Almost Half of South Africans Likely to Go Hungry in 2025, Study Finds
- Food insecurity seen declining marginally from 2020: Data Lab
- World Inequality Lab ranks South Africa as most unequal nation
Volunteers from a food bank sort bags containing food for distribution in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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The number of people unable to meet their minimum food consumption needs in South Africa is expected to marginally decline to just under one in two by 2025, according to the World Data Lab.
The firm, which conducted research for Shoprite Holdings Ltd.’s food index, estimates that 49% of South Africans will be food insecure in two years’ time, down from 52% at the height of the coronavirus pandemic in 2020. The Western Cape, Free State and Eastern Cape provinces are expected to show the biggest progress in addressing hunger.