Hunger

Overall: In the 2022 Global Hunger Index, India ranks 107th out of the 121 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2022 GHI scores.

  • With a score of 29.1, India has a level of hunger that is serious.

Specific Indicators: Prevalence of undernourishment rose in India from 14.6% in 2018-2020 to 16.3% in 2019-2021.

  • Thus, 224.3 million people in India are considered undernourished. Child stunting was recorded to be 35.5% in 2019–2021. It is still considered very high.
  • At 19.3%, India has the highest child wasting rate of all countries covered in the GHI.

India’s Neighbour: India fares worse (rank lower) than all South Asian ....

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