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3 July 2026

Top 50 Countries Most at Risk of Hunger & Food Insecurity in 2026:

1. 🇸🇩 Sudan: 96.2 — Famine conditions confirmed in parts; conflict-driven crisis
2. 🇸🇸 South Sudan: 95.8 — Acute food stress; conflict and displacement
3. 🇸🇴 Somalia: 95.5 — Credible famine risk; prolonged drought and conflict
4. 🇾🇪 Yemen: 94.3 — 59% inadequate food consumption; collapsing purchasing power
5. 🇬🇿 Gaza: 93.7 — Extreme deprivation; severe access constraints
6. 🇭🇹 Haiti: 93.1 — 52% of population (5.83M) acutely food insecure
7. 🇲🇲 Myanmar: 92.4 — 12.4M people acutely food insecure; conflict and market disruption
8. 🇦🇫 Afghanistan: 91.8 — Highly fragile; repeated droughts and climate shocks
9. 🇱🇧 Lebanon: 90.5 — 1.24M people in high acute food insecurity; conflict displacement
10. 🇸🇾 Syria: 90.2 — Only 18% of population food secure
11. 🇲🇬 Madagascar: 89.6 — Localized shortfalls; erratic rainfall and dry spells
12. 🇲🇼 Malawi: 89.1 — Deficit-prone areas facing localized cereal shortfalls
13. 🇲🇿 Mozambique (South): 88.7 — Dry spells and erratic rainfall impacts
14. 🇨🇩 DRC: 88.3 — Conflict and displacement limiting food access
15. 🇨🇫 Central African Republic: 87.9 — Conflict-driven acute food insecurity
16. 🇹🇩 Chad: 87.5 — Lake Chad Basin crisis; conflict and climate shocks
17. 🇳🇪 Niger: 87.1 — Central Sahel conflict; 52.8M regionally at risk
18. 🇲🇱 Mali: 86.8 — Active conflict; limited food access
19. 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso: 86.4 — Conflict and displacement; lean season stress
20. 🇳🇬 Nigeria: 86.0 — 34.7M people facing acute food insecurity (IPC 3+)
21. 🇪🇹 Ethiopia: 85.5 — Conflict and climate compounding food stress
22. 🇰🇪 Kenya: 84.9 — Drought and erratic rainfall impacts
23. 🇺🇬 Uganda: 84.3 — Refugee inflows and climate stress
24. 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe: 83.8 — Deficit-prone areas; El Niño risk ahead
25. 🇿🇲 Zambia: 83.2 — Above-average harvest but localized vulnerabilities
26. 🇱🇦 Lao PDR: 82.7 — 18-20% rice price increase; exchange rate pressures
27. 🇵🇰 Pakistan: 82.1 — Above-average production but localized dry conditions
28. 🇮🇷 Iran: 81.5 — Food inflation at 98%; Strait of Hormuz disruption
29. 🇧🇩 Bangladesh: 81.0 — Heatwaves, salinity intrusion, flood risks; El Niño exposure
30. 🇳🇵 Nepal: 80.6 — Monsoon-dependent paddy; groundwater recharge risks
31. 🇧🇹 Bhutan: 80.1 — Lower river flows affecting hydropower exports
32. 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: 79.7 — Flood, waterlogging, landslide risks from later rainfall
33. 🇵🇭 Philippines: 79.2 — 0.3% agricultural contraction; 4.8M tonnes rice import forecast
34. 🇹🇭 Thailand: 78.8 — Severe drought forecast to persist
35. 🇬🇹 Guatemala: 78.3 — Diesel prices up 33%; white maize 39% above 5-year average
36. 🇭🇳 Honduras: 77.9 — Below-average rainfall; high temperatures affecting crops
37. 🇸🇻 El Salvador: 77.5 — Climate stress on primera maize and bean season
38. 🇳🇮 Nicaragua: 77.0 — Regional climate stress; high input costs
39. 🇧🇴 Bolivia: 76.6 — 21.3% annual inflation; protests disrupting food supply
40. 🇬🇭 Ghana: 76.1 — Food inflation rising to 3.3% from 2.2%
41. 🇪🇬 Egypt: 75.7 — Stable wheat production but affordability pressures
42. 🇯🇴 Jordan: 75.2 — Fiscal pressures; refugee needs; food price risks
43. 🇮🇶 Iraq: 74.8 — Stable but exposed to affordability risks
44. 🇩🇿 Algeria: 74.3 — Favorable rainfall; 4.2M tons cereal output
45. 🇹🇳 Tunisia: 73.9 — Above-average wheat production
46. 🇲🇦 Morocco: 73.4 — Wheat harvesting underway; generally favorable
47. 🇿🇦 South Africa: 72.8 — Lower white maize prices; favorable 2026 harvest
48. 🇮🇩 Indonesia: 72.3 — 19.3M tonnes rice output; 5.3M tonnes reserves; 3.8B food security allocation
49. 🇰🇭 Cambodia: 71.8 — Stable rice prices; exports to EU up 22%
50. 🇨🇳 China: 71.2 — Food prices declined 1.6% YoY; adequate supply and reserves

Note: Countries scored out of 100 based on food insecurity risk exposure and vulnerability to shocks (conflict, climate, input costs, inflation, displacement).

Source: World Bank Food & Nutrition Security Update, Edition 123 (June 2026)

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