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Around 645 million people were affected by hunger (7.8% of the world's population) in 2025. (Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. (2026). UN report: Global hunger levels ease for third consecutive year as regional disparities persist.
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura (FAO)
A scenario simulating the impact of a strong warm phase of the El Niño phenomenon suggests that export restrictions would add 21.4 million people to the number of people experiencing hunger.(Food and Agriculture Organization, 2026).
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura. (2026). State of Agricultural Commodity Markets explores how best to cope with shocks.
Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Alimentación y la Agricultura
266 million people in 47 countries and territories faced high levels of acute food insecurity in 2025, equivalent to 22.9% of the analyzed population.
FAO, WFP y GNAFC (2026)
FAO, WFP, & GNAFC. (2026). 2026 Global Report on Food Crises: Joint analysis for better decisions. Rome: FAO & WFP. https://www.wfp.org/publications/global-report-food-crises-grfc
147.4 million people were affected in contexts where conflict and insecurity were the main driver of acute food insecurity.
FAO, WFP y GNAFC (2026)
FAO, WFP, & GNAFC. (2026). 2026 Global Report on Food Crises: Joint analysis for better decisions. Rome: FAO & WFP. https://www.wfp.org/publications/global-report-food-crises-grfc
87.5 million people were affected in contexts where extreme weather events predominated as the main driver of acute food insecurity.
FAO, WFP y GNAFC (2026)
FAO, WFP, & GNAFC. (2026). 2026 Global Report on Food Crises: Joint analysis for better decisions. Rome: FAO & WFP. https://www.wfp.org/publications/global-report-food-crises-grfc
Between 4.0 and 4.99 million people are expected to need humanitarian food assistance in Colombia during the projection period through January 2027 as the negative impacts of El Niño increasingly affect livelihoods. La Guajira and Chocó are expected to remain in Crisis, IPC Phase 3, due to weather shocks, localized insecurity, reduced production and income, and prices rising above general inflation.
FEWS NET (2026)
FEWS NET. (2026). Múltiples choques impulsan resultados de Crisis (Fase 3, CIF) en La Guajira y Chocó: Perspectiva de seguridad alimentaria, junio de 2026-enero de 2027. https://fews.net/es/latin-america-and-caribbean/colombia/perspectiva-de-seguridad-alimentaria/junio-2026
Between 2.0 and 2.49 million people will need food assistance in Guatemala from June to September 2026, reaching the upper end of the range between July and August as food stocks decline, income sources decrease and dependence on food purchases intensifies. From October 2026 to January 2027, the population in need is expected to decline to between 1.5 and 1.99 million.
FEWS NET (2026)
FEWS NET. (2026). Reduced rainfall, high temperatures and market dependence maintain Crisis: Guatemala Food Security Outlook, June 2026-January 2027. https://fews.net/latin-america-and-caribbean/guatemala/food-security-outlook/june-2026
2,447,000 people were in a food crisis situation in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
Clasificación Integrada de la Seguridad Alimentaria de Fases, 2026
Clasificación Integrada de la Seguridad Alimentaria de Fases
5,136,000 people were in a heightened phase of food insecurity in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
Clasificación Integrada de la Seguridad Alimentaria de Fases, 2026
Clasificación Integrada de la Seguridad Alimentaria de Fases
95,000 people found themselves in a food emergency situation in Ecuador between December 2025 and March 2026. (Integrated Food Security Phase Classification, 2026).
Clasificación Integrada de la Seguridad Alimentaria de Fases, 2026
Clasificación Integrada de la Seguridad Alimentaria de Fases