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Global Hunger Index Scores by 2020 GHI Rank

2020 Global Hunger Index by Severity

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  •  Alarming 35.0–49.9
  •  Serious 20.0–34.9
  •  Moderate 10.0–19.9
  •  Low ≤ 9.9
  •  Not included or insufficient data (see Appendix A and Box 1.3 for details)
 

Note: For the 2020 GHI, data on the proportion of undernourished are for 2017–2019; data on child stunting and wasting are for the latest year in the period 2015–2019 for which data are available; and data on child mortality are for 2018. GHI scores were not calculated for countries for which data were not available and for certain high-income countries, countries with small populations, and non-independent territories; see About section for details. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by Welthungerhilfe (WHH) or Concern Worldwide.

Box 1.1

ABOUT THE GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX SCORES

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels. GHI scores are based on the values of four component indicators: undernourishment (share of the population with insufficient caloric intake), child wasting (share of children under age five who have low weight for their height, reflecting acute undernutrition), child stunting (share of children under age five who have low height for their age, reflecting chronic undernutrition), and child mortality (mortality rate of children under age five, partly reflecting the fatal mix of inadequate nutrition and unhealthy environments).

Based on the values of the four indicators, the GHI determines hunger on a 100-point scale where 0 is the best possible score (no hunger) and 100 is the worst. Each country’s GHI score is classified by severity, from low to extremely alarming.

 GHI Severity Scale
≤ 9.9
low		 10.0–19.9
moderate		 20.0–34.9
serious		 35.0–49.9
alarming		 ≥ 50.0
extremely alarming

Note: GHI scores are comparable only within each year’s report, not between different years’ reports. To track a country or region’s GHI performance over time, its 2020 GHI score can be compared with its GHI scores for 2000, 2006, and 2012, as shown on this page. For a detailed explanation of the concept of the GHI, the calculation of the scores, and the interpretation of results, see the About section.

GLOBAL HUNGER INDEX SCORES BY 2020 GHI RANK

Note: As always, rankings and index scores from this table cannot be accurately compared with rankings and index scores from previous reports (see About the GHI).

For the 2020 GHI report, data were assessed for 132 countries. Out of these, there were sufficient data to calculate 2020 GHI scores for and rank 107 countries (by way of comparison, data availability allowed for the ranking of 117 countries in the 2019 report). For 25 countries, individual scores could not be calculated and ranks could not be determinded owing to lack of data. Where possible, these countries were provisionally designated by severity: 1 country is designated as low, 9 as serious, and 8 as alarming. For 7 countries, no provisional designations could be established (see Provisional Hunger Severity Designations). Countries that have identical 2020 scores are given the same ranking (for example, North Macedonia and the Russian Federation are both ranked 18th).

