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Georgia among 20 countries with under-5 Global Hunger Index score

Georgia is one of 20 countries with a Global Hunger Index score of less than five. Photo: Nino Alavidze/Agenda.ge

Agenda.ge, 16 Oct 2023 - 17:32, Tbilisi,Georgia

Georgia is one of 20 countries with a Global Hunger Index score of less than five, the 2023 edition of the annual report jointly published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe shows.

The Index, designed to track hunger at global, regional, and country levels, sees Georgia ranked among 125 states ”with sufficient data to calculate 2023 GHI scores”, the report notes, adding the sub-five ranking leads to the country having a “low” level of hunger.

Screenshot from the Index.

The 20 countries with a GHI of less than five also includes Lithuania, Latvia, Hungary and Turkey.

The scores are calculated based on a combination of undernourishment, the share of children with chronic undernutrition, the share of children with acute undernutrition and child mortality.

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