Afghanistan continues to experience marginal improvements in food security since the large degradation in the situation following the political transition of 2021. Despite improvements from previous analyses, nearly a third of Afghanistan’s population (14.2 million people or 32 percent of the total population)1 are still experiencing high levels of acute food insecurity, classified in IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse) between March and April 2024 and are in urgent need of humanitarian food assistance. Of this, 2.9 million people (7 percent) are in IPC Phase 4 (Emergency)
and 11.3 million people (25 percent) are in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis).
The slight improvement in the food security situation can be
attributed to humanitarian and livelihood support initiatives, as
well as improved household purchasing power, among other
factors.