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25-10-2024 | 17:51 PM

Global Hunger Index 2024

The Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe have recently released the Global Hunger Index 2024.

Key Highlights

• India ranked 105th among 127 countries, with a score of 27.3.
• The Global Hunger Index score is 18.3 at the global level, considered moderate, down only slightly from the 2016 score of 18.8.

About the Index

• GHI is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking global, regional, and national hunger. 
• Concern Worldwide publishes the Global Hunger Index.
• GHI scores are based on the four indicators:
  • Undernourishment
  • Child wasting
  • Child stunting Child mortality

GHI Severity of Hunger Scale: 

• Extremely Alarming ≥ 50
• Alarming: 35.0-49.9
• Serious: 20.0-34.9
• Moderate: 10-19.9
• Low: Below 9.9