World off track on ending hunger by 2030, UN warns

The world remains significantly off track to achieve Sustainable Development Goal 2 — zero hunger — by 2030, the United Nations warned in a report released on Monday, despite a slight decline in the percentage of the global population facing hunger.

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025 estimates that 8.2 percent of the global population experienced hunger last year, down from 8.5 percent in 2023 and 8.7 percent in 2022.While modest, the improvement is important, said Maximo Torero, chief economist at the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

This positive trend was especially evident in South Asia, Southeast Asia, and South America, Torero said, attributing the progress to targeted policy measures.