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Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2023
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- India ranks 111 out of a total of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2023.
- India is ranked 107th out of 121 countries in 2022.
- Afghanistan, Haiti and 12 sub-Saharan countries perform worse than India on the GHI.
- India’s ranking is based on a Global Hunger Index score of 28.7 on a 100-point scale where 0 is the best score (no hunger) and 100 is the worst.
- The 2023 GHI score for the world is 18.3, which is considered moderate.
- However, it is only one point below the world’s 2015 GHI score of 19.1.
- India made significant strides between 2000 and 2015, with its score improving from 38.4 in 2000 to 35.5 in 2008 and 29.2 in 2015.
- Over the past eight years, the country has advanced on the GHI by only 0.5 points.
- South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara are the world regions with the highest hunger levels- serious hunger.
- West Asia and North Africa is the region with the third-highest hunger level - “moderate” hunger level.
- The rate of undernourishment in India stood at 16.6 percent and under-five mortality at 3.1 percent.
- The prevalence of anaemia in women aged between 15 and 24 years stood at 58.1 percent.
- India also has the highest child wasting rate in the world at 18.7 percent, reflecting acute undernutrition.
- India's neighbouring countries Pakistan (102th), Bangladesh (81st), Nepal (69th) and Sri Lanka (60th) have fared better than it in the index.
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