This is what happens in an unequal society.
India is ranked 105th out of 127 countries included in the ranking in the 2024 GHI report.
India's child wasting
rate, at 18.7 percent, is the highest child wasting
rate in the report; its child
stunting rate is 35.5 percent; its prevalence of undernourishment is 13.7 percent; and its under-five mortality
rate is 2.9 percent.
The story is roughly similar in Pakistan but Bangladesh fares a tiny bit better, still - no cause for joy. Same to same.
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In the 2026 Global Hunger Index, India scores 24.1, placing it in the serious category. The 2026 GHI score for South Asia is 23.5, compared with 18.1 for the world. Child stunting has fallen from 50.0 percent of children under five in 2000 to 29.3 percent, a reduction of 20.7 percentage points.
www.globalhungerindex.org