Data or statistical facts on the situation and perspectives of agri-food systems and the impact of policies
2.4 billion people in rural communities rely on biomass, such as charcoal, straw or firewood, for cooking due to lack of access to clean solutions (OECD, 2024).
57% of the adult diet in the UK and 66% of the adolescent diet is composed of ultra-processed foods (UPAs).
More than 3.1 billion people could not afford a healthy diet in 2023, according to the SOFI report.
258 million people faced acute food insecurity in 2022, in the 10 countries most affected by fragile and crisis contexts (OECD, 2022).
2.4% is the gender gap in global food insecurity in 2022, with a greater impact on women than men, although the effects of the pandemic have shown signs of easing (SOFI 2023 Report).
More than 3.1 billion people, 42% of the world's population, could not afford a healthy diet in 2021, according to the SOFI 2023 report.
According to the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2023 (SOFI 2023) global hunger in 2022 affects 9.2 percent of the world population – between 691 and 783 million people – and a total of 2.4 billion people experience moderate or severe food insecurity.
According to The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2023, over a quarter of a billion people were acutely food-insecure and required urgent food assistance in 58 food-crisis countries/territories in 2022. This is the highest number in the seven-year history of the GRFC.
USD 23.4 million was the annual average that WFP executed during the decade 2013-2022 in food purchases, logistics services and monetary transfers (Namdar and Saa, 2024).
Between 70 % and 100 % was the increase in the volume of soybean, corn and wheat exports in Argentina (ECLAC, 2024).
