Early Warning Systems Hub Reports

The Mid-year update of the 2026 Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) provides an evidence-based assessment of acute food insecurity, malnutrition and forced displacement across 39 of the 47 countries and territories covered by the 2026 GRFC. As of August 2026, improvements were recorded in 17 contexts, while conditions deteriorated in 15, particularly Bangladesh, Kenya, Madagascar, Nigeria and Somalia. Around 327 000 people were expected to face Catastrophe conditions during 2026, with a risk of Famine identified in Somalia, South Sudan and the Sudan.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP) identify 13 hunger hotspots in this analysis covering June to November 2026 where acute food insecurity is expected to deteriorate significantly during the outlook period, prompting an early warning for urgent humanitarian action.

The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2026 reveals that acute food insecurity and malnutrition remain at alarmingly high and deeply entrenched levels, with crises increasingly concentrated in a core group of countries. In its tenth edition, the report shows that acute hunger has doubled over the past decade, with two famines declared last year for the first time in its history. As a flagship publication of the Global Network Against Food Crises (GNAFC), the GRFC serves as the key reference for understanding acute food insecurity at global, regional and country levels. Produced through a collaborative effort among 18 partners, it provides a consensus-based assessment of acute food insecurity and malnutrition in countries affected by food crises, with the aim of informing and guiding both humanitarian and development responses.

In 2024, 295.3 million people – 22.6 percent of the analyzed population – faced high levels of acute food insecurity in 53 of the 65 countries/territories selected for the Global Report on Food Crises. This is the sixth consecutive annual increase. An additional 13 .7 million people faced high levels of acute food insecurity since 2023, corresponding to a marginal shift in prevalence from 21 .5 percent. Deteriorating acute food insecurity in 19 countries, mainly in conflict-driven crises such as Nigeria, the Sudan and Myanmar, outweighed improvements in 15 others, including Afghanistan, Kenya and Ukraine, due to better economic and weather conditions as well as assistance.

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)
and the World Food Programme (WFP) warn that acute food insecurity
is projected to worsen across 16 hunger hotspots during the outlook
period from November 2024 to May 2025, including a total of
14 countries and 2 regional clusters which comprise 8 countries.
The Sudan, Palestine, South Sudan, Haiti and Mali remain at the
highest concern level. These are countries/territories with Famine or
Risk of Famine, or with populations already in Catastrophe (Integrated
Food Security Phase Classification [IPC]/Cadre Harmonisé [CH]
Phase 5), necessitating the most urgent attention.

The Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2024 Mid-Year Update is an update of the GRFC 2024 and provides the latest data on acute food insecurity and acute malnutrition as of August 2024. This update highlights changes in high levels of acute food insecurity and acute malnutrition since the peak in 2023.
It is the result of a collaborative effort among 16 partners, achieving a consensus-based assessment of the current state of acute food insecurity and acute malnutrition.