About half a million people suffer from malnutrition in Armenia

According to the UN World Food Program's "Hunger Map", about 500,000 people in Armenia are undernourished.

At the same time, the organization said the number of people suffering from malnutrition has increased by 70,000 over the past month, Report informs.

It is noted that about 4.4% of children under 5 in the country suffer from acute and 9.4% from chronic malnutrition.

According to the World Bank, poverty in Armenia will increase by 7% in 2021. In 2020, it was 27%.

The population of Armenia is 3 million.