Global Hunger Index India 2019 Upsc
Issues relating to poverty hunger in the recently released global hunger index ghi report 2019 india was ranked at 102nd position out of 117 countries.
Global hunger index india 2019 upsc. India ranks 94 out of 107 countries in the global hunger index 2020 released on october 16 2002 and is in the serious hunger category. The index is a peer reviewed report released annually by concern worldwide and welthungerhilfe. The 2019 global hunger index report has been released. And values of 50.
Ghi key facts performance of india and other countries. Values less than 10 reflect low hunger values from 20 to 349 indicate serious hunger. The ghi ranks countries on a 100 point scale with 0 being the best score no hunger and 100 being the worst. Values from 35 to 499 are alarming.
Ghi findings on india concerns and challenges remedies. With a score of 303 on the hunger index scale india is one of the 47 countries categorized with serious levels of hunger. The countries such as korear at rank 96 rwanda at 97 nigeria at 98 afghanistan at 99 sierra leone liberia mozambique were all ranked behind india in the global hunger index. The 14th global hunger index ghi 2019 was released recently and it had ranked india a lowly 102 among the 117 countries it had mapped.
For the year 2019 india has ranked 102nd amongst the 117 that were mapped for the global hunger index. What is the global hunger index. The report is an annual publication that is jointly prepared by the concern worldwide an irish agency and the welt hunger hilfe a german organization. Global hunger index.
Countries behind india in the index. The ghi has been brought out almost every year by welthungerhilfe lately in partnerships with concern worldwide since 2000.