Context:
Global Hunger Index (GHI), 2024 ranks India under ‘serious’ category.
Global Hunger Index (GHI), 2024:
- 1st introduced in 2006.
- Annually published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe.
- 4 component indicators –
- Undernourishment based on caloric intake
- Child (under age five) stunting based on height
- Child (under age five) wasting based on weight
- Child mortality (before age five)
- Scoring – 100-point scale (where 0 is the best (no hunger) and 100 is the worst)
Key findings of 2024 report:
- Global hunger statistics – Current GHI score stands at 18.3, showing a slight improvement from 2016’s score of 18.8.
- 2.8 billion people worldwide cannot afford a healthy diet.
- Sub-Saharan Africa records highest rates of malnutrition and child mortality globally
- Ongoing conflicts in Somalia and Sudan exacerbate hunger crises.
- India ranks 105th out of 127th countries, falling under “serious” category with 41 other nations, including Pakistan and Afghanistan.
- India’s GHI score has fallen since 2000, however, child wasting and stunting remain very high.
- Approximately 35.5% of children under five are stunted, indicating chronic undernutrition, while 18.7% are wasted, a sign of acute malnutrition.
- Around 13.7% of the overall population suffers from undernourishment, which remains a persistent issue.
Read about PM POSHAN, State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World Report 2024, Annapurti | UN World Food Programme
Source: The Hindu
Previous Year Question
Which of the following is/are the indicator/ indicators used by IFPRI to compute the Global Hunger Index Report?
1. Under nourishment
2. Child stunting
3. Child mortality
Select the correct answer using the code given below
[UPSC Civil Service Exam – 2016 Prelims]
(a) 1 only
(b) 2 and 3 only
(c) 1, 2 and 3
(d) 1 and 3 only
Answer: (c)
