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OVERVIEW
• Pakistan, the world’s fifth most populous
country, holds significant economic and human
capital potential, with the Government making
substantial investments to accelerate progress
towards the Sustainable Development Goals.
• Yet the country continues to face complex and
overlapping humanitarian and development
challenges that strain the food and nutrition
landscape and constrain human capital
development. Persistently high stunting rates
(40 percent) and the high number of out-ofschool
children (25 million) underscore the
vulnerabilities that require continued systemlevel
support. These vulnerabilities
are compounded by recurring climate shocks.
In 2025, severe monsoon flooding impacted
over 6.9 million people.
• The latest multistakeholder Integrated Phase
Classification (IPC) analysis indicates that 7.5
million people (21 percent of the analysed
population) remain in IPC Phase 3 (Crisis) or
above. This includes around 1.25 million people
who are experiencing critical levels of acute
food insecurity, IPC Phase 4 (Emergency).
• WFP currently implements its Country Strategic
Plan (CSP) 2023-2027, which supports national
development priorities. Alongside the provision
of critical relief and nutrition support to
vulnerable population groups, WFP’s systems
enhancement and technical assistance aims to
complement Government efforts in enhancing
the food and nutrition security of the people of
Pakistan.