870 million people in the world do not have enough to eat. This number has fallen by 130 million since 1990, but progress slowed after 2008. (Source: State of Food Insecurity in the World, FAO, 2012)

The vast majority of hungry people (98 percent) live in developing countries, where almost 15% of the population is undernourished. (Source: State of Food Insecurity in the World, FAO, 2012)

Women make up a little over half of the world's population, but they account for over 60 percent of the world’s hungry.

(Source: Strengthening efforts to eradicate hunger..., ECOSOC, 2007)

Under nutrition contributes to 2.6 million deaths of children under five each year - one third of the global total.

(Source: Levels and Trends in Child Mortality, UNICEF, 2011)

One out of six children -- roughly 100 million -- in developing countries is underweight. (Source: Global health Observatory, WHO, 2011)

One in four of the world's children are stunted. In developing countries the proportion can rise to one in three. 

(Source: Prevalence and Trends of Stunting among Pre-school

Children, Public Health Nutrition, 2012)

80 percent of the world's stunted children live in just 20 countries. (Source: Maternal and Child Under nutrition:

Effective Action at National Level, The Lancet, 2008)

66 million primary school-age children attend classes

hungry across the developing world, with 23 million in

Africa alone.

(Source: Two Minutes to Learn About School Meals, WFP, 2012)