2024 Hunger Funding Gap Report

The global hunger funding gap has hit 65% for countries with the most urgent needs.

Globally, 1 in 10 people go to bed hungry every night and more than 25 countries dealt with crisis levels of hunger in 2022. How did the world respond in 2023 with funding needed to save lives?

Our analysis has found a persistent gap between the needs of the world’s hungriest countries and the support they receive in response.

The new analysis of funding through the UN humanitarian system reveals that only 35% of appeals from countries dealing with crisis levels of hunger were satisfied in 2023. This resulted in a hunger funding gap of 65%, up 23% from the previous year.