COVID-19 worsened world hunger with around 10% of global population affected – U.N.
Up to 811 million people, around 10% of the world’s population, faced hunger in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic hit economies, livelihoods, and food supplies, according to the United Nations.
The report released by five U.N. agencies on Monday (July 12) projected between 720 million and 811 million people in the world faced hunger last year.
“Considering the middle of the projected range (768 million), around 118 million more people were facing hunger in 2020 than in 2019 – or as many as 161 million more, considering the upper bound of the projected range,” said the agencies.
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