What countries are worst affected by Hunger?

Approximately 800 million people in the world are suffering from chronic undernourishment

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It has been estimated that right now there are approximately 800 million people in the world who are suffering from chronic undernourishment. Despite progress being made on this front, it is still a tough battle to eradicate hunger entirely from the world. However, there is a disparity among nations regarding the Global Hunger Index, with the African nations being the most affected and some even falling in the alarming or serious hunger situation.

According to Global Hunger Index (GHI) scores, the hunger situation was extremely dire in the Central African Republic (CAR). According to the data, CAR has a score of 50.9.

The Global Hunger Index lists the countries from 0 to 100 (0 meaning that there is no hunger, and those with 100 are the most severely affected). However, both of these extreme situations are never reached. Further, the list has been divided into sections. The situation is ‘alarming’ in countries which fall in the range of 35-to-50. The situation is ‘serious’ in countries in the range of 20-to-35. In countries, where the range is from 10-to-20, the situation is considered ‘moderate,’ while the countries having a score that is below 10, reportedly have the fewest number of people suffering from hunger.

The hunger situation in the African nation of Chad was equally alarming as that of the CAR. The second most affected country in the world, Chad had a Global Hunger Index score of 43.5. Other countries where the situation was alarming include; Sierra Leone, Yemen, Madagascar, Sudan, Liberia, and Zambia, where the index score ranged between 35 and 39.

Among the countries where the situation is ‘serious,’ Niger stood at the top. The country’s Global Hunger Index score in 2017 was 34.8, while that in Timor-Leste it was 34.5. Some of the other countries where the situation is serious are; Afghanistan, Pakistan, North Korea, India, Bangladesh and Rwanda to name a few. Guatemala and the Philippines were placed at the bottom of the category where the situation was serious with a score of 20.7 and 20, respectively. However, barring Guatemala, all the other countries in the serious category are located in Asia or Africa.

Nations such as Argentina, Belarus, Brazil, Cuba, Ukraine, China, Russia, Malaysia, and many other nations witnessed a very low Global Hunger Index score. In these nations, the score in 2017 stood below 10.

The data provides information on the Global Hunger Index score per country.

Rank	Country	Global Hunger Index Score
1	Central African Republic	50.9
2	Chad	43.5
3	Sierra Leone	38.5
4	Madagascar	38.3
5	Zambia	38.2
6	Yemen	36.1
7	Sudan	35.5
8	Liberia	35.3
9	Niger	34.5
10	Timor-Leste	34.3
11	Haiti	34.2
12	Zimbabwe	33.8
13	Afghanistan	33.3
14	Pakistan	32.6
15	Angola	32.5
16	Ethiopia	32.3
17	Uganda	32
18	Djibouti	31.4
19	India	31.4
20	Rwanda	31.4
21	Guinea-Bissau	30.6
22	Mozambique	30.5
23	Tanzania	28.8
24	Tajikistan	28.7
25	Guinea	28.6
26	Mali	28.6
27	North Korea	28.2
28	Burkina Faso	27.6
29	Laos	27.5
30	Malawi	27.2
31	Bangladesh	26.5
32	Côte d’Ivoire	26.5
33	Namibia	25.7
34	Democratic Republic of Congo	25.6
35	Nigeria	25.5
36	Sri Lanka	25.5
37	Mauritania	25.2
38	Benin	24.4
39	Botswana	24.4
40	Lesotho	24.1
41	Gambia	23.2
42	Iraq	22.9
43	Myanmar	22.6
44	Togo	22.5
45	Cambodia	22.2
46	Cameroon	22.1
47	Indonesia	22
48	Nepal	22
49	eSwatini	21.2
50	Kenya	21
51	Guatemala	20.7
52	Philippines	20
53	Senegal	18.4
54	Bolivia	17.2
55	Ghana	16.2
56	Vietnam	16
57	Egypt	14.7
58	Ecuador	14.4
59	Honduras	14.3
60	Gabon	13.8
61	Guyana	13.7
62	Nicaragua	13.6
63	Mongolia	13.4
64	Mauritius	13.3
65	South Africa	13.2
66	Uzbekistan	13.1
67	Venezuela	13
68	Turkmenistan	12.2
69	Dominican Republic	11.6
70	Oman	11.3
71	Albania	11.1
72	El Salvador	11.1
73	Paraguay	11
74	Thailand	10.6
75	Malaysia	10.2
76	Morocco	10.2
77	Suriname	9.9
78	Azerbaijan	9.6
79	Algeria	9.5
80	Kyrgyz Republic	9.3
81	Panama	9.2
82	Peru	8.7
83	Fiji	8.1
84	Lebanon	8.1
85	Colombia	8
86	Jamaica	8
87	Armenia	7.7
88	Georgia	7.7
89	Iran	7.6
90	Moldova	7.6
91	China	7.5
92	Tunisia	7.4
93	Saudi Arabia	7.1
94	Trinidad & Tobago	6.9
95	Jordan	6.7
96	Serbia	6.6
97	Mexico	6.5
98	Russian Federation	6.2
99	Kazakhstan	5.8
100	Argentina	5.4
101	Brazil	5.4
102	Bulgaria	5.4
103	Costa Rica	5.3
104	Macedonia	5.3
105	Romania	5.2
106	Belarus	<5
107	Bosnia & Herzegovina	<5
108	Chile	<5
109	Croatia	<5
110	Cuba	<5
111	Estonia	<5
112	Kuwait	<5
113	Latvia	<5
114	Lithuania	<5
115	Montenegro	<5
116	Slovak Republic	<5
117	Turkey	<5
118	Ukraine	<5
119	Uruguay	<5

Note: GHI scores are not calculated for some high-income countries where the prevalence of hunger is very low.

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