Global Hunger Index 2021

15 Oct 2021 Global Hunger Index 2021

• Global Hunger Index 2021, which is prepared jointly by Irish aid agency called ‘Concern Worldwide’ and German organisation called ‘Welt Hunger Hilfe’, was released on October 14, 2021.
• The Index termed the hunger level in India as alarming.

Where India has been placed?

• In the index, India has been placed to 101^stposition out of 116 countries.
• In 2020, India’s was positioned at 94^th.
• In 2021 edition, India has been placed behind its neighbour countries Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.
• GHI score of India has also decreased. It was 38.8 in 2000 but now has been decreased to the range of 28.8 – 27.5 between 2012 and 2021.
• Share of wasting among children increased from 17.1 per cent during 1998-2002 to 17.3 per cent during 2016-2020.

 World scenario

• In the index, eighteen countries such as China, Brazil and Kuwait, shared the top rank. They got the GHI score of less than five.

 How GHI Score is calculated?

• GHI score is calculated on the basis of four indicators namely,
• Undernourishment
• Child wasting (share of children aged under five who are wasted i.e., those having low weight for their height.
• Child stunting (children aged under five who are having low height for their age.
• Child mortality (mortality rate of children aged under five).

 Improvement in India

• India has improved with respect to indicators like under-5 mortality rate, prevalence of undernourishment and prevalence of stunting among children.

 Global Hunger Index (GHI)

• GHI is a tool to measure and track hunger across the world, by region as well as by country.
• It is calculated annually and its results are published in a report issued in the month of October each year.

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