United Nations "Hunger Indicator" imayesa kuchuluka kwa kuchuluka kwa anthu omwe amamwa kuchuluka kosakwanira kwa ma calories komwe kungafunike kukwaniritsa zosowa zamagetsi ndikukhala ndi moyo wathanzi. Pali zochepa zochepa kuchokera 1990 isanachitike. Komabe, ngakhale pano, pali mawonekedwe omveka. Malinga ndi zomwe zaposachedwa kwambiri kuchokera ku Welthunderhilfe, anthu mamiliyoni a 795 padziko lonse lapansi (2015) akhudzidwa ndi njala.