Global Hunger Index, 2021
The Global Hunger Index tries to capture the multidimensional nature of hunger by calculating an index score from four key hunger indicators. It is measured ona 100-point scale where 0 is the best score (no hunger) and 100 is the worst.
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- Child and maternal malnutrition death rates vs. GDP per capita
- Child deaths attributed to malnutrition by risk factor
- Child deaths linked to child and maternal malnutrition
- Child mortality vs. prevalence of child wasting
- Child mortality vs. prevalence of stunting
- Death rate from malnutritionWHO
- Death rate from malnutritionIHME, crude
- Death rate from malnutritionIHME, age-standardized
- Deaths from malnutritionWHO
- Deaths from malnutritionIHME
- Exclusive breastfeeding rate
- Global Hunger Index vs. GDP per capita
- Hidden Hunger Index vs. share of energy supply from cereals, roots and tubers
- Inequality in per capita calorie intake
- Inequality of food consumption vs. GDP per capita
- Malnutrition death rate vs. GDP per capita
- Malnutrition: Number of children who are stuntedUnited Nations
- Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight
- Malnutrition: Number of children who are wastedUnited Nations
- Malnutrition: Prevalence of childhood stunting, male vs. female
- Malnutrition: Share of children who are stuntedWHO
- Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight
- Malnutrition: Share of children who are wastedUnited Nations
- Minimum daily requirement of calories
- Number of people who are moderately or severely food insecure
- Number of people who are severely food insecure
- Number of people who are undernourishedBy country
- Number of severely food insecure people by region
- Prevalence of stunting vs. improved sanitation facilities
- Prevalence of undernourishment in developing countries
- Prevalence of undernourishment vs. share of children who are stunted
- Prevalence of underweight children vs. share in extreme poverty
- Share of children who are stunted vs. CO₂ emissions per capita
- Share of children who are stunted vs. GDP per capita
- Share of population with moderate or severe food insecurity
- Share of population with severe food insecurity
- Share of the population defined as severely food insecure vs. undernourished
- Share of the population that is undernourished
- Share of the population who are undernourished vs. GDP per capita
- Stunting vs. GDP per capita