The Global Hunger Index scores are based on the values of four component indicators – undernourishment, child stunting, child wasting, child mortality.

India remains behind neighbours Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal, according to the Global Hunger Index 2022.
India slipped six places on Global Hunger Index 2022 to take 107th position out of 121 countries ranked. India has been ranked behind all south Asian countries except the war-torn Afghanistan. With a score of 29.1, the publishers of European NGOs Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe– have labelled the level of hunger as “serious.”
European NGOs Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe– have labelled the level of hunger as “serious.”

Countries ranked below India on the Global Hunger Index are - Zambia, Afghanistan, Timor-Leste, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Lesotho, Liberia, Niger, Haiti, Chad, Dem. Rep. of the Congo, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Yemen. For 15 countries -- including Guinea, Mozambique, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Somalia, South Sudan, and Syria -- ranks could not be determined owing to lack of data, the report said.

Opposition leaders have latched on to the report to attack the BJP-led central government.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said that India’s score has worsened since 2014 in the eight years of the Modi government.

“Hindutva, imposing HIndi and spreading Hate are not the antidote to Hunger,” Chidambaram said in a tweet.

Chidambaram’s son and Lok Sabha member Karti Chidambaram tweeted, “The BJP government will reject this & raid the organisation which conducted the study.”

Countries ranked below India on the Global Hunger Index are - Zambia, Afghanistan, Timor-Leste, Guinea-Bissau, Sierra Leone, Lesotho, Liberia, Niger, Haiti, Chad, Dem. Rep. of the Congo, Madagascar, Central African Republic, Yemen. For 15 countries -- including Guinea, Mozambique, Uganda, Zimbabwe, Burundi, Somalia, South Sudan, and Syria -- ranks could not be determined owing to lack of data, the report said.

Opposition leaders have latched on to the report to attack the BJP-led central government.

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram said that India’s score has worsened since 2014 in the eight years of the Modi government.

“Hindutva, imposing HIndi and spreading Hate are not the antidote to Hunger,” Chidambaram said in a tweet.

Chidambaram’s son and Lok Sabha member Karti Chidambaram tweeted, “The BJP government will reject this & raid the organisation which conducted the study.”