Global Hunger Index 2020
After declining since 2000 hunger at the global level is classified as moderate according to the 2020 report.
Global hunger index 2020. 2020 ranking of global hunger index scores global hunger index ghi peer reviewed annual publication designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global regional and country levels global hunger index scores by 2020 ghi rank. Many individual countries have also achieved reductions in hunger since 2000 but in some countries hunger persists or has even worsened. These areas are highly vulnerable to a worsening of food and nutrition insecurity exacerbated by the health economic and environmental crises of 2020. India ranks 94 among 107 countries in the global hunger index 2020 the report released on friday said.
Indias rank was 102 out of 117 countries last year. The 2020 global hunger index ghi shows that hunger worldwide has gradually declined since 2000. The world is not on track to achieve zero hunger by 2030. The ghi is calculated annually and its results appear in a report issued in october each year.
With a score of 272 out of 50 the 2020 global hunger index report terms the level of hunger in india as serious. India was ranked 102 out of 117 countries in the global hunger index 2019 that was published jointly by concern worldwide and welthungerhilfe. India has climbed eight positions in the global hunger index from the past year and has been ranked 94 among 107 countries in 2020 according to the global hunger index 2020. The global hunger index ghi 2020 illustrates that the levels of hunger in many countries still require urgent attention.
The global hunger index is a tool that measures and tracks hunger globally as well as by region and by country. In the index india features behind nepal. According to the report with a score of 272 india has a level of hunger that is serious. The 2020 ghi shows that while the world has made gradual progress in reducing hunger on a global scale since 2000 this progress has been too slow.
Last year indias rank was 102 out of 117 countries. The world is not on track to achieve the second sustainable development goal known as zero hunger for shortby 2030 fao et al. The global hunger index 2020 report released on friday has ranked india at 94 among 107 countries. At the current pace approximately 37 countries will fail even to reach low hunger as defined by the ghi severity scale by 2030.
India ranked 94 among 107 nations in the global hunger index 2020 and is in the serious hunger category with experts blaming poor implementation processes lack of effective monitoring siloed approach in tackling malnutrition and poor performance by large states behind the low ranking.