An estimated 8.2 per cent of the global population, or about 673 million people, experienced hunger in 2024, according to a UN report published on Monday.

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI 2025) report published by five specialised UN agencies, showed that the hunger levels declined from 8.5 per cent in 2023 and 8.7 per cent in 2022.

However, progress was not consistent across the globe, as hunger continued to rise in most sub-regions of Africa and western Asia, showed the report.