Global Hunger Index 2017

The 2017 Global Hunger Index has ranked India 100 among 119 countries, marking a 55- point fall over the past three years and prompting nutrition analysts to highlight concerns that economic growth does not automatically guarantee food security.

About the Index

• Published by the International Food Policy Research Institute, Concern Worldwide, an Irish aid agency, and Welthungerhilfe, a German private aid organisation, the Global Hunger Index tracks hunger worldwide.
• The Global Hunger Index is calculated based on the proportion of the population that is undernourished; prevalence of wasting and stunting among children below the age of five; and the under-five ....