Initial Starvation Statistics

I do not put these things out here to guilt you, to embarrass you, to make you feel badly for having eaten breakfast this morning.

I put these statistics up here so that we know what we are dealing with. I put these statistics up here so that we know what we need to fight. I put these statistics up here so that we do not forget. And hopefully, if we don't forget - then we will remember.


Every 3.6 seconds someone starves to death and 3/4 are children under the age of 5.

854 million people across the world are hungry, up from 852 million a year ago

about one-third of all children under five suffer from malnutrition.

Every year 15 million children die of hunger

Every day, almost 16,000 children die from hunger-related causes--one child every five seconds.

The World Health Organization estimates that one-third of the world is well-fed, one-third is under-fed one-third is starving- Since you've entered this site at least 200 people have died of starvation.

The Indian subcontinent has nearly half the world's hungry people. Africa and the rest of Asia together have approximately 40%, and the remaining hungry people are found in Latin America and other parts of the world

Poor nutrition and calorie deficiencies cause nearly one in three people to die prematurely or have disabilities


These are all solid stats that come from reputable resources (http://www.bread.org/learn/hunger-basics/hunger-facts-international.html).


So, now how do we interpret these statistics? Where do we go from here?