World Hunger statistics

Over 9 million people die worldwide each year because of hunger and malnutrition. 5 million of these are children.

Approximately 1.2 billion people suffer from hunger (deficiency of calories and protein);

Some 2 to 3.5 billion people have micronutrient deficiency (deficiency of vitamins and minerals);

Meanwhile, elsewhere some 1.2 billion suffer from obesity.

In the West, food wastage is also high:

In the US 40-50% of all food ready for harvest never gets eaten;

In the United Kingdom, 30-40% of all food is never eaten, and in the last decade the amount of food British people threw into the garbage pail went up by 15%;

Overall, approximately $38 billion dollars’ worth of food is thrown away, every year.