“In Latin America and the Caribbean undernourishment decreased for the fourth consecutive year, according to the 2025 Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition: Statistics and Trends, released today [2/27/26].
The report states that undernourishment affected 5.1% of the population in 2024, down from a peak of 6.1% in 2020. This means 6.2 million fewer people are experiencing hunger in the region.
The yearly report highlights that there are already four countries in the region (Brazil, Costa Rica, Guyana and Uruguay) with a prevalence of hunger below 2.5%, while two others (Chile and Mexico) are very close to this threshold, and five are now below 5% (Argentina, Barbados, Colombia, Dominica and Dominican Republic).
South America recorded the largest improvement in recent years, reaching an average prevalence of hunger of 3.8%, with a decrease of almost one percentage point between 2022 and 2024. Mesoamerican remained relatively unchanged at 5%, as did the Caribbean at 17.5%. This last result is explained by the prevalence of undernourishment in Haiti (54.2% in the 2022-2024 triennium).
Moderate or severe food insecurity affected 25.2% of the population in the region in 2024. This is below the global estimate of 28% and it also shows a steady decline since peaking at 33.7% in 2020.”
