The Global Hunger Index, or GHI, is a tool used to measure and track hunger at the global, regional and national levels, with an annual report published each October assessing both progress and setbacks in reducing hunger worldwide. It was originally created in 2006 by the International Food Policy Research Institute in partnership with the German aid organization Welthungerhilfe, with the Irish nonprofit Concern Worldwide joining as a co-publisher in 2007; in 2018 IFPRI transferred stewardship of the index to Welthungerhilfe and Concern Worldwide. The GHI is calculated on a 100 point scale that combines four indicators, the rate of undernourishment, child stunting, child wasting and child mortality, using data drawn from United Nations agencies including the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Health Organization and UNICEF, along with World Bank data and demographic health surveys; the 2025 edition assessed 136 countries and calculated scores for 123 of them using data spanning 2000 to 2024.
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