A brief about IPC: IPC AFI is considered as the gold standard to measure the food security condition across the globe and is acknowledged by the donor community. IPC is classified into 5 categories (Minimal, Stressed, Crisis, Emergency and Famine) and the analysis declares under which phase a particular geographic unit is falling based on rigorous analysis of all available evidence. The 2025 analysis is divided into two time periods, namely current and projected. The current period covers the month April 2025, and the projected period covers the month of May to December 2025. This time 36 districts of Bangladesh have been analyzed including Cox’s Bazar which is further disaggregated by host community, local community and FDMN.  FDMN from Bhasanchar has also been included in the analysis. Some key highlights are given below:

• About 16 million of the 96.6 million people analyzed in Bangladesh are projected to fall IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse) between May - December 2025.
• About 208,944 (35% of the total population) people in the host community (Ukhia and Teknaf only) of Cox’s Bazar are projected to fall IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse) between May - December 2025.
• About 779,200 (35% of the total population) people in the local community (outside of Ukhia and Teknaf) of Cox’s Bazar are projected to fall IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse) between May - December 2025.
• About 429,584 (40% of the total population) FDMN people living in Cox’s Bazar are projected to fall IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse) between May - December 2025.
• About 16,108 (40% of the total population) FDMN people living in Bhasancar are projected to fall IPC Phase 3 or above (Crisis or worse) between May - December 2025.