HUNGER IN THE WORLD

The coronavirus pandemic will push an additional 130 million people to the brink of starvation. When added to the 821 million people already chronically hungry, that scenario would push more than 1 billion people into dire situations.

These are the hungriest countries in the world.

  1. Afghanistan*
  2. Angola
  3. Bangladesh
  4. Burkina Faso
  5. Burundi
  6. Cameroon
  7. Central African Republic
  8. Chad
  9. Comoros
  10. Democratic Republic of Congo*
  11. Djibouti
  12. El Salvador
  13. Eritrea
  14. Eswatini
  15. Ethiopia*
  16. Guatemala
  17. Haiti*
  18. Honduras
  19. India
  20. Iraq
  21. Kenya
  22. Laos
  23. Lesotho
  24. Liberia.
  25. Madagascar
  26. Malawi
  27. Mali
  28. Mozambique
  29. Namibia
  30. Niger
  31. Nigeria*
  32. North Korea
  33. Pakistan
  34. Palestinian Territories
  35. Rwanda
  36. Sierra Leone
  37. Somalia
  38. South Sudan*
  39. Sudan*
  40. Syria*
  41. Tanzania
  42. Timor Este
  43. Uganda
  44. Venezuela*
  45. Yemen*
  46. Zambia
  47. Zimbabwe

*Countries particularly at risk

 

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