The GHI score is calculated on a 100-point scale reflecting the severity of hunger, where zero is the best score (no hunger) and 100 is the worst.<\/p>\n
Indias score of 29.1 places it in the serious category.<\/p>\n
India also ranks below Sri Lanka (at 64), Nepal ( at 81), Bangladesh ( at 84), and Pakistan (at 99).<\/p>\n
Afghanistan, at 109, is the only country in South Asia that performs worse than India on the index.<\/p>\n
China is among the countries collectively ranked between 1 and 17 having a score of less than five.<\/p>\n
Indias rank in the Global Hunger Index has consistently worsened in the last 10 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"