Rank in 2020 Country 2000 2006 2012 2020 Absolute change since 2000 Percent change since 2000
1-17* Belarus 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Bosnia & Herzegovina 9.3 6.7 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Brazil 11.3 6.3 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Chile 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* China 13.6 9.5 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Costa Rica 6.1 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Croatia 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Cuba 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Estonia 5.9 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Kuwait 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Latvia 7.0 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Lithuania 6.1 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Montenegro — 5.5 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Romania 8.0 5.5 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Turkey 10.1 6.3 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Ukraine 13.0 2.5<5 2.5<5 2.5<5 — —
1-17* Uruguay 7.5 6.8 5.0 2.5<5 — —
18 North Macedonia 7.5 7.7 6.7 5.2 -2.3 -30.7
18 Russian Federation 10.0 6.8 6.0 5.2 -4.8 -48.0
20 Argentina 6.3 5.6 5.2 5.3 -1.0 -15.9
21 Kazakhstan 11.4 12.3 8.1 5.4 -6.0 -52.6
22 Bulgaria 8.2 7.3 7.8 5.5 -2.7 -32.9
23 Tunisia 10.3 7.8 7.0 5.7 -4.6 -44.7
24 Albania 20.7 15.8 8.5 5.9 -14.8 -71.5
25 Azerbaijan 25.0 16.0 10.6 6.0 -19.0 -76.0
26 Georgia 12.3 8.9 2.5<5 6.1 -6.2 -50.4
27 Slovakia 6.5 5.9 2.5<5 6.4 -0.1 -1.5
28 Serbia — 6.1 5.3 6.6 — —
28 Trinidad & Tobago 11.1 11.4 10.8 6.6 -4.5 -40.5
30 Uzbekistan 24.4 16.9 12.7 6.7 -17.7 -72.5
31 Armenia 19.4 13.4 10.4 6.9 -12.5 -64.4
32 Dominican Republic 15.2 13.9 10.3 7.1 -8.1 -53.3
33 Panama 18.5 15.0 9.8 7.2 -11.3 -61.1
34 Peru 20.8 16.5 8.9 7.3 -13.5 -64.9
35 Colombia 10.9 11.5 9.1 7.5 -3.4 -31.2
35 Paraguay 12.1 11.6 9.6 7.5 -4.6 -38.0
35 Saudi Arabia 11.1 12.2 8.2 7.5 -3.6 -32.4
38 Mexico 10.1 8.4 7.4 7.7 -2.4 -23.8
39 Iran 13.5 8.9 7.6 7.9 -5.6 -41.5
40 Fiji 9.6 9.1 8.1 8.0 -1.6 -16.7
41 Jamaica 8.6 9.0 9.2 8.1 -0.5 -5.8
42 Kyrgyzstan 18.4 13.9 11.7 8.4 -10.0 -54.3
43 Jordan 10.8 8.1 8.6 8.8 -2.0 -18.5
44 Lebanon 11.6 13.3 12.4 8.9 -2.7 -23.3
44 Morocco 15.5 17.5 9.6 8.9 -6.6 -42.6
46 Algeria 14.5 11.7 9.0 9.0 -5.5 -37.9
47 Mauritius 15.0 13.6 12.3 9.3 -5.7 -38.0
48 Suriname 15.5 11.7 10.5 10.2 -5.3 -34.2
48 Thailand 17.8 12.3 12.7 10.2 -7.6 -42.7
50 El Salvador 14.7 12.1 10.4 10.5 -4.2 -28.6
51 Ecuador 19.7 19.0 16.3 11.0 -8.7 -44.2
52 Guyana 17.3 15.8 12.2 11.1 -6.2 -35.8
52 Turkmenistan 21.2 16.6 13.6 11.1 -10.1 -47.6
54 Egypt 16.4 14.4 15.3 11.9 -4.5 -27.4
55 Oman 14.8 16.0 11.6 12.2 -2.6 -17.6
56 Honduras 21.9 19.7 16.9 13.1 -8.8 -40.2
56 Mongolia 30.1 23.1 12.7 13.1 -17.0 -56.5
58 Nicaragua 22.3 17.1 14.6 13.2 -9.1 -40.8
59 Malaysia 15.5 13.3 11.8 13.3 -2.2 -14.2
60 South Africa 18.4 19.4 15.3 13.5 -4.9 -26.6
