Our World in Data - Hunger & Undernourishment Research and data to make progress against the world’s largest problems https://ourworldindata.org/ 2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z Childhood stunting fell dramatically over the 20th century https://ourworldindata.org/childhood-stunting-fell-dramatically-over-the-20th-century 2026-05-11T00:00:00.000Z Hannah RitchieTuna Acisu
]]> Hunger levels have increased across Africa over the last decade https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/hunger-levels-have-increased-across-africa-over-the-last-decade 2026-04-14T00:00:00.000Z Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
]]> The Syrian civil war has killed hundreds of thousands, displaced millions, and caused poor health and widespread poverty https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/the-syrian-civil-war-has-killed-hundreds-of-thousands-displaced-millions-and-caused-poor-health-and-widespread-poverty 2026-02-05T00:00:00.000Z Bastian Herre
]]> Malaysia is an outlier: richer than its neighbors but doing worse on child nutrition https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/malaysia-is-an-outlier-richer-than-its-neighbors-but-doing-worse-on-child-nutrition 2026-01-17T00:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> On every continent, food supplies have grown faster than the population https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/food-supplies-have-grown-even-faster-than-the-population-on-every-continent 2026-01-06T00:00:00.000Z Pablo RosadoMax Roser
]]> Over many generations, better nutrition and lower disease have led to people becoming taller https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/over-many-generations-better-nutrition-and-lower-disease-have-led-to-people-becoming-taller 2025-10-20T04:00:00.000Z Esteban Ortiz-Ospina
]]> Half of all child deaths are linked to malnutrition https://ourworldindata.org/half-child-deaths-linked-malnutrition 2024-09-09T05:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> Progress on reducing global hunger has stagnated https://ourworldindata.org/data-insights/progress-on-reducing-global-hunger-has-stagnated 2024-07-17T05:00:00.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture https://ourworldindata.org/sdgs/zero-hunger 2023-07-18T14:12:00.000Z Our World in Data team
]]> Hunger and Undernourishment https://ourworldindata.org/hunger-and-undernourishment 2023-06-19T15:02:11.000Z Hannah RitchiePablo RosadoMax Roser
]]> How is food insecurity measured? https://ourworldindata.org/food-insecurity 2023-04-27T05:49:24.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> What is childhood wasting? https://ourworldindata.org/wasting-definition 2022-02-06T15:56:18.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> What is childhood stunting? https://ourworldindata.org/stunting-definition 2022-02-04T14:48:18.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> What is undernourishment and how is it measured? https://ourworldindata.org/undernourishment-definition 2022-02-04T10:09:29.000Z Hannah Ritchie
]]> Almost three billion people cannot afford a healthy diet https://ourworldindata.org/diet-affordability 2021-07-12T10:00:00.000Z Hannah RitchiePablo Rosado
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