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Global Hunger Index – India Ranked 102
October 16 , 2019
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- India has slipped from 95th rank in 2010 to 102nd in 2019 on the Global Hunger Index (GHI).
- A total of 117 countries were ranked.
- 2018 onwards, the GHI is a joint project of Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide, along with International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
- It was the lowest-ranked among South Asian countries and way behind the other BRICS nations.
- Even Pakistan, which used to be the only country in South Asia to rank below India, pulled ahead in the 2019 ranking to 94th place.
GHI Score
- The GHI score, which reflects data from 2014 to 2018, is based on
- Proportion of a country's child population that is undernourished
- share of children under five years of age who have insufficient weight for their height or whose height is not commensurate to their age
- Mortality rate of under-5 children.
- India's child wasting rate is extremely high at 20.8% (the highest wasting rate of any country in this report).
- Wasting Rate - Wasting or low weight for height, is a strong predictor of mortality among children under five.
Serious Hunger Category
- The GHI ranks countries on a 100-point scale, with 0 being the best score (no hunger) and 100 being the worst.
- India's score was 30.3, putting it in the serious hunger category.
- Climate change was found to be seriously affecting the quality and safety of food and worsening the nutritional value of cultivated food.
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