A report by the Washington-based International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) has revealed that India has a higher rate of malnutrition than North Korea and Myanmar. According to the World Economic Forum India fared poorly on the Global Hunger Index (GHI pdf) for 2017 as India ranked 100 out of 119 countries on the GHI while last year it was at 97 out of 118. A lower ranking is indicative of a higher rate of malnutrition and hunger. As per the report the rankings were based on four indicators: undernourishment child mortality child wasting and child stunting. A GHI score
