Food Security Impact of Reduction in WFP Funding

Global Food and Nutrition Security

In 2025, the World Food Programme (WFP) faces a severe funding shortfall, with projected resources dropping by 34 percent compared to 2024. This funding gap will force WFP to reduce emergency food assistance, affecting up to 16.7 million people – a 21 percent reduction from the 79.9 million assisted in 2024. Yemen will face the deepest cuts, with 4.8 million people potentially losing life-saving support. Overall, 11 countries could each see over 500,000 people cut from assistance. The reduction will disproportionately impact people in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency), with 3 million at risk of losing aid. Additionally, 13.7 million people in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) could worsen to Emergency levels, driving a 31 percent global increase in acute food insecurity from 44.4 million to 58.1 million people. These findings underline the urgent need for sustained humanitarian funding to prevent further deterioration in food security across the most vulnerable populations.

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Geographic coverage	Global
Available from	26 Aug 2025
Related organisation(s)	WFP - World Food Programme
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