Statsguru: India's fight against hunger

Global Hunger Index: India is ranked 100 out of 119 developing countries

The latest Global Hunger Index has several pointers for policymakers in India. To begin with, as Chart 1 shows, India is ranked 100 out of 119 developing countries. Even though India’s score — a higher score is worse — has improved since 1992, its score in 2017 is still far away from where China stood in 1992, as it was opening up its economy to the world. China’s lower score in 1992 shows how ill-prepared India is even in 2017. 

Moreover, even though countries such as China and Brazil started with smaller scores, over the same period, they registered a