This year marks the tenth year of the Global Hunger Index (GHI), a tool for measuring the state of hunger at the global, regional, and national levels. The 2015 GHI reveals that despite a 27 percent decrease in hunger scores among developing countries, hunger levels in 52 of 117 countries in the 2015 Global Hunger […]
2014 Global Hunger Index
The 2014 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report—the ninth in an annual series—presents a multidimensional measure of national, regional, and global hunger. It shows that the world has made progress in reducing hunger since 1990, but still has far to go, with levels of hunger remaining “alarming” or “extremely alarming” in 16 countries. This year’s report […]
2012 Global Hunger Index
IFPRI issued the seventh annual Global Hunger Index Report The 2012 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report presents a multidimensional measure of global, regional, and national hunger. It shows that progress in reducing the proportion of hungry people in the world has been tragically slow. According to the index, hunger on a global scale remains “serious.” […]