The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger at the global, regional, and national levels. The GHI is designed to raise awareness and understanding of the struggle against hunger, provide a means to compare the levels of hunger between countries and regions, and call attention to the areas of the world in greatest need of additional resources to eliminate hunger. Read more
Click to enlarge. Source: Wiesmann et al. (2015). Note: The values of each of the four component indicators are standardized. See Appendix B for the complete GHI formula.
In the 2021 Global Hunger Index, Morocco ranks 43rd out of the 116 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2021 GHI scores. With a score of 8.8, Morocco has a level of hunger that is low.
Note: Data for GHI scores, child stunting, and child wasting are from 1998–2002 (2000), 2004–2008 (2006), 2010–2014 (2012), and 2016–2020 (2021). Data for undernourishment are from 2000–2002 (2000), 2005–2007 (2006), 2011–2013 (2012), and 2018–2020 (2021). Data for child mortality are from 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2019 (2021). See Appendix B for the formula for calculating GHI scores and Appendix C for the sources from which the data are compiled.
