India slipped six places in the Global Hunger Index. : India ranks 107th position out of 121 countries on Global Hunger Index 2022. In 2021, India’s rank was 101st in the Global Hunger Index. India with a score of 29.1 has been kept in the ‘serious’ category of hunger level. India is behind its neighbours Nepal (81), Pakistan (99), Sri Lanka (64), and Bangladesh (84).
India’s GHI score has reduced from 38.8 in 2000 to 28.2 by 2014. Since then India’s registered higher scores in GHI than 28.2.
November 2022 Current Affairs Quiz
The proportion of undernourishment in India has increased from 14.8 in 2014 to 16.3 in 2022 and wasting in children under five years jumped from 15.1 in 2014 to 19.3 in 2022. India’s score has improved in Stunning in children under five. It has reduced from 38.7 in 2014 to 35.5 in 2022. India’s under-five mortality has reduced from 4.6 in 2014 to 3.3 in 2022.
China and Kuwait are Asian countries that are ranked at the top of the list. 17 countries have been collectively ranked between 1 and 17 with a score of less than 5. Belarus, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Chile, China, Croatia, Estonia, Hungary, Kuwait, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Turkey and Uruguay are the top 17 countries. South Asian region has the highest hunger level, highest child stunting rate, and highest child wasting rate in the world. Yemen is at the last position in the Global Hunger Index 2022. The Global Hunger Index scores are based on four indicators- Undernourishment, Child stunting, Child wasting, and Child mortality.
