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16/10/22 08:32 AM IST

Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022

In News 
  • India ranks 107 out of 121 countries (under the “serious category”) on the Global Hunger Index released by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe.
About GHI 
  • The GHI 2021: India had slipped to 101st position of 116 countries (from its 94th position in 2020).
  • Objective: 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.
  • Published by: 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.
  • Calculation: 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.
Major Findings 
  • 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).
Important Definitions 
  • Child mortality rate(under-five mortality rate): It refers to the probability of dying between birth and exactly five years of age expressed per 1,000 live births.
  • Stunting: It is defined as low height-for-age. It is the result of chronic or recurrent undernutrition.
  • Undernourishment: It is a measure of the proportion of the population facing chronic deficiency of dietary energy intake.
  • Child Wasting: Wasting refers to children whose weight is low-for-their height.
Source -The Hindu 

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