Akwai mutane miliyan 925 da suke fama da rashin abinci mai gina jiki a duniya a shekara ta 2010, ƙarin miliyan 80 tun 1990. Wasu mutanen biliyan ɗaya aka ƙiyasta da ke fama da rashin sinadarin bitamin da minerals. A shekara ta 2010 rashin abinci mai ɗauke da sinadarin an ƙiyasta ya yi sanadiyyar mutawa 600,000 ƙasa daga mutuwa 883,000 a shekara ta 1990. Wasu rashin na abinci mai gina jiki, wanda ya haɗa da rashin sinadarin iodine da rashin sinadarin iron na cikin jini, ya yi sanadiyyar wasu rashe-rashen 84,000. Rashin abinci mai gina jiki har zuwa shekara ta 2010 shi ne sanadiyyar 1.4% na dukkanin shekarun daidaito na naƙasa. Kimanin rasuwa guda cikin uku a ɓangaren yara ƙanana an yi imani ta na afkuwa ne a sanadin rashin abinci mai gina jiki; to amma, ba'a cika danganta mutuwar da wannan ba. A shekara ta 2010 an ƙiyasta cewa an sami kimanin mutuwar mata da ƙanan yara miliyan 1.5 duk da cewa wasu sun ƙiyasta adadin da cewa zai iya fin miliyan 3 . Ƙarin yara miliyan 165 na samun rashin kulawa da girmansu daga cutar. Rashin abinci mai gina jiki ya fi zama ruwan-dare a ƙasashe masu tasowa.