The World Food
Programme in

2014

Facts and Figures

WFP's Key Achievements
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80 MILLION PEOPLE
reached with food assistance in
82 COUNTRIES

Children remained the primary focus
of WFP's support, accounting for
64 PERCENT
of total beneficiaries

WFP reduced the average lead time
FROM 120 TO 68 DAYS
to procure and move food to recipient countries

WFP assisted more than
42 MILLION PEOPLE
in emergencies

Level 3

Emergencies

In 2014, WFP worked on 6 simultaneous Level 3 emergencies. Level 3 is the highest category for a WFP emergency, requiring the mobilisation of a global, corporate response to support the Country Office and/or Regional Bureau.
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Central Africa Republic
Iraq
Philippines
South Sudan
Syria
West Africa

Central African Republic

WFP assisted more than a million people forced to flee their homes
due to breakdown of law and order.

Iraq

Conflict across vast parts of the country in the summer of 2014 triggered widespread internal displacement and overwhelming humanitarian needs. WFP responded by providing food assistance to some 2.2 million people.

Philippines

WFP provided more than a million people with food and cash following the Super-Typhoon Haiyan that smashed into the Philippines archipelago in 2013 and posed a logistics challenge requiring massive mobilisation of resources.

South Sudan

Conflict pushed millions into food insecurity in the world's newest country. Even before the conflict, WFP was assisting more than 2 million people.

Syria

The Syrian Regional Emergency continued to be WFP's largest and most complex operation. WFP provided food for as many as 4.9 million people inside Syria and assisted more than a million refugees in neighbouring countries.

West Africa

The 2014 Ebola epidemic was the largest in history, affecting multiple countries in West Africa - Guinea, Liberia, Sierra Leone. In response, WFP provided critically needed food to more than 2 million people, logistics expertise to humanitarian agencies and built treatment centres in the three countries

People who received WFP Assistance
children

66.8MILLION
CHILDREN

Women and Children

25.3 million boys and
25.7 million girls

6.7MILLION

Refugees

14.8MILLION

Internally displaced people

800,000

Returnees

People who received WFP assistance by country in 2014
The number indicated for each country refers to millions of people
Nutrition

7.3 Million

Malnourished children receiving specialized nutritional support
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3 MILLION

Pregnant women and nursing mothers receiving additional nutrition support

800,000

People affected by HIV/AIDS receiving
WFP assistance

29

Countries receiving assistance for tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS
prevention activities

31,700

Health centres and clinics receiving
WFP assistance

Food Aid Quantities

3.2 MiLLion

Metric tons of food distributed
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2.2 MILLION

Metric tons
the amount of food
procured in 92 Countries

81%

The percentage of food procured in developing Countries

Funding

US$5.38 BILLION

The value of contributions reached is the highest in WFP history
and 27% higher than in 2013. This value reflects the extraordinary number of major emergencies that WFP responded to during the year.
Funding sources and total confirmed contributions in 2014 (US$ thousand)
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Projects
Protracted relief and recovery operations (PRROs)
Emergency operations (EMOPs)
Special operations (SOs)
Development projects (DEVs)
Preparedness activities

39

Emergency operations (EMOPs)

33

Country programmes (CPs)

41

Special operations (SOs)

202

TOTAL PROJECTS

57

Protracted relief and recovery operations (PRROs)

27

Development projects (DEVs)

5

Preparedness activities

School Feeding

17 MiLLion

Schoolchildren receiving meals in school or take-home rations
(This figure does not include
1.2 million schoolchildren reached
through Trust Funds)

75,500

Schools receiving
WFP assistance

49%

Girls as a percentage of all schoolchildren receiving WFP Assistance

Resilience Building Activities

12.7 MiLLion

People receiving WFP food as an incentive to build assets

328,800

Hectares of land protected or improved

14,130

Kilometres of roads and
123 bridges constructed or repaired

63,000

Government Staff Trained

Cash and Vouchers

8.9 MiLLion

People receiving assistance in the form of cash and/or vouchers in 69 projects in 53 countries.
A 13% increase compared to 2013.

US$843 Million

Value of cash and voucher transfers compared to US$506 million in 2013

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More than 90 percent of cash and voucher transfers were provided within emergency programmes aimed at saving lives and livelihoods

Purchase for Progress

US$148 Million

Income generated for farmers as a result of the P4P project

370,000 METRIC TONS

The amount of food purchased under the P4P project

UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATION PARTNERS

WFP's partnerships seek to:
alleviate hunger through food assistance, nutrition support and social safety nets; eliminate the root causes of hunger and poverty through long-term support to sustainable agricultural development and rural transformation for the most vulnerable people.

  • FAO
  • IFAD
  • ILO
  • International Red Cross and
    Red Crescent Movement
    (ICRC, IFRC, National Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies)
  • IOM
  • UNAIDS
  • UNDP
  • UNEP
  • UNESCO
  • UNFPA
  • UN-HABITAT
  • UNHCR
  • UNICEF
  • UN-Women
  • WHO
  • World Bank

1,122

NGO Partners

US$110.3 Million

The amount of cash and in-kind donations from corporations, foundations
and individuals

Staff

11,367 Employees

of whom 93 percent are based in the field

11,367

With contracts
of one year or longer

41%

Women among international recruits and professional officers

87%

Locally recruited

In 2015, WFP plans
to provide more than

17 BILLION RATIONS to 78 MILLION PEOPLE in 76 COUNTRIES

WFP is the world’s largest humanitarian organization fighting hunger worldwide.
In 2014, WFP reached 80 million people with food assistance in 82 countries.

For more information about our work, please visit www.wfp.org

The designations employed and the presentation of material in the maps do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever of WFP concerning the legal or constitutional status of any country, territory or sea area, or concerning the delimitation of frontiers.