Nearly 10 million people are malnourished in Ukraine
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1.1 million Ukrainians are experiencing an acute food shortage. Malnutrition affects 22.4% of the country’s population.
Ukraine has the worst indicator in Europe in terms of the proportion of the population experiencing food shortages. According to data UNICEF, 9.8 million Ukrainians are malnourished.
At the same time, 1.1 million people are experiencing an acute shortage of food – 200 thousand more than in the previous assessment of the fund. These people are at least forced to skip meals due to lack of money.
Another 8.7 million people were classified as those who do not skip meals, but are forced to reduce their food intake, this is 200 thousand less than in 2014-2016.
At the same time, as a percentage of the total population, the worst among European states is the situation with malnutrition in Albania – 46.5% of the population. Next comes Moldova – 31.7% of the population (1.3 million people). In Ukraine, this problem affects 22.4% of people, in Russia – about 6.5%.
According to the UN, the indicator of the number of people on the planet who do not have constant access to adequate nutrition, jumped sharply in 2020. 2.3 billion people, or 30% of the world’s population, today do not have consistent access to adequate nutrition.
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