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Saturday, October 15, 2022

List of countries by population in food crisis, emergency and catastrophe in 2021

This post is a list of countries by population in food crisis, emergency and catastrophe in 2021. Source: Global Network Against Food Crises, 2022 Global Report on Food Crises

Top 10 countries by population in food crisis (IPC/CH Phase 3 or above) in 2021

1. Democratic Republic of the Congo: 27.3 million
2. Afghanistan: 22.8 million
3. Ethiopia: 16.8 million
4. Yemen: 16.2 million
5. Nigeria: 12.9 million
6. Syria: 12.0 million
7. Sudan: 9.8 million
8. South Sudan: 7.2 million
9. Pakistan: 4.7 million
10. Haiti: 4.4 million

Top 8 countries by population in food emergency (IPC/CH Phase 4) in 2021

1. Afghanistan: 8.7 million
2. Democratic Republic of the Congo: 6.3 million
3. Yemen: 5.1 million
4. Ethiopia: 4.3 million
5. Sudan: 2.7 million
6. South Sudan: 2.4 million
7. Haiti: 1.2 million
8. Pakistan: 1.1 million

Top 4 countries by population in food catastrophe (IPC/CH Phase 5) in 2021

1. Ethiopia: 401 thousand
2. South Sudan: 108 thousand
3. Yemen: 47 thousand
4. Madagascar: 14 thousand