India has been ranked 100th among 122 countries in the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2026, with a score of 24.1 that keeps the country in the 'serious' hunger category, according to the index's official country profile.

The report, titled 'No Security Without Food Security', is published jointly by Concern Worldwide, Welthungerhilfe and the Institute for International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict (IFHV), and measures hunger through four indicators: undernourishment, child wasting, child stunting and under-five mortality.

India's profile shows a mixed picture. Undernourishment stands at 9.8% of the population, child stunting has fallen to 29.3% of children under five — down from about 50% in 2000 — and under-five mortality is 2.7%. But child wasting, a sign of acute malnutrition, remains near 19% of children under five, among the highest rates in the world and the worst in South Asia.

India moved up two places from 102nd out of 123 countries last year, and its score eased from 25.8 in 2018 to 24.1 in 2026 — but the report says the pace of improvement has slowed since the 2006–2012 period. Globally, the hunger score worsened from 17.6 in 2018 to 18.1 in 2026.

Among neighbours, Sri Lanka ranked 53rd (10.2), Nepal 72nd (14.5), Bangladesh 84th (19.2) and Pakistan 106th (25.5).

Sources: Global Hunger Index 2026 report and country profile, reported by Careers360, StudyIQ and Education Post.