Figure 1.18: Global map of undernourishment, 2007. This map is based on 2007 data (the only data presently available), before the 2008 global recession put many people back into a state of hunger. What shows here is that the proportion of people suffering from undernourishment—the lack of adequate nutrition to meet their daily needs—had declined in the developing world, most notably in India, over the past several years. However, hundreds of millions of people remain affected by chronic hunger. As you can see from the map, those who are the most affected are people in much of sub-Saharan Africa; parts of South Asia; Mongolia and North Korea in East Asia; Bolivia in South America; and Haiti in the Caribbean.

[Source consulted: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO Statistics Division, Rome 2009: Map 14, Year 2003–2005, at http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-publications/ess-yearbook/fao-statistical-yearbook-2007-2008/g-human-welfare/en/]