Estimates and Projections of Undernourished People Worldwide, 1990-2015

New Numbers, Same Problem: Estimates and projections of undernourished people worldwide, 1990-2015 1,050 1,000 New FAO estimates 950 900 Old FAO estimates 850 Business as usual 800 750 Progress needed to achieve MDG1 in 2015 More than 800 million people may suffer from hunger In 2015 If MDG1 Is not achelved 700 650 675 million people will suffer from hunger In 2015 even If MDG1 Is adhleved 1992 1994 1996 1998 2004 Sources:Old estimates are from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), The State of Food Insecurity in the World (Rome, various years): new 2000 2002 Year estimates are from FAO, The State of Food Insecurity in the World 2012 (Rome, 2012); author's projections are based on data from FAO and the United Nations. 2008 2010 2012 A revision of the methodology and data used by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) shows a slightly more optimistic picture of undernourishment but the number of chronically undernourished remains high: 870 million in 2010-2012. Based on current projections, the Millennium Development Goal of halving undernourishment by 2015 won't be met if we continue business as usual. 2014 INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY RESEARCH INSTITUTE IFPRI ArtereCOn Gomam from IFPRI's 2012 GLOBAL FOOD POLICY REPORT Millions of undernourished people 066T 2006 2016