State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 report

About State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 Report

• State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 report is the UN system’s flagship assessment of global hunger, food insecurity, and malnutrition.
• Produced by: The report is jointly produced by the Food and Agriculture Organization (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).
• Focused: The 2026 report focuses on the rising cost of healthy diets, the factors driving these trends, and policies to make nutritious food more affordable.
• Key Findings:
  • Global Findings:
    • Global Hunger: Hunger affected 7.8% of the world’s population in 2025.
    • Food Insecurity: Around 2.1 billion people experienced moderate or severe food insecurity.
    • Progress Towards SDG 2: Global food security and nutrition improved slightly in 2025, but progress remains insufficient to achieve the 2030 SDG 2 (Zero Hunger) target.
    • Healthy Diet Challenge: Healthy diets remained unaffordable for billions of people, especially in Africa, where two-thirds of the population could not afford one.
  • India’s Findings:
    • Hunger Persists: Despite this progress, about 142.5 million people remained undernourished in 2023–25.
    • Healthy Diet Affordability: Around 520.1 million people (35.5% of the population) could not afford a healthy diet in 2025.
    • Cost of Healthy Diets: The cost of a healthy diet increased by nearly 48% since 2017 and reached PPP $4.11 per person per day in 2025.
    • Child Nutrition: Child stunting declined to 32.9%, but wasting remained high at 18.7%.
    • Rising Malnutrition: Overweight among children, adult obesity, and anaemia among women continued to increase.