New Delhi: India ranks 107th out of 121 countries global hunger index (GHI) 2022; A score of 29.1 places the country in the “severe” category.
India has slipped 6 places from its 2021 ranking of 101 with a score of 28.2 (among 116 countries).
GHI measures and tracks hunger globally as well as by region and country. It is published annually by Concern Worldwide, Ireland’s largest aid and humanitarian agency, and Welthungerhilfe, one of Germany’s largest private aid organisations.
It is based on four indicators – undernourishment, wastage (low weight for height), stunting (low height for age) and mortality under five years of age. Since 2014, India’s performance on stunting and infant mortality has improved significantly. However, as per GHI data, the wastage and undernutrition graph shows a slight upward trend.
India’s overall score of 29.1 places it in the “severe” category. A score of 9.9 or less is considered “low” risk, 35-49.9 “dangerous” and above “extremely dangerous”.
Most of India’s neighbors, including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and Pakistan, fared better in the 2022 rankings. China, with a score of less than 5, topped the chart along with 16 other countries.
The situation in four countries – Burundu, Somalia, South Sudan and Syria – is classified as “extremely dangerous”.
Former Congress finance minister P Chidambaram attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the publication of the report, while saying that 224 crore people in India are malnourished.
India has slipped 6 places from its 2021 ranking of 101 with a score of 28.2 (among 116 countries).
GHI measures and tracks hunger globally as well as by region and country. It is published annually by Concern Worldwide, Ireland’s largest aid and humanitarian agency, and Welthungerhilfe, one of Germany’s largest private aid organisations.
It is based on four indicators – undernourishment, wastage (low weight for height), stunting (low height for age) and mortality under five years of age. Since 2014, India’s performance on stunting and infant mortality has improved significantly. However, as per GHI data, the wastage and undernutrition graph shows a slight upward trend.
India’s overall score of 29.1 places it in the “severe” category. A score of 9.9 or less is considered “low” risk, 35-49.9 “dangerous” and above “extremely dangerous”.
Most of India’s neighbors, including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and Pakistan, fared better in the 2022 rankings. China, with a score of less than 5, topped the chart along with 16 other countries.
The situation in four countries – Burundu, Somalia, South Sudan and Syria – is classified as “extremely dangerous”.
Former Congress finance minister P Chidambaram attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the publication of the report, while saying that 224 crore people in India are malnourished.
When will Hon’ble Prime Minister address real issues like Malnutrition, Hunger and Stunting & Wasting among children?… https://t.co/GDUh0msRPw
— P Chidambaram (@PChidambaram_IN) 1665803540000
The first GHI report was published in 2006 and the index aims to be “a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global, regional and national levels”.
watch Global Hunger Index 2022: India down 6 places to 107th, China tops the list