India has the highest child-wasting rat rate and continues to fall in the Global Hunger Index ranks

 India has the highest child-wasting rat rate and continues to fall in the Global Hunger Index ranks

India had the highest child waste rate in the world in 2023 and dropped further in the Global Hunger Index rankings. According to data published on Thursday, the nation ranked 111th out of 125, well below Bangladesh and Pakistan. India's GHI score was 28.7 in the yearly peer-reviewed assessment, which is the lowest it has been in almost eight years.

Out of the 125 nations having enough data to compute 2023 GHI ratings, India comes in at position 111. India has a high degree of hunger with a score of 28.7 on the 2023 Global Hunger Index, according to the study.

The child stunting rate in India is 35.5%, while the country's child wasting rate is 18.7%, the highest figure found in the 2023 study. Based on a child's weight in relation to their height, wasting is assessed. India has a 16.6% incidence of undernourishment and a 3.1% under-five mortality rate.

India's neighbors, Pakistan at position 102, Bangladesh at position 81, Nepal at position 69, and Sri Lanka at position 60, did somewhat better on the Index. 

A technique for extensively measuring and monitoring hunger at the international, regional, and national levels is the Global Hunger Index. According to the most recent assessment, sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia had the greatest rates of hunger, with scores indicating "serious" hunger. 

The 2023 Global Hunger Index also demonstrated that despite significant efforts, the fight against hunger is still virtually at a standstill on a global scale. According to UN authorities, up to 783 million people, or one in ten of the world's population, go to bed hungry every night as food demand rises. This year, more than 345 million people experience severe food insecurity, up over 200 million from the beginning of 2021 before the COVID-19 epidemic.

"A number of concurrent, protracted crises that we are now experiencing will continue to increase the need for humanitarian aid worldwide. The director of the World Food Programme recently remarked, "This is the humanitarian community's new reality, our new normal, and we will be dealing with the ramifications for years to come.