conflict

673 million people were undernourished in 2024 — 8.2% of the global population — according to the FAO's State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025 report. Sudan's civil war created a declared famine in 2024, the first anywhere in the world since Ethiopia in 2011. The world produces 1.5 times the calories needed to feed everyone. Hunger is not a production problem.

Iran hosts nearly 3.5 million refugees — the most of any country. Turkey hosts 2.9 million. Germany leads Europe with 2.6 million. Contrary to popular perception, the majority of the world's refugees are hosted not by wealthy Western nations but by low- and middle-income countries neighbouring conflict zones.