People at risk of starvation worldwide by country 2025| ��ƽ��

Number of people at risk of acute food insecurity worldwide from May to December 2025, by country and phase (in 1,000s)

Severity phase	Minimal	Stressed	Crisis	Emergency	Famine
Afghanistan	15,823,828	20,680,215	7,925,695	1,594,616	-
Benin	11,403,475	1,378,506	308,306	-	-
Cabo Verde	401,419	73,530	35,294	-	-
Cameroon	20,379,127	5,456,450	2,310,847	309,645	-
Central African Republic	1,863,845	2,414,079	1,743,894	480,660	-
Chad	9,270,098	5,096,161	3,018,864	288,845	-
Ivory Coast	20,028,369	3,358,902	1,169,560	44,371	-
Democratic Republic of the Congo	36,593,728	51,540,959	23,843,372	3,903,656	-
Djibouti	467,216	484,802	174,969	54,693	-
Gambia	1,564,669	614,106	236,290	7,647	-
Gaza Strip	-	-	495,500	1,135,000	469,500
Ghana	25,394,314	4,861,276	1,896,310	122,362	-
Guatemala	9,761,990	5,237,283	2,486,782	341,404	-
Guinea	8,582,747	3,699,808	1,675,353	91,013	-
Guinea-Bissau	1,298,533	371,884	146,034	-	-
Haiti	2,604,872	2,895,434	3,604,975	2,100,893	8,431
Madagascar	4,563,307	4,922,696	1,121,142	-	-
Mali	17,962,864	4,038,426	1,451,211	19,239	2,645
Mauritania	3,112,878	1,224,200	578,579	11,873	-
Namibia	1,249,163	996,743	765,314	11,182	-
Niger	18,843,904	6,255,333	2,105,795	115,132	-
Nigeria	83,854,416	91,987,384	29,441,978	1,182,487	-
Pakistan	23,333,581	17,463,260	9,284,135	707,675	-
Senegal	13,419,407	4,342,915	1,221,657	91,985	-
Sierra Leone	4,781,759	2,735,823	1,119,019	103,285	-
Somalia	7,740,000	6,991,000	3,767,000	784,000	-
South Sudan	1,937,072	3,927,876	5,221,768	2,426,372	83,463
Sudan	7,276,322	15,622,067	15,894,224	8,098,590	637,234
Togo	4,391,212	1,308,388	624,560	-	-
Uganda	1,689,674	1,863,071	952,624	-	-
United Republic of Tanzania	3,631,602	959,207	241,622	-	-
Yemen	7,270,040	10,463,557	11,925,426	5,220,058	-

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July 2025

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2025

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Projection period varies from country to country. The earliest start in May 2025, and the latest is for December 2025.

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Millions of people are at risk of starvation worldwide, many of these in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. Across all five severity stages, Nigeria had the highest number of people at risk of starvation in 2025, with over 200 million. Almost 175 million of these fell within the two least severe stages.