Gabon is a small central African nation. It covers a land area of nearly 270,000 sq km and has an estimated population of 1,500,000. Its capital is Libreville. Among all of the countries ranked in the 2011 Global Hunger Index, Gabon had the lowest score and thus the lowest level of hunger.
It seems like millions of people across Africa are constantly on the brink of famine. This doesn't have to be the rule. In the final months of 2022, 70% of the world's hungriest people are located in just three countries: Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia.
There is more than enough food produced in the world to feed everyone on the planet. Yet as many as 828 million people still go hungry.
It's pretty simple: African farmers are, on average, the poorest and least educated in the world. They have the least ability to afford irrigation, farm equipment, fertilisers, quality seeds, cutting-edge knowledge, and the other inputs that make for productive agriculture.
Why are people in Africa facing chronic hunger? Recurring drought, conflict, and instability have led to severe food shortages. Many countries have struggled with extreme poverty for decades, so there is a lack of government and community support systems for families.
Interconnected issues of poverty, inequity, conflict, climate change, gender discrimination, and weak government and health systems all play a role in keeping nutritious food out of reach for millions of families around the world.
Eight of the top ten performers in 2022 come from high-income Europe, led by Finland (with a score of 83.7), Ireland (scoring 81.7) and Norway (scoring 80.5). These nations score strongly on all four pillars of the GFSI. Japan (scoring 79.5) and Canada (scoring 79.1) round out the remainder of the top ten.
Switzerland is the best country in the world for 2022.
Ethiopia, Nigeria, South Sudan, and Yemen are at risk for catastrophic levels of hunger, malnutrition, and starvation. Afghanistan, the Central African Republic, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Haiti, Honduras, Sudan, and Syria are among countries facing critical levels of food insecurity.
According to this measure, 226.7 million people are starving in Africa. The countries most affected by extreme poverty and hunger in Africa are mainly those located south of the Sahara.
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Somalia, the epicenter
The number of people in a food "disaster" situation, the last stage before famine according to international terminology, is expected to rise from 214,000 to 727,000 by mid-2023, according to Ocha.
Hunger in the United States of America affects millions of Americans, including some who are middle class, or who are in households where all adults are in work.
The UK is not self-sufficient in food production; it imports 48% of the total food consumed and the proportion is rising. Therefore, as a food-trading nation, the UK relies on both imports and a thriving agricultural sector to feed itself and drive economic growth.
Today a fifth of the African population (278m) is undernourished, and 55 million of its children under the age of five are stunted due to severe malnutrition. “The hunger African people are facing today is a direct result of inadequate political choices.
1) Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
26 million people (about the population of Texas) are severely hungry today and over 5 million people have been displaced from their homes. In 2022, we successfully scaled up to reach 6.2 million people throughout the country.
The famine is the direct result of the Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen and blockade.