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Global Hunger Index 2024
October 17 , 2024
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- It is jointly published by 'Concern Worldwide' and 'Welthungerhilfe'.
- The 19th Global Hunger Index (GHI) report for 2024 has ranked India 105th out of 127 countries.
- This is placing India among nations with 'serious' hunger problems.
- India lags behind its neighbours Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar, and Bangladesh, while it ranks just above Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- The 2024 report is not directly comparable to the 2023 report due to a change in methodology and revised data.
- However, it provides comparative data for the years 2000, 2008, 2016, and 2024.
- India continues to face severe challenges in child malnutrition, with the highest child wasting rate (18.7%) globally.
- The country also has a child stunting rate of 35.5%, an under-five mortality rate of 2.9%, and a prevalence of undernourishment at 13.7%.
- Globally, around 733 million people face hunger each day due to a lack of access to a sufficient amount of food.
- Also, about 2.8 billion people cannot afford a healthy diet.
- South Sudan, Burundi, Somalia are the bottom three countries.
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