Global Hunger Index 2025: Even in 2025, when technology and agriculture have advanced like never before, hunger remains one of the world’s most persistent challenges. According to the latest Global Hunger Index 2025, about one in every 10 people across the planet still do not get enough to eat. That is nearly 673 million people living with chronic hunger—a heartbreaking reminder that progress in food production does not always mean equal access to food.

Several factors continue to fuel this crisis—poverty, war, economic instability, climate change, and weak governance. In many parts of Africa and Asia, these challenges combine to create severe food shortages . Countries affected by conflict, droughts, and displacement often struggle the most, as people lose not only access to food but

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