Canada

United Statesof America

Mexico

Guatemala

El Salvador

BelizeHonduras

JamaicaHaiti

Cuba

Dominican Rep.

Panama

Nicaragua

Costa Rica

Colombia

Peru

Ecuador

Uruguay

Paraguay

Chile

Brazil

Bolivia

Argentina

Venezuela

Trinidad & Tobago

SurinameGuyana

French Guiana

Zimbabwe

Zambia

Swaziland

SouthAfrica

Namibia

Lesotho

Botswana

Angola

Mozambique

Mauritius

Madagascar

Uganda

Tunisia

Togo

Tanzania

SomaliaSierra Leone

Senegal

Rwanda

Nigeria

Niger

Morocco

MauritaniaMali

Malawi

Libya

Liberia

Kenya

Guinea-Bissau

Guinea

Ghana

The Gambia

Gabon

Ethiopia

Eritrea

Equatorial Guinea

Egypt

Djibouti

Côted'Ivoire

Congo,Dem. Rep.

Chad

Central African

RepublicCameroon

Burundi

Burkina FasoBenin

Algeria

Western Sahara

Comoros

Congo, Rep.

Yemen Vietnam

Uzbekistan

U.A.E.

TurkmenistanTurkey

Thailand

Tajikistan

Syria

Sri Lanka

Saudi Arabia

Russian Federation

Qatar

Philippines

PapuaNew Guinea

Pakistan

Oman

Nepal

Mongolia

Malaysia

Lebanon

LaoPDR

Kyrgyz Rep.

Kuwait

S. Korea

N. Korea

Kazakhstan

Jordan

Japan

IsraelIraq Iran

Indonesia

India

Timor-Leste

Cyprus

China

Cambodia

Myanmar

Brunei

Bhutan

Bangladesh

Australia

Afghanistan

Bahrain

Ukraine

Greece

Bos. &Herz.

Croatia

Georgia

Azerb.Armenia

Romania

Moldova

Mace.Bulgaria

Albania

Serb.Mont.

Slovakia

Slov.Hungary

United Kingdom

Sweden

SpainPortugal

Norway

Italy

Ireland

Iceland

Greenland

Germany

France

Finland

DenmarkLithuania

LatviaEstonia

BelarusPoland

Czech Rep.

AustriaSwitz.

Neth.

Lux.Bel.

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South Sudan*

Fiji

Note: For the 2014 GHI, data on the proportion of undernourished are for 2011–2013, data on child underweight are for the latest year in the period 2009–2013 for which data are available, and data on child mortality are for 2012. GHI scores were not calculated for countries for which data were not available and for certain countries with very small populations.* The 2014 GHI score could only be calculated for former Sudan as one entity, because separate undernourishment estimates for 2011–2013 were not available for South Sudan, which became independent in 2011, and pre sent-day Sudan.

2014 Global HunGer Index by SeverIty

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13.6

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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), Welt-hungerhilfe, or Concern Worldwide.

Recommended citation: “Figure 2.4: 2014 Global Hunger Index by Severity.” Map in 2014 Global Hunger Index: The Challenge of Hidden Hunger, by K. von Grebmer, A. Saltzman, E. Birol, D. Wiesmann, N. Prasai, S. Yin, Y. Yohannes, P. Menon, J. Thompson, A. Sonntag. 2014. Bonn, Washington, D.C., and Dublin: Welthungerhilfe, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Concern Worldwide.

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is based on three equally weighted

indicators:

> Undernourishment: the proportion of undernourished people as

a percentage of the population (reflecting the share of the pop-

ulation with insufficient caloric intake);

> Child underweight: the proportion of children younger than age

five who are underweight (that is, have low weight for their age,

reflecting wasting, stunted growth, or both), which is one indi-

cator of child undernutrition; and

> Child mortality: the mortality rate of children younger than age

five (partially reflecting the fatal synergy of inadequate food in-

take and unhealthy environments).

Combining the proportion of undernourished in the population

with the two indicators relating to children under five ensures that

both the food-supply situation of the population as a whole and

the effects of inadequate nutrition on a physiologically very vul-

nerable group are captured. Children’s nutritional status deserves

particular attention because a deficiency of nutrients places them

at high risk of physical and mental impairment and death. For

many children in developing countries who die from infectious

diseases, the indirect cause of death is a weakened immune sys-

tem due to a lack of dietary energy, vitamins, and minerals. Since

the first two indicators – the proportion of undernourished and

the prevalence of underweight in children – do not reveal prema-

ture death as the most tragic consequence of hunger, the under-

five mortality rate is also included.

The Global Hunger Index goes beyond dietary energy availability

to reflect the multidimensional causes and manifestations of hun-

ger. Inequitable resource allocations between households and

within households are also taken into consideration since the lat-

ter affect the physical well-being of children. Sufficient food

availability at the household level does not guarantee that all

members benefit from it in equal measure. The GHI varies be-

tween the best possible score of 0 and the worst possible score

of 100. Higher scores indicate greater hunger – the lower the

score, the better the country’s situation. GHI scores above 10 are

considered serious, scores greater than 20 are “alarming,” and

scores exceeding 30 are “extremely alarming.”

The calculation of GHI scores is restricted to countries where mea-

suring hunger is considered most relevant. Some higher-income

countries are not included because hunger has been largely over-

come in these countries and overnutrition is a greater problem than

a lack of food.

For more information, visit www.welthungerhilfe.de, www.ifpri.org,

and www.concern.net

ConCept of tHe Global HunGer Index