Statistica

STATISTICHE SULLA FAME NEL MONDO

GLOBAL HUNGER

Hunger and poverty claim 25,000 lives every day
Source: FAO
852 million people do not have enough to eat - more than the populations of USA, Canada and the European Union
Source: FAO & The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2003
815 million people in developing countries alone are hungry - 1 in three lives in sub-Saharan Africa
Source: FAO & The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2003 - FAO & The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2003, p7
In the 1990s, global poverty dropped by 20%. The number of hungry people increased by 18 million
Source: Food as Aid: Trends, Needs and Challenges in the 21st Century
314.9 million of the world's hungry live in South Asia - more than the populations of Australia and USA
Source: Agriculture in the Global Economy, Bread for the World Institute, 2003,p132-135 (from FAO & The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2002) - Agriculture in the Global Economy, Bread for the World Institute, 2003, p126-127
Hunger & malnutrition are the number 1 risk to global health killing more than AIDS, malaria & TB combined
Source: WHO-World Health Report 2002 - WHO 2003
Poor families spend over 70% of their income on food. An average American family spends over 10%
Source: World Bank 1992; "School Feeding Works for Girls' Education", WFP
One of the United Nations' 8 Millennium Goals is halving the proportion of the world's population that is hungry
Source: FAO State of Food Insecurity in the World 2002; WFP; Progress towards the Millennium Development goals: Are we reaching the Hungry?

CHILD HUNGER

Every five seconds a child dies because she or he was hungry
Source: FAO State of Food Insecurity in the World 2003
Hunger is inherited. Each year,17 million children are born underweight because their mothers are malnourished
Source: WFP Facts and Figures on Child Hunger, p2
For 19 cents you can feed a hungry child in school for a day
Source: WFP School Feeding Global Report, 2003
Child mortality rates are 8 times higher in Africa than Europe. Malnutrition is the main cause
Source: The Lancet (Jan 2003); in Nutrition Update Handout, Oct 2003, Siena - Facts and Figures on Child Hunger, p1
10.9 million children under 5 die in developing countries each year. Malnutrition and hunger-related diseases cause 60% of the deaths
Source: UNICEF
Cutting malnutrition among children aged under-5 in poor countries will reduce child mortality by 20%
Source: Pelletier and Frongillo (2002) Changes in Child Survival are strongly associated with changes in malnutrition in developing countries; in Nutrition Update Handout, October 2003, Siena
Six million children under-5 die every year from malnutrition and hunger-related diseases. There are 6.2 million under-5's in France and Italy
Source: UNICEF State of the World's Children 2003, Table 5, p101
Research shows that free school lunches can increase attendance rates by 100% and boost performance
Source: WFP Facts and Figures on Child Hunger, p4

MALNUTRITION

Iron deficiency impairs growth. Fortifying food with iron has a bigger impact on health than immunisation
Source: WFP Facts and Figures on Child Hunger, p2, p3
Micro-nutrient deficiencies is ranked eighth among the top 10 risks to health worldwide
Source: WHO & World Health Report 2002
Lack of Vitamin A kills a million infants a year
Source: Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency, A Global Progress Report, p2, UNICEF
Over half of all pregnant women do not have sufficient iron. Every day 300 die in childbirth
Source: WHO,1998; Facts and Figures on Child Hunger, p2
Iron deficiency is the most common form of malnutrition, affecting 180 million children aged under four
Source: WFP Facts and Figures on Child Hunger, p2
Iron deficiency is impairing the mental development of 40-60% children in developing countries
Source: Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency, A Global Progress Report, p2, UNICEF
Lack of vitamin A weakens the immune system of 40% of Under-5's in poor countries, and can cause blindness
Source: Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency, A Global Progress Report, p2, UNICEF - WFP Facts and Figures on Child Hunger, p2
Iodine deficiency is the main cause of brain damage in the early years of a child's life
Source: WFP Facts and Figures on Child Hunger, p2
Lack of iron affects 4.5 billion people damaging productivity and cutting GDP by 2% in some countries
Source: WFP Facts and Figures on Child Hunger, p2 - Vitamin and Mineral Deficiency, A Global Progress Report, p2, UNICEF

FOOD AID & HIV/AIDS

By 2020, HIV will kill 20% of southern Africa's farm workers.
Source: Bread for the World Institute, Agriculture in the Global Economy 2003, p126-127
Food is often the main need for poor families living with HIV. WFP helps 22 of the 25 worst-hit nations
Source: WFP Brochure, HIV/AIDS & Children - HIV AIDS and WFP, Meta Brief, February 2003
There are 11 million AIDS orphans in Africa. Most never learnt how their parents grew and prepared food
Source: UNICEF's Africa's Orphaned Generations (Nov 2003) - WFP Hunger Facts, February 2003
Without good nutrition, anti-retroviral drugs are not as effective. They should be taken on a full stomach
Source: HIV AIDS WFP Meta Brief, February 2004
In Thailand, daily micro-nutrient consumption cuts mortality rates among the HIV-infected population
Source: Working Group on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS of the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN), July 2003.
HIV & hunger work in tandem. Malnutrition accelerates the HIV's progression. HIV worsens malnutrition
Source: General Brief 1 and 2 Stats and TP on HIV/AIDS, 17 November 2003
TB is the main cause of death among AIDS-sufferers. WFP uses food aid to encourage patients to treat TB
Source: WFP Brochure, HIV/AIDS& Children: Bringing hope to a generation
Food aid allows HIV-sufferers to survive longer - and transfer farming knowledge to the next generation
Source: General Brief 1 and 2 Stats and TP on HIV/AIDS, 17 November 2003
Giving pre-natal micronutrient supplements to HIV+ mums increases their babies' birth weight Source: Working Group on Nutrition and HIV/AIDS of the UN Standing Committee on Nutrition (SCN), July 2003

FOOD & AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

Drought is the main cause of food shortages in poor countries. Irrigation boosts crop yields by up to 400%
Source: FAO, The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2003
The world produces enough food for everyone. But over 800 million people remain chronically hungry
Source: Bread for the World Institute, Agriculture in the Global Economy 2003, p2 - FAO, The State of Food Insecurity in the World, 2003

AID SPENDING

The average daily expenditure on food in the developed world is US$10. WFP food rations cost 29 cents/day
Source: WFP Hunger Facts, February 2003
Just one week of subsidies given to farmers in the developed world would cover the annual cost of food aid
Source: Bread for the World Institute, Agriculture in the Global Economy 2003, p2
Everyone needs 2,350 calories each day. 54 nations do not produce enough to feed their people
Source: FAO-Mapping of the Food Supply Gap 1998; Bread for the World Institute-Hunger Basics FAQ

WFP FOOD AID

In Sierra Leone, WFP food-for- training programmes help child soldiers learn new skills and reject violence
Source: WFP Facts and Figures on Child Hunger, p5
WFP food saved 19 million flood victims in Bangladesh in 1998. Australia's population is is 19.7 million
Source: WFP Hunger Facts, February 2003
WFP saved 18 million people in southern Africa's 1992 drought - the population of Switzerland & Belgium
Source: WFP Hunger Facts, February 2003
WFP food has reached 1.2 billion of the world's poor in the past 40 years - almost India's population
Source: WFP Hunger Facts, February 2003

EMERGENCIES

The lives of 1 in 10 people were hit by natural and man-made disasters in 2002
Source: Agriculture in the Global Economy, Bread for the World Institute, 2003, p126-127

LOGISTICS

Every day WFP has 20 planes in the sky, 5,000 trucks on roads and 40 ships at sea delivering food aid
Source: WFP Hunger Facts and Q&A, February 2003