Armenians, Tajiks Suffer From Hunger Most, Report Says

According to the expert, 40 percent of Armenians and Tajiks are living on the edge of starvation.
In Azerbaijan Georgia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Kirgizistan, 35 percent of population does not have enough to eat, the report said.

The figure is 20 percent in Belarus, Turkmenistan, Ukraine and Moldovia. In total, 38 million people suffer from malnutrition in former Soviet republics, according to the report.

However, the problem is not so serious in ex-Communist countries that now are members of the European Union. Among the mentioned nations, the worst situation with inefficient nutrition is in Latvia and Slovakia.

The figure doesn’t surpass 2 percent in Czech republic and Hungary and it is only 1 percent in Poland, the report says, explaining that the problem with starvation arises mainly from low salaries and pensions.