20-10-2023 | 17:45 PM
India ranks 111 out of a total of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2023.
Key Highlights:
GHI is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels. GHI scores are based on the values of four component indicators:
Undernourishment
Child stunting.
Child wasting
Child mortality
Based on the values of the four indicators, a GHI score is calculated on a 100-point scale reflecting the severity of hunger, where 0 is the best possible score (no hunger) and 100 is the worst.
South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara each have a GHI score of 27.0, indicating serious hunger.
The region with the lowest 2023 GHI score is Europe and Central Asia, whose score of 6.0 is considered low.
Rates of undernourishment, child stunting, child wasting, and child mortality are all projected to fall short of the targets for 2030 set by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
India’s neighbouring countries Pakistan (102th), Bangladesh (81st), Nepal (69th) and Sri Lanka (60th) have fared better than it in the index.
India has the highest child wasting rate in the world, at 18.7 percent, reflecting acute undernutrition.
