Global Hunger Index 2022: India ranked 107 out of 121 countries

NEW DELHI: India has been ranked 107th out of 121 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022; a score of 29.1 puts the country in the "serious" category.
India has slipped 6 places from its 2021 ranking of 101 with a score of 28.2 (among 116 countries).
GHI measures and tracks hunger globally as well as by region and by country. It is published annually by Concern Worldwide, Ireland’s largest aid and humanitarian agency and Welthungerhilfe, one of the largest private aid organisations in Germany.
It is based on four indicators — under-nourishment, wasting (low weight for height), stunting (low height for age) and under-five mortality. Since 2014, India's performance has improved significantly on stunting and infant mortality. However the graphs for wasting and undernourishment have shown a small upward trend, according to GHI data.
India's overall score of 29.1 puts it in the "serious" category. A score of 9.9 or less is considered "low" risk, 35-49.9 as "alarming" and above that "extremely alarming."
Most of India's neighbours, including Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Myanmar and Pakistan- have fared better in the 2022 rankings. China, with a score of less than 5, has topped the chart, together with 16 other countries.
The situation in four countries- Burundu, Somalia, South Sudan and Syria- has been categorised as "extremely alarming."
Former finance minister P Chidambaram of the Congress lashed out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi after publication of the report, while stating that 22.4 crore people in India are undernourished.

The first GHI report was published in 2006 and the index is intended to be “a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at global, regional, and national levels".