Food Security Update | World Bank Response to Rising Food Insecurity © 2024 The World Bank, This page in:English Español Français العربي

https://www.worldbank.org/en/topic/agriculture/brief/food-security-update Domestic food price inflation remains high in many low- and middle-income countries. Inflation higher than 5% is experienced in 70% of low-income countries (6.2 percentage points lower), 47.8% of lower-middle-income countries (3. percentage points lower), 36% of upper-middle-income countries (2.0 percentage points lower), and 9.1% of high-income countries (0.2 percentage points higher). In real terms, food price inflation exceeded overall inflation in 59.8% of the 164 countries where data is available. © 2024 The World Bank,