925 million: Estimated number of people worldwide who were undernourished in 2010, down from 1.023 billion in 2009, according to the United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).
98: Percentage of the world’s undernourished people who live in developing countries (2010).
578 million: Estimated number of people in the Asia and Pacific region who were undernourished in 2010, the largest number among the world’s hungry. It is followed by Sub-Saharan Africa (239 million), Latin America and the Caribbean (53 million), Near East and North Africa (37 million) and developed countries (19 million).
40+: Estimated percentage of the world’s hungry who live in China and India alone.
5 million: Estimated number of deaths a year among children under five caused by undernutrition in developing countries (2006).
60: Percentage of the world’s undernourished who are women (2007).
1.1 billion: Estimated number of people worldwide who are living on less than $1 a day, according to the World Bank. The current international poverty line is at $1.25/day.
2008: Year that the World Bank Group launched the Global Food Crisis Response Program (GFRP) to provide support for countries hard hit by high food prices.
15.1: Percentage of Filipinos who experienced involuntary hunger from April to June this year, according to a recent survey by the Social Weather Stations (SWS). This translates to some 3 million Filipinos.
1,800: Minimum amount in kilocalories that an average person needs as energy intake in a day, according to the FAO.
Compiled by Schatzi Quodala, Inquirer Research
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, World Food Programme, World Bank, Inquirer Archives