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The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2025) report released

Posted 29 Jul 2025

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Key findings of the report

  • Global hunger decreased to an estimated 8.2% in 2024 from 2022 levels.
    • However, hunger continues to climb in most subregions of Africa and Western Asia.
  • Moderate or severe food insecurity has declined gradually since 2021.
  • Food prices rose throughout 2023 and 2024, pushing up the average cost of a healthy diet globally. 
    • The pandemic and the war in Ukraine have intensified food price inflation worldwide
    • Despite the increase, people unable to afford a healthy diet in the world fell from 2.76 billion in 2019 to 2.60 billion in 2024.
  • Anaemia in women (aged 15–49 years) and adult obesity (12.1% in 2012 to15.8% in 2022) on the rise globally.

India related findings

  • Excluding India, there is an increasing trend in lower-middle-income countries in the number of people unable to afford a healthy diet.
  • Mobile phone adoption by fishermen and wholesalers in Kerala reduced price dispersion and waste.

Key recommendation

  • Time-bound and targeted fiscal measures, such as temporary tax relief on essential goods and social protection Programmes.
  • Align fiscal and monetary policies to stabilize markets.
  • Robust agricultural market information systems are key to managing price volatility and preventing speculation.

About SOFI 2025

  • The SOFI report is a joint initiative of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), the World Food Programme (WFP), and the World Health Organization (WHO).
  • This is the annual global monitoring report for Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 targets 2.1 and 2.2 – to end hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition in all its forms.
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  • State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World
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