2022 GLOBAL REPORT ON FOOD CRISES

Globally, levels of hunger remain alarmingly high. In 2021,

they surpassed all previous records as reported by the

Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC), with close to 193 million

people acutely food insecure and in need of urgent assistance

across 53 countries/territories, according to the findings of the

GRFC 2022. This represents an increase of nearly 40 million

people compared to the previous high reached in 2020.

This increase must be interpreted with care, given that it can be

attributed to both a worsening acute food insecurity situation and

a substantial (22 percent) expansion in the population analysed

between 2020 and 2021. However, even when considering the share

of the analysed population in Crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or

above) or equivalent, the proportion of the population in these

phases has increased since 2020.

When considering the results of the six editions of the GRFC, the

number of people has risen by 80 percent since 2016, when around

108 million people across 48 countries were acutely food insecure

and in need of urgent assistance (Crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3

or above) or equivalent.

When comparing the 39 countries/territories that were

consistently in food crisis in all six editions of the GRFC, the

number of people in Crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above)

or equivalent almost doubled between 2016 and 2021 – up from

94 million to almost 180 million.

This increase across the six years of the GRFC – both in terms

of absolute numbers and the percentage of the analysed

population in these three highest acute food insecurity phases

– reflects increased availability of acute food insecurity data,

broader geographical coverage, revised population figures, and

deteriorating food security contexts in a number of countries.

The outlook for global acute food insecurity in 2022 is expected to

deteriorate further relative to 2021. In particular, the unfolding

war in Ukraine is likely to exacerbate the already severe 2022 acute

food insecurity forecasts included in this report, given that the

repercussions of the war on global food, energy and fertilizer prices

and supplies have not yet been factored into most country-level

projection analyses.

The GRFC focuses on food crises where the local capacities to

respond are insufficient, prompting a request for the urgent

mobilization of the international community, as well as in

countries/territories where there is ample evidence that the

magnitude and severity of the food crisis exceed the local resources

and capacities needed to respond effectively.

It provides estimates for populations in countries/territories where

data are available, based on the Integrated Food Security Phase

Classification (IPC) and Cadre Harmonise (CH) or comparable

sources. Populations in Crisis or worse (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above)

or equivalent are in need of urgent food and livelihood assistance.

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