This document provides information about the Global Hunger Index (GHI) which is used to measure and map hunger worldwide. The GHI is based on three indicators: the proportion of undernourished people, the prevalence of underweight children under age 5, and the under-5 mortality rate. It aims to show the multidimensional causes and impacts of hunger. Countries with GHI scores above 10 have serious hunger levels, scores over 20 are alarming, and over 30 are extremely alarming. The GHI is calculated for developing and transition countries where measuring hunger is most relevant.

1. Iceland
Norway Sweden Finland
Global HunGer Index 2011 by SeverIty Estonia
United Kingdom Latvia
> 30.0 Extremely alarming Denmark Lithuania Russian Federation
20.0–29.9 Alarming Neth.
Canada Belarus
10.0–19.9 Serious Ireland Poland
Germany
5.0–9.9 Moderate Bel.
Lux.
Czech Rep. Ukraine
< 4.9 Low Slovakia
Austria Kazakhstan
No data Switz. Hungary Mold.
France Slov.
Industrialized country Croatia Romania Mongolia
Italy
Serb.
Mont. Bulgaria
Mace. Georgia Kyrgyz Rep.
Uzbekistan
Portugal Spain Albania Armenia Azerb.
Bos. & N. Korea
Herz. Greece Turkey Turkmenistan Tajikistan
United States
of America Japan
S. Korea
Cyprus Syria
China
Lebanon Afghanistan
Tunisia Iran
Israel
Morocco Iraq
Jordan
Kuwait
Algeria Pakistan Nepal
Egypt Bahrain Bhutan
Western Sahara Libya Qatar
Mexico U.A.E. Bangladesh
Saudi Arabia
Cuba Dom. Rep. Myanmar Lao
Mauritania India
Mali PDR
Belize Jamaica Haiti Niger Oman
Honduras Senegal Chad Thailand Philippines
Eritrea Yemen
Guatemala The Gambia Sudan
Nicaragua Cambodia Vietnam
El Salvador Guinea-Bissau Burkina Faso Djibouti
Panama Trinidad & Tobago Benin
Costa Rica Guinea Nigeria
Venezuela Côte Togo Ethiopia
Guyana Sierra Leone Central African
d'IvoireGhana
French Guiana Republic Brunei
Liberia Cameroon Somalia Sri Lanka
Suriname Malaysia
Colombia Equatorial Guinea Uganda Papua
Congo, Kenya New Guinea
Ecuador Gabon Rep. Congo, Rw.
Dem. Rep. Bur.
Indonesia
Peru Tanzania
Timor-Leste
Comoros
Brazil Angola Malawi
Zambia
Note: For the 2011 GHI, data Bolivia
Zimbabwe Mozambique Mauritius
on the proportion of under- Namibia
nourished are for 2005–07, Botswana Australia
Paraguay
data on child underweight are Chile Madagascar
for the latest year in the period Swaziland
2004–09 for which data are Lesotho
South
available, and data on child Africa
mortality are for 2009. GHI Argentina Uruguay
scores were not calculated for
countries for which data were
not available and for certain
countries with very small
populations.
The boundaries and names shown and the designations
used on this map do not imply official endorsement or
acceptance by the International Food Policy Research
Institute (IFPRI), Welthungerhilfe, or Concern
Worldwide.
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20.2
26.2
20.5
18.2
25.2
30.6
23.0
33.9
22.5
22.5
24.2
25.4
13.2
13.2
13.8
28.7
18.0
12.2
12.2
18.6
24.5
24.0
39.0
20.7
16.3
13.6
23.7
10.2
22.7
20.1
15.5
15.0
10.5
14.0
14.0
19.5
19.0
12.7
21.5
21.5
21.0
16.7
19.9
19.9
11.2
14.7
19.7
11.4
11.5
11.9
27.0
37.9
17.2
17.3
27.1
17.0
17.7
17.7
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6.3
5.2
8.0
6.4
5.4
5.4
5.5
5.5
5.5
9.2
5.6
8.7
5.9
5.9
9.5
8.1
5.7
7.0
7.9
7.9
7.1
Congo, Dem. Rep.
Central African Rep.
Haiti
Ethiopia
Chad
Togo
Tanzania
Zambia
Angola
Bangladesh
Sierra Leone
Yemen, Rep.
Comoros
Timor-Leste
Eritrea
Zimbabwe
Côte d’Ivoire
Kenya
Mali
Nepal
Lao PDR
Pakistan