Madagascar

Madagascar is almost as large as Germany and Poland put together. The tropical island nation is home to a population of around 30.3 million. Three quarters of the population live in poverty according to the World Bank's Madagascar Poverty Assessment report. Around 40 per cent of the people is undernourished. In the 2024 Global Hunger Index (GHI), Madagascar has one of the highest GHI scores, which, at 36.3, is considered alarming. The country’s food insecurity is driven by consecutive years of drought brought on by global climate change, which is pushing areas in the south of the country to the brink of famine. Madagascar’s economy, which shrank significantly after a five-year-long political crisis, depends primarily on agriculture (vanilla export) and, to a lesser extent, on tourism. As a result, the livelihood of most Malagasy is severely threatened by the effects of climate change.