Sri Lanka ranked 64th Position in Global Hunger Index 2020.
Sri Lanka ranked 64 among 107 nations in the Global Hunger Index 2020. With a score of 16.3, Sri Lanka has been placed in the “moderate” category in the GHI scale. There is an improvement in the score as compared to 21.9 in 2000, 19.5 in 2006, and 20.1 in 2012 and has landed in the moderate level of hunger in 2020.
Note: Data for GHI scores, child stunting, and child wasting are from 1998–2002 (2000), 2004–2008 (2006), 2010–2014 (2012), and 2015–2019 (2020). Data for undernourishment are from 2000–2002 (2000), 2005–2007 (2006), 2011–2013 (2012), and 2017–2019 (2020). Data for child mortality are from 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018 (2020). See Appendix B for the formula for calculating GHI scores and Appendix C for the sources from which the data are compiled.
Global & Regional Facts
For the 2020 GHI report, data were assessed for 132 countries. Out of these, there were sufficient data to calculate 2020 GHI scores for and rank 107 countries (by way of comparison, data availability allowed for the ranking of 117 countries in the 2019 report). For 25 countries, individual scores could not be calculated and ranks could not be determined owing to lack of data.
About Global Hunger Index:
The GHI is a tool designed to measure and track hunger at the global, regional, and national levels to make a reasonable assessment. Data from the United Nations (UN) and other multilateral agencies are used for the calculation GHI on the basis of 4 Indicators which are:
- Share of the population that is undernourished
- Share of children under the age of five who are wasted
- Share of children under the age of five who are stunted
- The mortality rate of children under the age of five
A score of less than 9.9 signifies “low” hunger, that of 10-19.9 represents “moderate” levels of hunger, 20-34.9 points to “serious” hunger, 35-39.9 signifies “alarming” and over 50 “extremely alarming” levels of hunger.
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