World Hunger: Facts, Statistics, and Trivia

1. Sr. Version All About Hunger TRIVIA

2. Countries Regions Stats Hunger 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500

3. Row 1, Col 1 Which country has a greater rate of undernourishment, China or India? India

4. Row 1, Col 2 Which continent has the mostcountrieswithveryhigh rates of undernourishment? Africa

5. Row 1, Col 3 How many people in the world don’t have enough to eat? 1.5 billion (21% of the world’s population) 795 million (13% of the world’s population) 500 million (7% of the world’s population) 100 million (1% of the world’s population) 795 million (11% of the world’s population)

6. Row 1, Col 4 True or False: Hunger is mainly due to emergencies like conflicts or natural disasters. False. Hunger is usually the result of not having access to enough food to eat over a long period of time, or not eatingsufficientlynutritious foods.

7. Row 2, Col 1 Only one country in the Western Hemispherehas a very high rate of undernourishment. Which country? Haiti

8. Row 2, Col 2 Which region has more people who don’t have enough to eat, Latin America and the Caribbean or the near East and North Africa? Latin America and the Caribbean

9. Row 2, Col 3 How many countries are there in Europe in which more than 5% of people are undernourished? None.

10. Row 2, Col 4 Name three causes of hunger. Poverty,the rising cost of food, conflict, changing weather patterns, lack of investment in agriculture, gender inequality, unjustpolicies.

11. Row 3, Col 1 Name the country in Central America (not including Mexico or the Caribbean) which has extremelylow rates of undernourishment? Costa Rica

12. Row 3, Col 2 Six countries in Africa have extremely low rates of undernourishment. In which part of Africa are most of these countries located? North-Western Africa

13. Row 3, Col 3 What percentage of people who don’t have enough to eat live in the developed world? 10% 5% 2% 0.5% 2%

14. Row 3, Col 4 Name 2 of the 3 groups of people who are mostatrisk of beinghungry. Rural farmers (rural communities), children and pregnant / nursing mothers.

15. Row 4, Col 1 Which country in South America (not including Central America) has the highest rate of undernourishment? Bolivia

16. Row 4, Col 2 Which region of the world has the most people who don’t have enough to eat? Asia and the Pacific

17. Row 4, Col 3 In countries with very high rates of undernourishment, what percentage of people are undernourished? 35% or higher

18. Row 4, Col 4 What causes a micronutrient deficiency? • This happenswhen people do not • getenoughvitamins and nutirents • fromtheirdiet.

19. Row 5, Col 1 According to the map, 3 countries in Africa have very high rates of undernourishment. Name these countries. Central African Republic, Zambia, & Namibia

20. Row 5, Col 2 Explain why Asia and the Pacific region have the highest number of people in the world who are hungry yet according to the map few countries in this region have very high rates of undernourishment. Countries in Asia and the Pacific have larger populations. On average the country might not have very high rates of undernourishment but in terms of total population there are more people in this region who are hungry than in any other region.

21. Row 5, Col 3 True or False: There are more than twice the number of people who are hungry in Asia and the Pacific region than in sub-Saharan Africa. True

22. Row 5, Col 4 What does it mean to be food insecure? This is a situation that exists when people lack regular access to sufficient amounts of safe and nutritious food for normal growth and development and to live an active and healthy life.