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India ranked 111th out of 125 countries in the Global Hunger Index 2023 India has a score of 28.7, indicating a serious level of hunger The country came after neighbouring countries Pakistan (102nd), Bangladesh (81st), Nepal (69th) and Sri Lanka (60th) However, India fared better than South Asia and Africa South of the Sahara, which recorded a score of 27 each While the rate of undernourishment in India stood at 16.6 percent and under-five mortality at 3.1 percent, the prevalence of anaemia in women aged between 15 and 24 years stood at 58.1 percent As per the index, India also has the highest child wasting rate in the world at 18.7 percent, reflecting acute undernutrition. Wasting is measured based on children’s weight relative to their height About Global Hunger Index The Global Hunger Index is a tool that attempts to measure and track hunger globally as well as by region and by country, prepared by European NGOs of Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe The GHI is calculated annually, and its results appear in a report issued in October each year.
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