Data for the following table were reported by the International Food Policy Research Institute in 2009. The calculation of GHI scores is restricted to developing countries and countries in transition for which measuring hunger is considered most relevant. Developed countries and countries with a GHI of less than 5 are not included. For explanations, please refer to the notes below the table.

          The Global Hunger Index by county, 1990 and 2008
 Ranked by Lowest (least hungry) to Highest (hungriest) in 2008

				---------- HGI Score ----------
Rank	Country			     1990               2008
-------     ----------------------------		  ------------           ------------
1	Mauritius			     6.1		5
2	Jamaica			     8		5.1
3	Moldova			     –		5.4
4	Cuba			     7.3		5.5
5	Peru			     19.5		5.6
6	Trinidad and Tobago		       8		5.9
7	Algeria			     7.4		6
8	Albania			     10.5		6.3
9	Turkmenistan		       –		6.4
10	El Salvador		     9.7		6.5
10	Malaysia			     9.5		6.5
10	Morocco			     7.7		6.5
13	Colombia			     9.6		6.7
14	South Africa		     7.4		6.9
15	China			     11.6		7.1
16	Fiji			     12.7		7.3
17	Suriname			     10.7		7.5
18	Gabon			     11.3		7.6
19	Venezuela			       8.3		7.7
20	Paraguay		     	       8.3		7.9
21	Guyana			     14.6		8.6
22	Panama			     10.1		8.9
23	Thailand			     18.4		9.9
24	Armenia			       –		10.2
25	Azerbaijan			       –		10.4
26	Uzbekistan		       –		11.2
27	Indonesia			     16		11.3
28	Honduras			     16.1		11.4
29	Bolivia			     16.5		11.7
30	Dominican Republic		     14		12
31	Mongolia			     18.9		12.1
32	Vietnam			     23.9		12.6
33	Nicaragua			     16.4		12.8
34	Ghana			     24.4		13.9
35	Philippines			     18.9		14
36	Lesotho			     14.2		14.3
36	Namibia			     21.4		14.3
38	Guatemala			     16.1		14.6
39	Myanmar*			     18.7		15
39	Sri Lanka		     	     19.1		15
41	Benin			     22.8		15.1
42	Cote d'Ivoire		     19.4		15.3
43	Senegal			     22.1		15.4
44	Uganda			     19.9		17.1
45	Gambia			     18.4		17.3
46	Mauritania			       –		17.6
47	Swaziland			     13.4		17.7
48	Botswana			     16.7		17.9
49	Togo			     23		18.2
50	Nigeria			     23.7		18.4
50	Timor-Leste		       –		18.4
52	Cameroon			     22		18.7
53	North Korea*		     13.1		18.8
54	Congo, Rep.		     26.2		19.1
55	Kenya			     23.5		19.9
56	Sudan*			     24.5		20.5
57	Laos			     28.1		20.6
57	Nepal			     27.6		20.6
59	Djibouti			     –		20.9
59	Guinea			     29.3		20.9
61	Pakistan			     25.3		21.7
62	Malawi			     32.2		21.8
63	Rwanda			     28.3		22.3
64	Cambodia			     32.4		23.2
65	Burkina Faso		     25.1		23.5
66	India			     32.5		23.7
67	Zimbabwe			     20.2		23.8
68	Tanzania			     26.1		24.2
69	Haiti			     35.9		24.3
70	Bangladesh		     32.3		25.2
71	Tajikistan		     	       –		25.9
72	Mozambique		     40.9		26.3
73	Mali			     29.6		26.9
74	Guinea-Bissau		     23		27.5
75	Central African Republic	     32		28
76	Madagascar		     29.1		28.8
77	Comoros			     26.4		29.1
78	Zambia			     29.1		29.2
79	Angola			     39.8		29.5
80	Yemen			     30.7		29.8
81	Chad			     37.5		29.9
82	Ethiopia			     44		31
83	Liberia			     27.3		31.8
84	Sierra Leone		     32.4		32.2
85	Niger			     38		32.4
86	Burundi			     32.6		38.3
87	Eritrea			       –		39
88	Congo, Dem. Rep.		     25.5		42.7

	Countries not ranked (Global Hunger Index less than 5 in 2008)
		
	Argentina			<5		<5		
	Belarus			–		<5		
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	–		<5		
	Brazil			7.8		<5		
	Bulgaria			–		<5		
	Chile			<5		<5		
	Costa Rica		<5		<5		
	Croatia			–		<5		
	Ecuador			6.8		<5		
	Egypt, Arab Rep.		8.6		<5
	Estonia			–		<5		
	F.Y.R.O.Macedonia		–		<5		
	Iran, Islamic Rep.*		8.3		<5		
	Jordan			<5		<5		
	Kazakhstan		–		<5		
	Kuwait			12.6		<5		
	Kyrgyz Republic		–		<5	
	Latvia			–		<5		
	Lebanon			5.1		<5		
	Libya*			–		<5		
	Lithuania			–		<5		
	Mexico			8.1		<5		
	Romania			<5		<5		
	Russian Federation		–		<5			
	Saudi Arabia		6.9		<5	
	Serbia and Montenegro	–		<5			
	Slovak Republic		–		<5	
	Syrian Arab Republic		9.6		<5			
	Tunisia			<5		<5		
	Turkey			6.2		<5		
	Ukraine			–		<5		
	Uruguay			5.2		<5		


*For some countries marked with an asterisk the underlying data are unreliable.

Countries with identical 2008 GHI are ranked equally.

Notes:  1 Proportion of the population with calorie deficiency.
            2 Average over a three year period.
            3 Data collected from the year closest to 1990; where data for 1988 and 1992, or 1989 and
              1991, was available, an average was used. The authors’ estimates are for 1990.
            4 Based on the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards, which were
               revised in 2006 (for more information, see WHO 2006).
            5 The latest data gathered in this period by authors.

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is calculated as follows.

GHI = (PUN + CUW + CM)/3
where
GHI= Global Hunger Index
PUN = proportion of the population that is undernourished (in %)
CUW = prevalence of underweight in children under five (in %)
CM = proportion of children dying before the age of five (in %)

All three index components are expressed in percentages and weighted equally.

Higher GHI values indicate more hunger.

The index varies between a minimum of 0 and a maximum of 100. However, the maximum value of 100 would only be reached if all children died before their fifth birthday, the whole population were undernourished, and all children under five were underweight.

Likewise, the minimum value of zero does not occur in practice, because this would mean there were no undernourished in the population, no children under five who were underweight, and no children who died before their fifth birthday.

DATA SOURCES:

      Number of
GHI   countries  Index components:             Reference
Year  with GHI   Indicators                    years       Data sources
----  ---------  ----------------------------  ----------  -----------------
1990 	 95      Percentage of undernourished  1990-19922  FAO 2006 and
                 in the population1                        authors’ estimates
 
                 Prevalence of underweight     1988-19923  WHO 20064 and
                 in children under five                    authors’ estimates

                 Under-five mortality             1990     UNICEF 2006
----  ---------  ----------------------------  ----------  -----------------

2008   120       Percentage of undernourished   2002-20042 FAO 2006 and
                 in the population3                        authors’ estimates

                 Prevalence of underweight      2001-20065 WHO 20064 and
                 in children under five                    authors’ estimates

                 Under-five mortality           2006       UNICEF 2006

NOTE: The table on this page is re-published from data provided by the International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, USA. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of GHI data contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about global hunger index should be addressed to the IFPRI.