Facts About the World Hunger Crisis

• More than 854 million people in the world go hungry.
• In the United States, 11.7 million children live in households where people have to skip meals or eat less to make ends meet. That means one in ten households in the U.S. are living with hunger or are at risk of hunger.
• 60% of deaths in developing countries are due to malnutrition
• The World Bank estimates that food prices have gone up by 83 percent globally over the last three years.
• Wheat has gone up approximately 130% in price