Facts about starvation.

1) More than 842 million people around the world do not have enough to eat.

 

2) Over 500 million people in Asia suffer from starvation, because of this Asia is known for having the largest number of hungry people.

 3) 24.8 % of  the Sub- Saharan African population are starving.
 4) If women farmers had the same access to resources as men, the number of hungry people  in the world could decrease by 150 million people.
  

 

5) Poor nutrition causes  45% of deaths to children under fives years old-. this results in 3.1 million children each year.

   

 

6) One out of six children in the world  (100 million ) living in developing countries are underweight.






http://www.wfp.org/hunger/stats