India saves 2 mn kids from dying, but 4 mn people go below nourishment line

Fall in GHI score is not absolute, but relative to other countries

The recently published Global Hunger Index (GHI) report says, “It is difficult to be optimistic about hunger in 2021.” And that’s an observation that applies to the entire world.
 
Though the GHI score for the world has fallen consistently in the last two decades, the pace of hunger eradication has slowed down in the last few years. The World GHI score fell from 28 in 1998-2002 to 25.1 in 2004-2008,to 20.4 in 2010-2014 and 17.9 in 2016-2020.
 
However, there are concerns that globally, the prevalence of undernourishment, or insufficient calorie intake, has risen in the last two years.