Global hunger has fallen by about a quarter since 1990, Ms. Ruel notes. And some food experts say they are seeing the focus on early childhood nutrition that is necessary to sustain that progress.

LAGOS, Nigeria – A new report says calamitous famines appear to have vanished and hunger levels are declining but 795 million people don't get enough to eat. The 2015 Global Hunger Index ...

Data are from an annual report of the International Food Policy Research Institute. “Hunger levels in developing countries have fallen 29 percent since 2000, but efforts to curb hunger must be ...

Overall, the world has made gradual progress toward eliminating hunger over the last two decades, but according to the latest Global Hunger Index published Monday, progress is far too slow – so much ...

The Global Hunger Index 2024 ranks India 105th, under the 'serious' category, with high levels of undernourishment and child mortality. India's GHI score of 27.3 indicates significant hunger ...

While the U.S. in not included in the Global Hunger Index, 13.5 percent of Americans were living in poverty in 2015 and nearly all of them lived in food-insecure households, ...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2013 – The Global Hunger Index (GHI), an annual metric released by a trio of development organizations, indicates that world hunger is decreasing but “serious.” ...

Global Hunger Index scores are based on the most up-to-date information available for four component indicators: undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting, and child mortality.

Despite hunger and poverty existing in industrialized countries, the Global Hunger Index does not address it. Some 14 percent of U.S. households were food insecure in 2014, ...

The recent Global Hunger Index (GHI) report, which places India at a dismal 105th position out of 127 countries, has raised eyebrows and. Close this menu. Tuesday, 10 June 2025 .

The map above comes from the International Food Policy Research Institute’s new 2013 Global Hunger Index.The index, which this year contains data from the 2010–2012 period, measures ...