Global Hunger Index

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool used to measure and track hunger at the global, regional, and national levels. The report, published annually in October, describes the prevalence of hunger and undernutrition in individual countries and gauges both progress and setbacks in the global fight against hunger. GHI scores can be used to rank countries, and current results can be compared with past outcomes. An interactive map] enables users to visualize data across different years and zoom into specific regions or countries.

The index was originally developed by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) in cooperation with Welthungerhilfe, a German aid organization, and was first published in 2006. In 2007, the Irish non-governmental organization (NGO) Concern Worldwide joined as a co-publisher. In 2018, IFPRI handed the project over to its longstanding partners Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide, who have continued the GHI as a joint initiative ever since. In 2024, the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV) joined the project as an academic partner.

The Global Hunger Index 2025 marks the anniversary by taking stock of two decades of evidence-based recommendations: moving from productivity-focused agriculture toward rights-based, inclusive, and resilience-oriented approaches. Priorities include, among others, stronger governance and accountability; climate-adapted and transformed food systems; equal opportunities; support for rural livelihoods; cross-sectoral strategies; and coordinated, responsible development finance. It underscores the importance of reliable data, anticipatory risk management, and local empowerment, especially of women and marginalized groups.

In previous years, topics included:

  • 2010: Early childhood undernutrition among children younger than the age of two.
  • 2011: Rising and more volatile food prices of the recent years and the effects these changes have on hunger and malnutrition.
  • 2012: Achieving food security and sustainable use of natural resources, when the natural sources of food become increasingly scarce.
  • 2013: Strengthening community resilience against undernutrition and malnutrition.
  • 2014: Hidden hunger, a form of undernutrition characterized by micronutrient deficiencies.
  • 2015: Armed conflict and its relation to hunger.
  • 2016: Reaching the UN Sustainable Development Goal of zero hunger by 2030.
  • 2017: The challenges of inequality and hunger.
  • 2018: Forced migration and hunger.
  • 2019: Climate change and hunger.
  • 2020: One decade to Zero Hunger: Linking health and sustainable food systems".
  • 2021: Hunger and Food Systems in Conflict Settings.
  • 2022: Food Systems Transformation and Local Governance.
  • 2023: The Power of Youth in Shaping Food Systems.
  • 2024: How Gender Justice can advance Climate Resilience and Zero Hunger
  • 2025: 20 Years of tracking Progress: Time to recommit to Zero Hunger

In addition to the yearly GHI, the Hunger Index for the States of India (ISHI) was published in 2008 and the Sub-National Hunger Index for Ethiopia was published in 2009.

An interactive map allows users to visualize the data for different years and zoom into specific regions or countries.

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