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Global Hunger Index 2020
October 21 , 2020
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- The Global hunger index was launched by jointly prepared by the Welhunger life and Concern Worldwide.
- The report ranked the countries on the basis of four indicators – undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting and child mortality.
Highlights
- The report has put India under “serious category” and has given the score of 27.2.
- This year India has been ranked 94th Out of 107 countries.
- Nepal has been ranked 73rd, Bangladesh has been ranked 75th while Pakistan has been ranked 88th this year.
- Previously in 2018 India was ranked at 103 while in 2019 India was ranked at 102.
- The child stunting rate, for age group 0-5 years, in India was reported as 37.4 %.
- Wasting in child was reported as 17.3 %.
- Undernourishment rate of India is 14%.
- As per the report, child mortality rate is 3.7 %.
Reference
- “Wasting” means the child is having low weight as per the height.
- “Undernourishment” is the share of population with insufficient caloric intake.
- “Stunting” means the child is having low height for their weight.
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