Global Food Security (GFS) Index 2021: India tops in South Asia

[Suriya]

The Global Food Security Index
The Global Food Security Index (GFSI) considers the issues of food affordability, availability, quality and safety, and natural resources and resilience across a set of 113 countries. The index is a dynamic quantitative and qualitative benchmarking model constructed from 58 unique indicators that measure the drivers of food security across both developing and developed countries.

This edition of the GFSI incorporates the "Natural Resources and Resilience" category into the main index. This category assesses a country’s exposure to the impacts of a changing climate; its susceptibility to natural resource risks; and how the country is adapting to these risks, all of which impact the incidence of food insecurity in a country. The category was first introduced into the GFSI in 2017 as an adjustment factor and, given its increasing importance, has been mainstreamed for the first time this year.


Indexing the core issues for food security across 113 countries:

Affordability

Availability

Quality and Safety

Natural Resources and Resilience




Rankings and trends
Explore the year-on-year trends for the Global Food Security Index.


Figures are from annual baseline model (September 2021).

Global ranking	Country	Overall score	Affordability	Availability	Quality and Safety	Natural Resources and Resilence
1st	Ireland	84.0	92.9	75.1	94.0	74.1
2nd	Austria	81.3	90.5	75.2	91.2	65.7
3rd	United Kingdom	81.0	91.1	72.7	89.6	69.0
4th	Finland	80.9	91.7	66.2	93.8	75.1
5th	Switzerland	80.4	89.0	76.9	86.4	65.1
6th	Netherlands	79.9	89.7	73.7	92.2	61.2
7th	Canada	79.8	87.6	77.7	94.5	54.4
8th	Japan	79.3	90.0	75.7	83.4	61.9
=9th	France	79.1	90.3	67.0	92.1	67.5
=9th	United States	79.1	88.7	71.0	94.3	61.3
11th	Germany	78.7	90.1	69.3	87.8	66.0
12th	Israel	78.0	90.6	75.2	90.7	47.6
13th	Sweden	77.9	91.0	62.7	92.3	67.3
14th	Czech Republic	77.8	88.3	69.1	81.4	70.9
15th	Singapore	77.4	87.9	82.9	79.1	46.7
16th	New Zealand	76.8	90.9	63.2	82.0	70.8
17th	Denmark	76.5	93.1	61.4	93.5	56.9
18th	Italy	76.4	89.3	71.5	86.2	51.8
19th	Belgium	76.1	89.8	71.1	85.2	50.9
20th	Norway	76.0	83.3	60.6	90.7	76.1
21st	Portugal	75.2	88.8	67.1	88.3	52.3
22nd	Poland	74.9	87.0	65.0	80.5	65.0
23rd	Russia	74.8	86.9	64.9	85.8	59.9
=24th	Costa Rica	73.6	84.5	61.4	82.4	67.0
=24th	Qatar	73.6	83.8	74.4	83.5	43.4
=24th	Spain	73.6	88.4	61.2	84.4	58.2
27th	Greece	73.3	89.0	59.6	89.5	53.6
28th	Chile	73.2	82.4	66.8	84.2	57.1
29th	Romania	72.4	81.8	66.6	85.4	52.6
30th	Kuwait	72.2	80.1	72.3	86.4	43.0
31st	Hungary	72.1	83.5	66.9	77.4	55.4
=32nd	Australia	71.6	84.9	64.1	87.8	44.7
=32nd	South Korea	71.6	80.3	69.7	78.5	52.2
34th	China	71.3	77.4	78.4	71.4	47.2
35th	United Arab Emirates	71.0	75.9	71.3	88.8	43.6
=36th	Belarus	70.9	86.3	57.0	82.8	56.3
=36th	Panama	70.9	82.6	67.4	72.3	54.7
38th	Bulgaria	70.5	83.3	59.2	81.5	56.8
39th	Malaysia	70.1	85.6	64.0	76.3	46.6
40th	Oman	70.0	88.8	57.3	83.8	45.2
41st	Kazakhstan	69.2	83.0	58.5	81.0	51.9
42nd	Slovakia	68.7	89.6	48.8	72.9	62.7
43rd	Bahrain	68.5	79.2	67.5	79.9	39.1
44th	Saudi Arabia	68.1	75.0	67.8	79.8	44.3
45th	Uruguay	68.0	75.4	53.1	81.2	68.5
46th	Mexico	66.9	73.8	60.9	81.0	51.2
47th	Dominican Republic	65.4	74.6	62.0	69.5	50.3
48th	Turkey	65.1	67.6	61.6	75.8	56.4
=49th	Jordan	64.6	80.4	55.2	63.5	54.2
=49th	Peru	64.6	79.8	54.6	71.2	48.4
51st	Thailand	64.5	81.8	57.3	59.5	50.8
52nd	Colombia	64.4	70.4	57.2	72.3	58.4
53rd	Argentina	64.2	65.6	58.8	90.2	45.8
54th	Algeria	63.9	77.9	58.0	62.0	50.7
55th	Tunisia	62.7	74.4	54.0	72.1	47.6
56th	Azerbaijan	62.6	82.3	58.0	59.1	38.2
57th	Morocco	62.5	75.1	51.8	72.3	49.0
58th	Ukraine	62.0	73.9	51.8	71.9	49.3
59th	Paraguay	61.6	77.5	47.7	74.9	44.7
60th	Serbia	61.4	82.6	38.4	81.1	44.7
61st	Vietnam	61.1	68.9	60.4	64.3	44.9
62nd	Egypt	60.8	66.5	60.0	60.7	52.0
63rd	Brazil	60.6	68.7	46.4	90.0	42.4
64th	Philippines	60.0	74.3	53.9	61.5	43.6
65th	Bolivia	59.9	73.0	52.9	61.1	47.4
66th	Ecuador	59.6	71.0	50.5	70.8	44.1
67th	El Salvador	59.5	65.5	59.2	63.2	45.5
68th	Honduras	59.4	53.0	64.2	63.8	57.8
69th	Indonesia	59.2	74.9	63.7	48.5	33.0
70th	South Africa	57.8	63.1	49.4	72.1	49.4
71st	India	57.2	50.2	65.7	59.1	52.8
72nd	Myanmar	56.7	58.9	52.2	63.0	54.7
73rd	Nicaragua	56.0	66.1	48.3	57.7	49.8
74th	Botswana	55.5	69.6	47.5	59.6	40.0
75th	Pakistan	54.7	52.6	63.0	55.7	42.2
76th	Mali	54.5	43.7	64.5	61.1	49.4
77th	Sri Lanka	54.1	62.9	50.6	52.1	46.3
78th	Uzbekistan	53.8	49.3	51.3	65.1	55.4
79th	Nepal	53.7	48.3	64.5	53.7	44.0
80th	Guatemala	53.5	58.0	48.2	57.4	51.2
81st	Cambodia	53.0	68.8	48.7	44.3	40.7
82nd	Ghana	52.0	60.0	48.6	58.2	37.3
83rd	Tajikistan	51.6	53.1	51.1	55.7	45.9
84th	Bangladesh	49.1	48.8	58.1	45.5	36.8
85th	Burkina Faso	48.1	42.0	55.6	48.2	45.5
=86th	Côte d'Ivoire	48.0	45.5	53.6	42.3	48.2
=86th	Tanzania	48.0	39.7	57.4	50.6	43.5
88th	Niger	47.6	37.1	52.6	51.7	53.4
89th	Senegal	47.4	44.4	47.7	55.9	43.9
90th	Kenya	46.8	47.6	45.6	54.8	39.7
91st	Laos	46.4	47.7	46.1	49.2	42.0
92nd	Cameroon	45.5	45.5	42.4	51.6	45.3
93rd	Benin	45.2	42.1	50.7	48.2	37.8
94th	Togo	44.2	40.8	46.7	35.1	55.1
95th	Uganda	43.9	41.5	38.0	49.2	53.7
96th	Guinea	43.0	32.5	53.1	40.4	46.4
97th	Nigeria	41.3	33.4	45.3	48.6	41.3
98th	Angola	41.1	32.6	42.6	48.7	45.9
99th	Chad	40.6	37.8	42.0	42.3	41.6
100th	Madagascar	40.4	36.3	41.1	39.9	47.3
101st	Rwanda	40.3	25.8	45.9	52.1	44.8
102nd	Venezuela	39.4	37.3	27.1	64.3	41.1
103rd	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	39.1	38.0	41.6	36.0	39.9
104th	Sierra Leone	38.1	34.1	32.1	36.8	58.0
105th	Zambia	38.0	29.0	40.4	42.0	46.4
=106th	Haiti	37.8	27.8	40.2	44.2	45.2
=106th	Syria	37.8	34.0	30.1	53.2	43.3
108th	Ethiopia	37.6	24.5	47.5	41.6	39.4
109th	Malawi	37.3	23.6	40.9	37.1	55.9
110th	Sudan	37.1	31.8	31.6	52.4	41.4
111th	Mozambique	35.9	42.9	30.4	33.8	35.2
112th	Yemen	35.7	39.3	27.6	37.4	42.1
113th	Burundi	34.7	24.0	33.7	45.7	44.8

