2014 Global Hunger Index by Severity Greenland Iceland Russian Federation Finland Norway Sweden Extremely alarming 30.0 ≤ Alarming 20.0–29.9 Serious 10.0–19.9 Moderate 5.0–9.9 Low < 4.9 No data Industrialized country Estonia Latvia Canada Denmark Lithuania Belarus Poland Ireland United Neth. Kingdom Bel. Germany Ukraine Lux. Czech Rep. Slovakia Austria Moldova France Switz. Slov. Hungary Croatia Romania Bos. & Serb. Herz. Bulgaria Georgia Italy Mont. Mace. Albania Armenia Spain Turkey Greece United States of America Portugal Mongolia Uzbekistan Azerb. Mexico Libya China Iran Afghanistan Pakistan Saudi Arabia Cuba Dominican Rep. Jamaica Belize Honduras Guatemala Senegal The Gambia Guinea-Bissau Nicaragua El Salvador Trinidad & Tobago Panama Costa Rica Venezuela 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 presentday Sudan. Mauritania Haiti Colombia Bhutan Bangladesh India Myanmar Oman Niger Chad Thailand Yemen Eritrea Sudan* Lao PDR Vietnam Cambodia Burkina Faso Benin Guinea Guyana Suriname French Guiana Mali Nepal Bahrain Qatar U.A.E. Egypt Western Sahara Togo Côte Ghana d'Ivoire Sierra Leone Liberia Philippines Djibouti Nigeria Central African Republic South Sudan* Ethiopia Sri Lanka Somalia Brunei Cameroon Malaysia Uganda Equatorial Guinea Gabon Ecuador Japan S. Korea Tajikistan Kuwait Algeria N. Korea Kyrgyz Rep. Turkmenistan Syria Cyprus Lebanon Iraq Israel Jordan Tunisia Morocco Kazakhstan Congo, Rep. Kenya Congo, Dem. Rep. Rwanda Burundi Papua New Guinea Indonesia Tanzania Peru Brazil Timor-Leste Comoros Angola Malawi Zambia Bolivia Zimbabwe Mozambique Namibia Mauritius Botswana Paraguay Madagascar Australia Swaziland Chile South Africa Argentina Lesotho Uruguay 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. 13.6 13.6 13.7 13.9 14.3 14.4 14.7 15.1 15.6 15.6 15.7 16.1 16.4 16.4 16.4 16.5 16.5 16.5 16.8 16.9 17.0 17.3 17.4 17.8 18.1 19.1 19.1 19.5 19.9 20.1 20.5 21.1 21.5 21.9 22.5 23.0 23.2 23.4 24.4 24.9 26.0 29.5 29.8 33.8 35.6 Gambia, The Malawi Guinea-Bissau Togo Guinea Senegal Nigeria Sri Lanka Guatemala Rwanda Côte d’Ivoire Cambodia Nepal North Korea Tajikistan Kenya Swaziland Zimbabwe Liberia Namibia Uganda Tanzania Angola India Congo, Rep. Bangladesh Pakistan Djibouti Burkina Faso Lao PDR Mozambique Niger Central African Rep. Madagascar Sierra Leone Haiti Zambia Yemen, Rep. Ethiopia Chad Sudan/South Sudan* Comoros Timor-Leste Eritrea Burundi 9.9 Bolivia 13.4 9.6 Nicaragua Botswana 9.6 Mongolia 13.1 8.8 Paraguay Philippines 7.9 Ecuador 13.1 7.8 Ghana Lesotho 7.5 Vietnam 13.0 7.0 Dominican Republic Mali 6.5 Guyana 12.7 6.2 El Salvador Iraq 6.1 Gabon 12.6 6.0 Suriname Cameroon 6.0 Honduras 11.9 5.9 Syria Mauritania 5.7 Peru 11.2 5.4 Malaysia Benin 5.4 China 10.8 5.3 Colombia Moldova 5.3 Albania 10.3 5.0 Thailand Indonesia 5.0 Mauritius 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. Concept of the Global Hunger Index The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is based on three equally weighted indicators: the first two indicators – the proportion of undernourished and the prevalence of underweight in children – do not reveal premature death as the most tragic consequence of hunger, the under- > > > Undernourishment: the proportion of undernourished people as five mortality rate is also included. a percentage of the population (reflecting the share of the pop- The Global Hunger Index g oes beyond dietary energy availability ulation with insufficient caloric intake); to reflect the multidimensional causes and manifestations of hun- Child underweight: the proportion of children younger than age ger. Inequitable resource allocations between households and five who are underweight (that is, have low weight for their age, within households are also taken into consideration since the lat- reflecting wasting, stunted growth, or both), which is one indi- ter affect the physical well-being of children. Sufficient food cator of child undernutrition; and availability at the household level does not guarantee that all Child mortality: the mortality rate of children younger than age members benefit from it in equal measure. The GHI varies be- five (partially reflecting the fatal synergy of inadequate food in- tween the best possible score of 0 and the worst possible score take and unhealthy environments). of 100. Higher scores indicate greater hunger – the lower the score, the better the country’s situation. GHI scores above 10 are Combining the proportion of undernourished in the population considered serious, scores greater than 20 are “alarming,” and with the two indicators relating to children under five ensures that scores exceeding 30 are “extremely alarming.” both the food-supply situation of the population as a whole and The calculation of GHI scores is restricted to countries where mea- the effects of inadequate nutrition on a physiologically very vul- suring hunger is considered most relevant. Some higher-income nerable group are captured. Children’s nutritional status deserves countries are not included because hunger has been largely over- particular attention because a deficiency of nutrients places them come in these countries and overnutrition is a greater problem than at high risk of physical and mental impairment and death. For a lack of food. many children in developing countries who die from infectious diseases, the indirect cause of death is a weakened immune sys- For more information, visit www.welthungerhilfe.de, www.ifpri.org, tem due to a lack of dietary energy, vitamins, and minerals. Since and www.concern.net