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Food insecurity Iraq, in 4 editions.

The entry for Iraq published Food insecurity in 4 editions of 36, from 2021 to 2024. The text changed in 1 edition. Each is shown as published. Food insecurity in every entry.

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the first edition with it
2021
the latest edition with it
2024

Published as “Food insecurity” (2021 to 2024).

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2024 edition

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The same text in 3 editions, 2022 to 2024.

severe localized food insecurity:
  • due to civil conflict and economic slowdown - the 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview identified 2.5 million people in need of humanitarian assistance, of which 960,000 have acute humanitarian needs;
  • while the number of people in need remained similar to the previous year, the severity of those needs increased, largely due to the impact of the COVID‑19 pandemic on top of an existing humanitarian crisis, leading to a 35% increase in the number of people in acute need;
  • more than half of these are concentrated in the governorates of Nineveh and Anbar;
  • the number of severely food insecure people is estimated at about 435,000, while 731,000 are vulnerable to food insecurity (2022)

severe localized food insecurity: due to civil conflict, low oil prices, conflict and economic slowdown - the 2021 2022 Humanitarian Needs Overview (HNO) for Iraq identified 4.1 2.5 million people in need, need of humanitarian assistance, of which 2.4 million 960,000 have acute humanitarian needs; while the number of people in need remained similar to the previous year, the severity of those needs increased, largely due to the impact of the COVID‑19 pandemic on top of an existing humanitarian crisis, leading to a 35% increase in the number of people in acute need; more than half of these are concentrated in the governorates of Nineveh and Anbar; the number of severely food insecure people is estimated at about 435,000, while 731,000 are vulnerable to food insecurity (2021) (2022)

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Central Intelligence Agency. “Iraq: Food insecurity.” The World Factbook, 2021–2024 editions. Archived by The Factbook, thefactbook.org/iraq/food-insecurity.

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