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Hunger in Africa: The Situation is Serious

278 million people in Africa suffer from chronic hunger. This corresponds to 20 percent of the continent's population. By comparison, ten percent are affected when looked at globally. According to Welthungerhilfe, the main drivers of hunger include wars, climate change and the Covid-19 pandemic.

Most recently, the Russian attack on Ukraine further exacerbated food supply problems. Even before that though, the situation in many African countries was serious, as this map based on the 2021 World Hunger Index illustrates. The index "annually measures and compares the severity of hunger and malnutrition in the world, different regions and individual countries."

The situation is particularly dire in Somalia, with seven other countries rated as "very serious" - Chad, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Burundi, the Central African Republic the Comoros and Madagascar. Only a handful of countries can be classified as "low" or "moderate" on the severity scale.

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This chart displays the grading of countries in Africa according to the World Hunger Index 2021.

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Global Hunger Index 2024 countries most affected by hunger
Global Hunger Index 2000-2024, by region
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Global Hunger Index score India 2000-2023
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Amount of funding towards Zero Hunger in India 2018-2022
Total population in Sub-Saharan Africa 2023
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FDI inflows in Africa 2021-2023, by region

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