Figure 1.1

Breakdown of countries by data sources

Figure 1.2

Growth in the number of children receiving school meals in selected African Union countries

Figure 1.3

Change in the number of children receiving school meals by region between 2022 and 2024

Figure 1.4

Change in the number of children receiving school meals by income level between 2022 and 2024

Figure 1.5

Children enrolled in primary schools around the world

Figure 1.6

Country coverage of school meal programmes by income level

Figure 1.7

Coverage in 2024 by income category

Figure 1.8

Sources of financial investment in school meals (2024 only)

Figure 1.9

Sources of financial investment in school meals in 2022 and 2024

Figure 1.10

Share of countries with school meals policy frameworks by income level in 2020, 2022 and 2024

Figure 1.11

Jobs created for every 100,000 children receiving school meals

Figure 1.12

Complementary health and nutrition programmes

Figure 1.13

Adoption of complementary health and nutrition programmes

Map 1.1

Children receiving school meals around the world (million)

Map 1.2

City-level innovation in school meal programmes: a subnational snapshot

Figure 2.1

Number of countries joining the School Meals Coalition by year and commitment submission

Figure 2.2

Total number of children receiving school meals in School Meals Coalition member states versus non-member states

Figure 2.3

National commitments to the School Meals Coalition, broken down by categories

Figure 2.4

How the School Meals Coalition works

Figure 2.5

The School Meals Coalition Ecosystem: Multisectoral collaboration from local to global

Figure 2.6

School Meals Coalition key events 2023–2024

Figure 3.1

Estimated cost–benefit ratios of the school meal programme on education, health and nutrition combined, by subregions (districts) in Malawi

Figure 3.2

Comparison of LAYS gained per US$100 invested across different school-based health interventions

Figure 3.3

Overview of the phases and steps to develop national school meal nutrition guidelines and standards

Figure 3.4

Status of school meal nutrition guidelines and standards in countries that have participated in the stocktaking exercise

Figure 3.5

Number of School Meals Coalition member countries with commitments relevant to school meal nutrition guidelines and standards

Figure 3.6

Cumulative number of SABER School Health and School Feeding exercises completed since 2012 globally and in sub-Saharan Africa, by year

Figure 3.7

GAMA indicator domains

Figure 4.1

Number of children reached by school meal programmes in countries supported by WFP

Figure 4.2

Number of children reached by school meal programmes in countries supported by WFP (2020–2024) by income group

Figure 4.3

The global and strategic role of WFP in school health and nutrition

Figure 4.4

Change in funding sources in countries supported by WFP

Figure 4.5

Change in policy frameworks in countries supported by WFP

Figure 4.6

Evolution of WFP school meal direct beneficiaries between 2013 and 2023 (by region)

Figure 4.7

Number of schoolchildren directly reached by WFP school meals over time (2013–2023), by country context

Figure 4.8

Progression of school meal programme coverage in Armenia

Figure 4.9

Government allocated budget for school year (180 meal days) in US$

Figure 4.10

History of school meals in Iraq

Map 4.1

Overview of WFP school meal programmes around the world in 2023

Figure SR. 1

Conceptual and operational framework for school meals and food systems