4 billion to support its operations in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • The outbreak of hostilities in Lebanon has worsened the already dire situation in the Middle East, North Africa and Eastern Europe region, where conflict is also causing food insecurity in Gaza, Syria, Ukraine and Yemen. The situation in Gaza remains dire: 91 per cent of the population is acutely food-insecure, of whom 16 per cent are in catastrophic conditions. 17.1 million people in Yemen and 12.9 million in Syria are also cutely food-insecure. Across the region, funding shortages are hitting hard on WFP’s operations, and millions feel the sting of reduced food assistance. WFP requires US$ 4.9 billion for its operations.
  • 40.8 million people in Latin America and the Caribbean are experiencing food insecurity, with 14.2 million being prioritized for WFP assistance. WFP will need US$1.1 billion to support vulnerable populations and scale up interventions to strengthen food systems, climate resilience and social protection.