Note: This 2025 Global Hunger Index report supersedes all former GHI results. As always, rankings and index scores from this table cannot be accurately compared to rankings and index scores from previous reports. The 2000, 2008, and 2016 scores and indicator data contained within this table and the 2025 report are currently the only data that can be used for valid comparisons of the GHI over time (see Methodology). In the 2025 Global Hunger Index , India ranks 102nd out of the 123 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2025 GHI scores. With a score of 25.8 in the 2025 Global Hunger Index , India has a level of hunger that is serious. Global Hunger Index (GHI) - peer-reviewed annual publication designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global , regional, and country levels The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2022 reported that in 2021 the number of undernourished people— an indicator of chronic hunger —rose to as many as 828 million. Further, according to the Global Report on Food Crises 2022, the number of people facing acute hunger also rose from 2020, reach-ing nearly 193 million in 2021. The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at global , regional, and national levels, reflecting multiple dimensions of hunger over time.
