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World Hunger Statistics
- About one in nine people in the world do not have enough food to lead a healthy active life.
- In developing countries, about 12.9% of the population is undernourished.
- Asia has the most hungry people.
- 3.1 million children under 5 die each year because of poor nutrition.
- Roughly 100 million kidsin developing countries are underweight.
- In southern asia, there are about 276 million people who are chronically undernourished.
- Hunger kills more people each year than Malaria, Tubercolosis, and AIDS combined.
- In sub-Saharan Africa, one in every four people are hungry.