Global Hunger Index 2022
Source : Indian Express
GS I : Issues related to poverty and hunger, institutions and bodies constituted for the protection of vulnerable sections of society etc
What is discussed under Global Hunger Index 2022?
- Details in the Report
- About Global Hunger Index
Why in News ?
Recently Global Hunger Index 2022 released.
Key Facts
- Yemen in the lowest position at 121.
- China and Kuwait are the Asian countries that are ranked at the top of the list, which is dominated by European nations including
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- The 2022 GHI score for the world is considered moderate.
- Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are the regions with the highest hunger levels.
India in the Report
- India has slipped to the 107th position in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) in 2022.
- Of the 121 countries on the GHI, India is ranked behind its neighbours Nepal (81), Pakistan (99), Sri Lanka (64), and Bangladesh (84).
- The proportion of undernourishment in the population went from 14.8 in 2014 to 16.3 in 2022.
- India’s child wasting rate, at 19.3 per cent, is the highest of any country in the world.
- Stunting in children under five has reduced from 38.7 in 2014 to 35.5 in 2022.
- Under-five mortality reduced from 4.6 in 2014 to 3.3 in 2022.
Global Hunger Index
- Annual report, jointly published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe, designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global, regional, and country levels.
- GHI scores are calculated each year to assess progress and setbacks in combating hunger.
- It is calculated on the basis of four indicators
- Undernourishment
- Child wasting (share of children under age five who have low weight for their height, reflecting acute undernutrition),
- Child stunting (share of children under age five who have low height for their age, reflecting chronic undernutrition)
- Child mortality
Based on the values of the four indicators, the GHI determines hunger on a 100-point scale where 0 is the best possible score (no hunger) and 100 is the worst.
- The GHI, which lists countries by ‘severity’, has given India a score of 29.1, which falls in the ‘serious’ category of hunger level.
Previous Year Questions
- There is a growing divergence in the relationship between poverty and hunger in India. The shrinking of social expenditure by the government is forcing the poor to spend more on non-food essential items squeezing their food-budget. Elucidate. (2019)
- Hunger and Poverty are the biggest challenges for good governance in India still today. Evaluate how far successive governments have progressed in dealing with these humongous problems. Suggest measures for improvement. (2017)
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