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Global Hunger Index 2025
October 20 , 2025
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- The 2025 Global Hunger Index (GHI) report was released, covering 136 countries.
- At least 56 countries are projected to miss the low hunger threshold by 2030 at the current pace.
- The global GHI score in 2025 stands at 18.3, a marginal improvement from 19.0 in 2016, placing it in the ‘moderate’ category.
- Hunger is at ‘alarming’ levels in seven countries: Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Haiti, Madagascar, Somalia, South Sudan, and Yemen.
- Hunger is classified as ‘serious’ in 35 countries, with 27 countries showing a rise in hunger since 2016.
- Five countries — Fiji, Jordan, Libya, Solomon Islands, and Syria — have worse GHI scores in 2025 than in 2000.
- Six countries in Africa — Democratic Republic of Congo, Liberia, Madagascar, Kenya, Somalia, and Zambia — have extremely alarming hunger levels.
- Notable progress has been made in countries like Tajikistan, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, Togo, and Uganda.
- Examples from India, Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Nepal, and Sierra Leone show that targeted policies can reduce hunger.
- The GHI is based on four indicators: undernourishment, child stunting, child wasting, and child mortality.
- It is published by Concern Worldwide (Ireland), Welthungerhilfe (Germany), and Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV).
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