Global Hunger Index 2018
The global hunger index ghi is a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global regional and national levels.
Global hunger index 2018. The global hunger index is a peer reviewed annual report jointly published by concern worldwide and welthungerhilfe designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global regional and country levels. The ghi is designed to raise awareness and understanding of the struggle against hunger provide a means to compare the levels of hunger between countries and regions and call attention to the areas of the world in greatest need of additional resources to. It then ranks countries by ghi score and compares current scores with past results. The ghi is designed to raise awareness and understanding of the struggle against hunger provide a means to compare the levels of hunger between countries and regions and call attention to the areas of the world in greatest need of additional resources to.
The aim of the ghi is to trigger action to reduce hunger around the world. Ethiopias 2000 global hunger index ghi score was 559 considered extremely alarming whereas its 2018 ghi score is 291 which is at the upper end of the serious category see about section for a guide to interpreting ghi scores. The global hunger index 2018 report was prepared jointly by global ngos namely concern worldwide ireland and welthungerhilfe germany. The 2018 global hunger index ghi reportthe thirteenth in an annual seriespresents a multidimensional measure of global regional and national hunger.
The aim of the ghi is to trigger action to reduce hunger around the world. The aim of the ghi is to trigger action to reduce hunger around the world. The global hunger index is a peer reviewed annual report jointly published by concern worldwide and welthungerhilfe designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global regional and country levels. The global hunger index ghi is a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global regional and national levels.
Key facts and figures of global hunger index 2018 in the countries included in the ghi the share of the undernourished population stood at 123 percent in 20152017 down from 176 percent in 19992001. Like poverty hunger and undernutrition among ethiopians have decreased in recent decades but remain problematically high. This is reflected in the new global hunger index which assesses the nutrition situation in 119 countries. Bonnberlin 11 october 2018 since the turn of the century great progress has been made in the global fight against hunger.
Approximately 124 million people suffer acute hunger a striking increase from 80 million two years ago.