Global Hunger Index: Hunger situation in the Philippines improves in 2023

The Philippines’ rank rose six notches* to 66th out of 125 countries in the latest edition of the Global Hunger Index (GHI) by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe. In a scale ranging from 0 (no hunger) to 100 (worst), the country scored 14.8, a 19.1% improvement** from 18.3 in 2015, and categorized with a “moderate” level of hunger. This was better than the global average of 18.3, but worse than the regional average of 8.3. The GHI combines the scores that capture the multidimensional nature of hunger: undernourishment, child stunting, child wasting, and child mortality.