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2017 Global hunger index by severity

by Klaus von Grebmer,
Jill Bernstein,
Naomi Hossain,
Tracy Brown,
Nilam Prasai,
Yisehac Yohannes,
Fraser Patterson,
Andrea Sonntag,
Sophia-Maria Zimmerman,
Olive Towey and
Connell Foley
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Citation
Figure 2.5: 2017 Global Hunger Index by Severity.” Map in 2017 Global Hunger Index: The Inequalities of Hunger, by K. von Grebmer, J. Bernstein, N. Hossain, T. Brown, N. Prasai, Y. Yohannes, F. Patterson, A. Sonntag, S.-M. Zimmermann, O. Towey, and C. Foley. 2017. Bonn, Washington, DC, and Dublin: Welthungerhilfe, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Concern Worldwide.

Note: For the 2017 GHI, data on the proportion of undernourished are for 2014–2016; data on child stunting and wasting are for the latest year in the period 2012–2016 for which data are available; and data on child mortality are for 2015. GHI scores were not calculated for countries for which data were not available and for certain countries with small populations. The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Welthungerhilfe (WHH), or Concern Worldwide.