• The*Global Hunger Index* released by International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) places India 67th in rankings with a score of 24.1, far below China and below Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal.
  • The Global Hunger Index is calculated as an average of (1) proportion of the population that is undernourished*(in %), (2) prevalence of *underweight*in children under five (in %) and (3) proportion of *children dying before the age of five (in %). For India, the respective numbers are 22, 43.5 and 6.9.
  • According to FAO, about 25% of world's undernourished live in India.