For the past years, acute food insecurity has long been an issue still unresolved in most countries in the world.
This year, the number of people facing “high levels of acute starvation have already climbed to 295.3 million, based on the latest Global Report on Food Crises (GFRC).
This figure is equivalent to 22.6% of the total population of 53 countries analysed by GRFC.
The report noted that the intensifying conflict between countries, increasing geopolitical tensions, cut in funding assistance and economic uncertainties led to the worsening state of acute food insecurity globally.
In 2025 alone, 13.7 million individuals were added in the tally of those suffering acute food insecurity.
With this, GFRC noted that almost 300 million people are feared to die due to starvation.
Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) classifies people experiencing the most chronic lack of food—95% of them living in the Gaza Strip or Sudan.
Under IPC classification, this category is described as catastrophe, which is characterised by starvation, death, destitution, and high rate of acute malnutrition.
Last year, half of the population in the Gaza Strip was projected to be suffering the catastrophe scenario, while Sudan had over 24 million facing acute starvation.