Global hunger nears one billion Bo AndreeDaniel Gerszon MahlerUmar SerajuddinZacharey Carmichael July 21, 2026 This page in: English

https://blogs.worldbank.org/en/opendata/global-hunger-nears-one-billion?cid=ECR_E_NewsletterWeekly_EN_EXT&deliveryName=DM286415 Conflict reignited in the Middle East in late February 2026, sending energy prices sharply higher and widening macroeconomic uncertainty. The April 2026 World Food Security Outlook projects that severe food insecurity will exceed one billion people globally by 2028, with the 2030 estimate revised upward by 46 million people relative to the October 2025 outlook.