A new UN report says global hunger levels continue to fall for a third consecutive year. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2026 (SOFI 2026), released Tuesday by five United Nations specialized agencies, reports that hunger declines in 2025 show progress is possible. However, the report also states that the improvement is fragile and not evenly shared across regions.
According to the accounts, regional disparities persist, meaning some areas see greater reductions than others. The report characterizes the trend as insufficient to meet the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. The UN framing emphasizes that while overall hunger trends are improving, the pace and uneven distribution of gains create ongoing challenges.
The sources do not provide additional country-level figures in their excerpts, but they consistently highlight both the third-year decline in global hunger and the continuing gap between where progress is being made and where it is lagging.
