Global Hunger Index 2020

India ranks 94 among 107 countries in Global Hunger Index 2020. According to the GHI report, with a score of 27.2, India has a level of hunger that is “serious”. According to the study, 14% of India’s population is undernourished.

Daily Current Affairs Quiz 2020

Key-Points

 Last year, India’s rank was 102 out of 117 countries.

The neighbouring countries of Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan too were in the “serious” category but ranked higher than India in this year’s index as has been the trend for several years.

While Bangladesh ranked 75, Myanmar and Pakistan were in the 78th and 88th position respectively. Nepal and Sri Lanka were in 73rd and 64th position and were in the “moderate” hunger category.

India’s score has decreased consistently, a positive sign in this ranking, from 32.2 in 2010 to 31.1 in 2018 and last year the score was 30.3.

In the 2020 report, India’s score stood at 27.2. Going by this pace of progress, it is likely to take some more years for India to be in the “moderate” category. Countries that have scores between 10 and 19.9 are categorised as moderate ones.

The report said 14% of India’s population was undernourished and the country recorded a 37.4% stunting rate among children under five and a wasting rate of 17.3% . The under-five mortality rate stood at 3.7%.