World Hunger Statistics
- 1.02 billion people in the world do not have enough to eat. This means one sixth of humanity is undernourished. (FAO, 2009)
- Hunger and malnutrition are still the number one risks to health worldwide. (World Food Programme)
- Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes - that's one child every 5 seconds. (Bread for the World)
- In 2008, nearly 3 million children died before they reached their fifth birthday due directly or indirectly to hunger and malnutrition. (Bread for the World)
- It is estimated that 684,000 child deaths worldwide could be prevented by increasing access to vitamin A and zinc. (World Food Programme, 2007)
Domestic Hunger Statistics
- 49 million Americans struggle with hunger, including 17 million children. That means 1 in 6 people do not get enough food to be healthy. (Feeding America)
- An estimated 35% of poor families in the U.S. are forced to choose between buying food and paying their rent or mortgage.
- Nearly half of all families headed by a single mother are food insecure.
- In our nation's cities, 1 in every 4 people in a soup kitchen line is a child.
- The cost of a meal at a Southern Baptist hunger ministry averages 30 cents per meal. (NAMB Report - PDF, 2011)
World Hunger Fund Giving Statistics
- 100% of all contributions to feed hungry people. (Personnel are already in place; thus, administrative and promotional costs are borne out of other budgets.)
- From 2009 to 2010, giving to the World Hunger Fund dropped by nearly $1 million (from $6,375,000 in 2009 to $5,410,000 in 2010).
- In 2011, Southern Baptist hunger ministries fed more than 5 million meals to the hungry in North America. As a result, more than 33,000 professions of faith were reported. (NAMB Report - PDF, 2011)
- Southern Baptists' gifts for world hunger provided for projects in more than 68 countries in 2008.
