Global Hunger Index
✓Published by: Jointly by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Concern Worldwide, and Welthungerhilfe (WHH)
✓India: 94th rank among 107 countries
✓It continues to be in the “serious” hunger category.
✓Bangladesh: 75th rank
✓Myanmar: 78th rank
✓Pakistan: 88th rank
✓Nepal: 73rd rank and
✓Sri Lanka: 64th rank
✓Last year, India’s rank was 102 out of 117 countries.
✓The neighbouring countries of Bangladesh, Myanmar and Pakistan too were in the “serious” category.
✓They ranked higher than India in 2020’s index.
✓Nepal and Sri Lanka are in “moderate” hunger category.
✓Undernourished: 14% of India’s population
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