Facts and Figures

Global Hunger

1.02 billion will not get enough to eat this year – more than the populations of the United States, Canada and the European Union

101.8 million hungry people in 75 countries received WFP food assistance in 2009

20.4 million people received WFP food through Food for Work or Food for Training programs in 2009

84.1 million women and children received WFP food assistance in 2009

2 million refugees received WFP food assistance in 2009

14.1 million internally displaced people received WFP food assistance in 2009
 

Quantity of Food Assistance

1.02 billion will not get enough to eat this year – more than the populations of the United States, Canada and the European Union

101.8 million hungry people in 75 countries received WFP food assistance in 2009
 

WFP in Developing Countries

82 percent of food was purchased in the local markets of developing countries in 2009

67.1 percent of WFP’s assistance was invested in sub-Saharan African countries in 2009
 

Child Hunger

62.1 million children were fed by WFP in 2009

5.9 million undernourished children received special nutritional support in 2009
 

WFP School Meals Programs

20.7 million schoolchildren received school meals/take-home rations in 2009

46.7 percent of those schoolchildren were girls

5.2 million household food rations were issued to women in 2009
 

Focus on Women

60 percent of the world’s chronically hungry people are women and girls

2.8 million vulnerable women received additional nutritional support through maternal child health interventions
 

HIV/AIDS

15 of the 25 highest HIV/AIDS prevalence countries received WFP assistance in 2009

2.6 million people affected by HIV/AIDS received WFP food assistance in 2009

43 countries received assistance for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS prevention activities in 2009
 

Food for Work/Food for Training

20.4 million people received WFP food through Food for Work or Food for Training programs in 2009