Today, more than 821 million people regularly go to bed hungry, of whom 100-plus million suffer from acute hunger, largely due to man-made conflicts, climate change and economic downturns. These are the people who will experience the unthinkable due to the economic or logistical consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the depth and breadth of hunger will increase worldwide.

This report is a WFP analysis of the economic and food security implications of the pandemic. Click here to download the report.

“WFP is on the frontlines tackling the COVID-19 pandemic - working to maintain its food assistance that provides a critical lifeline to 87 million vulnerable people across the world, while providing expert logistics support to the multi-agency international response. WFP analysts constantly monitor markets, food prices and trends to provide actionable food security information.”