61 Viet Nam 26.3 21.9 16.5 13.6 -12.7 -48.3
62 Bolivia 27.6 23.2 16.8 14.0 -13.6 -49.3
63 Ghana 28.5 22.2 17.9 15.2 -13.3 -46.7
64 Sri Lanka 21.9 19.5 20.1 16.3 -5.6 -25.6
65 Iraq 24.0 24.0 21.1 17.1 -6.9 -28.8
65 Senegal 34.3 24.4 18.0 17.1 -17.2 -50.1
67 Gambia 29.2 28.0 22.7 17.8 -11.4 -39.0
68 Gabon 21.1 20.4 18.8 18.2 -2.9 -13.7
69 Philippines 25.0 20.4 20.4 19.0 -6.0 -24.0
70 Cameroon 36.4 31.0 23.2 19.1 -17.3 -47.5
70 Indonesia 26.1 29.5 23.1 19.1 -7.0 -26.8
70 Namibia 25.3 24.7 23.9 19.1 -6.2 -24.5
73 Nepal 37.4 31.0 22.8 19.5 -17.9 -47.9
74 Eswatini 26.1 24.1 17.8 20.3 -5.8 -22.2
75 Bangladesh 34.1 29.0 27.8 20.4 -13.7 -40.2
76 Cambodia 41.2 27.2 24.9 20.6 -20.6 -50.0
77 Guatemala 28.5 24.6 22.2 20.7 -7.8 -27.4
78 Myanmar 39.8 31.8 23.3 20.9 -18.9 -47.5
79 Benin 34.1 28.7 24.2 22.4 -11.7 -34.3
80 Botswana 28.2 27.3 22.4 22.6 -5.6 -19.9
80 Malawi 43.2 33.8 27.1 22.6 -20.6 -47.7
82 Mali 41.9 37.0 31.3 22.9 -19.0 -45.3
83 Venezuela 14.7 11.2 7.6 23.5 8.8 59.9
84 Kenya 37.4 31.4 23.2 23.7 -13.7 -36.6
85 Mauritania 32.0 29.0 23.7 24.0 -8.0 -25.0
86 Togo 39.3 36.7 26.6 24.1 -15.2 -38.7
87 Côte d'Ivoire 33.6 34.7 30.1 24.5 -9.1 -27.1
88 Pakistan 37.2 33.5 32.8 24.6 -12.6 -33.9
89 Tanzania 40.8 33.6 30.0 25.0 -15.8 -38.7
90 Burkina Faso 45.7 46.3 31.1 25.8 -19.9 -43.5
91 Congo 33.8 34.7 27.8 26.0 -7.8 -23.1
92 Ethiopia 53.7 43.6 35.5 26.2 -27.5 -51.2
93 Angola 64.9 47.0 35.9 26.8 -38.1 -58.7
94 India 38.9 37.5 29.3 27.2 -11.7 -30.1
94 Sudan — — 32.5 27.2 — —
96 Korea (DPR) 39.5 33.1 28.2 27.5 -12.0 -30.4
97 Rwanda 49.7 38.1 26.0 28.3 -21.4 -43.1
98 Nigeria 40.6 34.1 32.0 29.2 -11.4 -28.1
99 Afghanistan 51.0 42.8 33.8 30.3 -20.7 -40.6
100 Lesotho 36.0 30.4 24.6 30.7 -5.3 -14.7
101 Sierra Leone 58.3 53.3 42.4 30.9 -27.4 -47.0
102 Liberia 48.0 40.0 33.1 31.4 -16.6 -34.6
103 Mozambique 48.1 38.4 31.4 33.1 -15.0 -31.2
104 Haiti 41.9 43.6 35.9 33.5 -8.4 -20.0
105 Madagascar 42.7 41.4 34.6 36.0 -6.7 -15.7
106 Timor-Leste — 46.1 36.2 37.6 — —
107 Chad 50.9 51.3 47.9 44.7 -6.2 -12.2
ND Bahrain — — — — — —
ND Bhutan — — — — — —
ND Burundi — — — — — —
ND Central African Republic — — — — — —
ND Comoros — — — — — —
ND Dem. Rep. of the Congo — — — — — —
ND Djibouti — — — — — —
ND Equatorial Guinea — — — — — —
ND Eritrea — — — — — —
ND Guinea — — — — — —
ND Guinea-Bissau — — — — — —
ND Lao PDR — — — — — —
ND Libya — — — — — —
ND Moldova — — — — — —
ND Niger — — — — — —
ND Papua New Guinea — — — — — —
ND Qatar — — — — — —
ND Somalia — — — — — —
ND South Sudan — — — — — —
ND Syrian Arab Republic — — — — — —
ND Tajikistan — — — — — —
ND Uganda — — — — — —
ND Yemen — — — — — —
ND Zambia — — — — — —
ND Zimbabwe — — — — — —

— = Data are not available or not presented. Some countries did not exist in their present borders in the given year or reference period.

*The 17 countries with 2020 GHI scores of less than 5 are not assigned individual ranks, but rather are collectively ranked 1–17. Differences between their scores are minimal.