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Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022

  • Posted By
    10Pointer
  • Categories
    World Affairs
  • Published
    17th Oct, 2022

Context

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022 has ranked India at 107th out of 121 countries and a score of 29.1 puts India in the "serious" category.

Key-Findings

  • India Specific Rank and score: India ranks 107 out of 121 countries on the GHI and a score of 29.1 places it in the ‘serious’ category. 
    • India’s child wasting rate at 19.3%, is worse than earlier levels recorded in 2014 (15.1%) and 2000 (17.15) and is the highest for any country in the world. It drives up the South Asian region’s average due to India’s large population.
    • Prevalence of undernourishment has also risen in India from 14.6% in 2018-2020 to 16.3% in 2019-2021. Thus, 224.3 million people in India are considered undernourished. 
  • Improvement in: Child stunting has declined from 38.7% to 35.5% between 2014 and 2022.
    • Child mortality has also dropped from 4.6% to 3.3% in the same comparative period.
  • India and the neighborhood: India fares worse (rank lower) than all South Asian countries- Sri Lanka (64), Nepal (81), Bangladesh (84), and Pakistan (99); except war-torn Afghanistan (109).  
  • Global Scenario: Top rankings in GHI are dominated by European nations including Croatia, Estonia, and Montenegro etc.
    • Yemen lies at the lowest position (121).
    • In Asia, only China and Kuwait are ranked at the top of the list. 

About the Global Hunger Index (GHI)

  • In the GHI 2021, India had slipped to 101st position of 116 countries (from its 94th position in 2020).
  • The GHI is a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at global, regional, and national levels, reflecting multiple dimensions of hunger over time. 
  • The GHI is published annually as part of a partnership between Concern Worldwide, Ireland’s largest aid and humanitarian agency and Welthungerhilfe.
  • The first GHI report was published in 2006.
  • The GHI score of each country is calculated based on a formula combining four indicators that together capture the multidimensional nature of hunger.
  • Undernourishment: the share of the population with insufficient caloric intake.
  • Child stunting: the share of children under age five who have low height for their age, reflecting chronic undernutrition.
  • Child wasting: the share of children under age five who have low weight for their height, reflecting acute undernutrition.
  • Child mortality: the share of children who die before their fifth birthday, partly reflecting the fatal mix of inadequate nutrition and unhealthy environments.

Government Initiatives

  • Eat Right India Movement
  • POSHAN Abhiyan
  • Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana
  • Food Fortification
  • National Food Security Act, 2013
  • Mission Indradhanush
  • Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme

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