In a global context, 11.3 percent of the world’s population experienced severe food insecurity in 2022, with the largest share of severely food insecure people located in Africa at 24 percent.
Situation in the Middle East and North Africa
As of 2019, the Middle East and North Africa region had one of the world's lowest food loss scores. This indicates that the governments of the region have not addressed enough policies to combat food loss and waste. At the same time, they scored as low as North America in terms of food end-user waste.The outlook of every country in the Middle East and North Africa in terms of their food natural resources and resilience score is quite diverse. Turkey scores the highest in this index which indicates it can produce enough food domestically to fulfill the needs of its people. At the same time, the majority of Gulf Cooperation Council countries as well as Yemen were the lowest scorers of this index.
GCC food imports
The Gulf Cooperation Council region has a high decadence rate of food imports, mainly of important staples such as cereals. the UAE had the highest score in food security performance in the entire GCC and MENA region in 2022.
