Which of the following is/are the indicator/indicators used by IFPRI to compute the Global Hunger Index Report?
- 1.Undernourishment
- 2.Child stunting
- 3.Child mortality
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Answer & explanation
Answer: (c) 1, 2 and 3
From 2015 the Global Hunger Index (GHI) has been built from four indicators: undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting and child mortality. All three listed items are among them; the only one missing from the list is child wasting.
- ✓ 1. Undernourishment, the share of the population with insufficient calorie intake, is the only GHI indicator that covers the whole population.
- ✓ 2. Child stunting (low height for age among children under five) captures chronic undernutrition; it replaced child underweight when the formula was revised in 2015.
- ✓ 3. Child mortality, the death rate of children under five, is the fourth GHI indicator.
- • Since then In 2016 IFPRI co-published the GHI. Recent editions are prepared by Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide, and India's government has criticised the index's method (PIB, December 2021).
Remember · GHI = undernourishment + child wasting + child stunting + child mortality (four indicators since 2015; child underweight was dropped).
Sources
- PIB, Ministry of Women and Child Development: Global Hunger Index 2021 (3 December 2021) ↗ “Global Hunger Index is based on four indicators - Undernourishment, Child Stunting, Child Wasting and Child Mortality.”
- 2016 Global Hunger Index report (IFPRI, Welthungerhilfe, Concern Worldwide), Chapter 1 ↗ · reference work “The current formula was introduced in 2015 and is a revision of the original formula that was used to calculate GHI scores between 2006 and 2014.”
Question and answer: UPSC's official GS Paper I (2016, Series A) — paper ↗ · answer key ↗. Explanation: Minimalist IAS, checked 30 Sept 2026 (how we verify). ·