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The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool that attempts to measure and track hunger globally as well as by region and by country, prepared by European NGOs of Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe. [1] The GHI is calculated annually, and its results appear in a report issued in October each year.
In the Sub-Saharan region, the countries that have the highest rates include, but are not limited to South Sudan, Sudan, Central African Republic, and Chad. [31] In this region there are 237 million people who are experiencing hunger [ 31 ] and according to Action Against Hunger, there are 319 million people without a reliable source of ...
The decision follows the release in 2020 of new purchasing power parities (PPPs)—the main data used to convert different currencies into a common, comparable unit and account for price differences across countries. The new extreme poverty line of $2.15 per person per day is based on 2017 PPPs. [7]
The IHDI, estimated for the world and specific countries, captures the losses in human development due to inequality in health, education and income. Losses in all three dimensions vary across countries, ranging from just a few percent (Czech Republic, Slovenia) up to over 40% (Comoros, Angola). Overall loss takes into account all three dimensions.
Without billions of dollars more to feed millions of hungry people, the world will see mass migration, destabilized countries, and starving children and adults in the next 12 to 18 months, the ...
$ 1.51 per person per day [8] Tendulkar Expert Group (2009) urban poverty line Rs 32 per person per day consumption [9] rural poverty line Rs 26 per person per day consumption [9] Rangrajan Committee (2014) urban poverty line Rs 47 daily per capita expenditure [9] rural poverty line Rs 32 daily per capita expenditure [9]
Crude mortality rate refers to the number of deaths over a given period divided by the person-years lived by the population over that period. It is usually expressed in units of deaths per 1,000 individuals per year. The list is based on CIA World Factbook 2023 estimates, unless indicated otherwise.
As was generally the case across the world, hunger in the U.S. was made worse by the 2007–2008 world food price crisis and by the Great Recession. By 2012, about 50 million Americans were food insecure, approximately 1 in 6 of the population, with the proportion of children facing food insecurity even higher at about 1 in 4. [7]