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.
Each year, GHI scores cannot be calculated for some countries because data for one or more of the indicators used in the GHI formula are unavailable. In total, 19 countries that meet the criteria for inclusion in the GHI had insufficient data to allow for calculation of a 2021 GHI score.
To address this gap and give a preliminary picture of hunger in the countries with missing data, this year’s report includes provisional designations of the severity of hunger.
The hunger situation in Zambia is provisionally categorized as serious.
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.
