The Global Hunger Index has ranked Afghanistan 116th among 127 countries, which places it under the “serious” category of the analysis.
According to the latest report published on Friday, Afghanistan scored 30.8.
In 2023, Afghanistan scored 30.6 and ranked 114th in the index.
GHI scores are based on the values of four indicators such as the level of people’s malnutrition, child stunting, wasting and mortality. The less a country scores in the GHI, the lower the rate of hunger in that country.
According to the GHI report, 30.4 percent of the population in Afghanistan are undernourished, 44.6 percent of children under five are stunted, 3.6 percent of children under five are wasted and 5.8 percent of children die before their fifth birthday.