- India has slipped four places to 111th position in the Global Hunger Index 2023.
- India was ranked 107th among 121 countries in the 2022 ranking.
- This report has been released by two NGOs 'Concern Worldwide' and 'Welt Hungerhilfe' of Ireland and Germany.
- India's score in the latest ranking is 28.7, which shows serious levels of hunger.
- According to the index, the rate of ‘child wasting’ in India is the highest in the world at 18.7 percent.
- The undernutrition rate in India is 16.6 percent and the under-five mortality rate is 3.1 percent.
- The prevalence of anemia among women aged 15 to 24 years was 58.1 percent.
- South Asia and Africa are the regions of the world with the highest levels of hunger.
- India's neighboring countries Pakistan (102nd), Bangladesh (81st), Nepal (69th) and Sri Lanka (60th) are ahead of India.
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