Tool designed to comprehensively measure a country’s hunger situation
and to track hunger globally by region and country
It measures progress and failures in the global fight against hunger
It is calculated
each year and
For each country
by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
The Index ranks countries on a 100-point scale, with 0 being the best score (no hunger) and 100 being the worst
Hence lower the score, the better is the situation of hunger in the country
Countries are ranked according to GHI scores
In 2016, India ranked 97 among 118 developing countries (GHI = 28.5, higher than that of B’desh and Sri Lanka)
The GHI combines 4 component indicators :
The proportion of the undernourished as a percentage of the population
The proportion of under-five children suffering from wasting;
The proportion of under-five children suffering from stunting; and
The mortality rate of children under the age of five
The calculation result in a 100 point scale on which
Zero is the best score (no hunger)
And 100 is the worst score
None of the above extreme values are actually seen in practice as a value of 100 would mean the whole population is undernourished, all children died before attaining 5 yr. of age
A value of zero would mean that a country had no undernourished people in the population, no children < 5 who is underweight and no children who died before their 5th birthday
In 2016, India ranked 97 among 118 developing countries
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