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According to real-time data of the "Hunger Map" of the United Nations World Food Program (WFP), 866 million people do not have sufficient food consumption across 92 countries.
The data shows that 333 million people in 36 countries are suffering from actual malnutrition whereas WFP estimates this figure to be 533 million people in 56 countries.
Accordingly, the countries with the highest prevalence of insufficient food consumption in order of severity are:
According to data from WFP, the number of people with insufficient food consumption is 14,8 million in Turkey with a population of 82,3 million.
This means that 410,000 more people are suffering from malnutrition compared to three months ago, and 50,000 more are not consuming enough food compared to one month ago.
The same data shows that 1,7 percent of children under the age of 5 suffer from acute malnutrition and 6 percent from chronic malnutrition in Turkey.
The region with the highest rate of malnutrition is the south-eastern province of Şırnak with 20,25 percent. (SD/TB/VK)