Where India stands in Global Hunger Index ?

Recently the Global Hunger Index ( GHI ) published a list on 117 countries . And our proud ful country India was in 102nd below Nepal , Bangladesh and even Pakistan .

GHI is a meater which includes many countries over the world every year . The lower the country is on the list the more critical situation it is facing . 

They calculate through 4 major factors 

1- The proportion of the undernourished as a percentage of the population .

2- The proportion of children under the age of five suffering from wasting 

3- the proportion of children under the age of five suffering from stunting . 

4- The mortality rate of children under the age of five . 

Let me show you some numbers .

38% children under 5years show stunted growth . 

21% children malnourished . 

No improvement in child malnourishment in 25years .

19 cr. people go hungry everyday . 

14.5% of population in undernourished . 

3000 children die everyday from poor diet related illness

 . 

51% of women in reproduction age are anaemic . 

So it's not a surprising to see India in such a critical scale .

India's rank in this list was according to the information from 2015 , that means since 4 years we didn't get a survey and in other hand other countries like Nepal , Bangladesh , Mayanmar , Pakistan are getting better and doing good at this time .  

You can see the list below 

001

Belarus 

001

Bosnia & Herzegovina 

001

Bulgaria 

001

Chile 

001

Costa Rica 

001

Croatia 

001

Cuba 

001

Estonia 

001

Kuwait 

001

Latvia 

001

Lithuania 

001

Montenegro 

001

Romania 

001

Slovak Republic 

001

Turkey 

001

Ukraine 

001

Uruguay 

018

Brazil 

019

Argentina 

020

Kazakhstan 

021

North Macedonia 

022

Russian Federation 

023

Mexico 

024

Tunisia (6.2)

025

China (6.5)

026

Serbia (6.5)

027

Colombia (6.7)

028

Albania (7)

029

Azerbaijan (7.4)

030

Armenia (7.8)

031

Iran (7.9)

032

Jamaica (8.2)

033

Paraguay (8.3)

034

Saudi Arabia (8.5)

035

Kyrgyz Republic (8.8)

036

Peru (8.8)

037

Fiji (8.9)

038

Trinidad & Tobago (9.1)

039

Dominican Republic (9.2)

040

Georgia (9.2)

041

Panama (9.2)

042

Morocco (9.4)

043

El Salvador (9.6)

044

Mauritius (9.6)

045

Mongolia (9.7)

046

Thailand (9.7)

047

Algeria (10.3)

048

Jordan (10.5)

049

Uzbekistan (10.7)

050

Suriname (10.8)

051

Ecuador (11.3).    

       052

Oman (11.4)

053

Lebanon (11.6).         

                                         054

Turkmenistan (11.8)

055

Guyana (12.6)

056

Honduras (12.9)

057

Malaysia (13.1)

058

Nicaragua (13.3)

059

Ghana (14).     

      060

South Africa (14)

061

Egypt (14.6)

062

Viet Nam (15.3)

063

Bolivia (15.4)

064

Gabon (15.8)

06
080

Botswana (23.6)

081

Togo (23.9)

082

Benin (24)

083

Mali (24.1)

084

Cote d'Ivoire (24.9)

085

Namibia (24.9)

086

Kenya (25.2)

087

Lao PDR (25.7)

088

Bangladesh (25.8)

089

Burkina Faso (25.8)

090

Mauritania (26.7)

091

Guinea (27.4)

092

North Korea (27.7)

093

Nigeria (27.9).      

                                                               094

Pakistan (28.5)

095

Tanzania (28.6)

096

Mozambique (28.8)

097

Ethiopia (28.9)

098

Rwanda (29.1)

099

Guinea-Bissau (29.6).       

100

Angola (29.8)

101

Niger (30.2)

102

India (30.3)

103

Sierra Leone (30.4)

104

Uganda (30.6)

105

Djibouti (30.9)

106

Congo, Rep. (31)

107

Sudan (32.8)

108

Afghanistan (33.8)

109

Zimbabwe (34.4)

110

Timor-leste (34.5)

111

Haiti (34.7)

112

Liberia (34.9)

113

Zambia (38.1)

114

Madagascar (41.5)

115

Chad (44.2)

116

Yemen, Rep. (45.9)

117

Central African Republic (53.6)

The reason behind this situation ? 

Well it's a common thing and the usual problem of almost every country even in India 

1) Climate change 

2) Economic slowdown 

3) Unemployment 

4) Rich people are getting richer and poor ones getting poorer 

5) the most important reason ignorance of leaders and politicians .