Global Food Security Index (GFSI)

The Global Food Security Index (GFSI) is an annual assessment measuring food security through affordability, availability, quality and safety, and sustainability and adaptation metrics worldwide.

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[jamahir]

From May 2020, India :

A video is going viral on social media showing the shocking extent to which the coronavirus lockdown has hit the poor.

The video is of a man eating from a carcass, possibly of a dog, on the Jaipur-Delhi Highway.

The video was uploaded on YouTube by Pradhuman Singh Naruka, a Jaipur resident. In the video, Naruka claims he was on his way to Delhi when he spotted the man near Shahpura, which lies in Jaipur district. In the video, which was uploaded on May 18, Naruka asks the man what he was eating and tells him he will die. He then asks the man to move to a spot on the highway near a truck, where he feeds him.

In a Facebook post, Naruka claimed, "Humanity was put to shame in Shahpura when a labourer due to hunger was forced to eat a dog. What is worse is that no person stopped their vehicle and saw the need to help him. I gave him food and water to drink..." Naruka appealed to people to help those in need.

Speaking to THE WEEK, Naruka said the man was possibly a homeless person. He said the incident happened on afternoon of May 18. Naruka added that police officials had contacted him on Thursday, seeking details of the man and the spot where he was found.

Many people shared the video on social media, tagging mediapersons and government officials. Lavanya Ballal, who has been associated with the social media team of the Congress, targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi over the video. She wrote, "This is beyond heartbreaking. No one deserves this He is eating the carcass of a dead dog. @narendramodi India won’t forget this amount of pain and humiliation heaped of the poor...".

@Suriya, does this starving man and millions of other Indians have food security now, one year later ?

 

[Suriya]

From May 2020, India :

@Suriya, does this starving man and millions of other Indians have food security now, one year later ?

Refer to my OP.

 

[retaxis]

Cow poop and urine = food security for indians

 

[jamahir]

Refer to my OP.

Can you explain what those numbers mean ?

 

[jamahir]

India is on 71st number. 70 countries more food secure than India and 42 less

So going by those numbers even poor South American countries are more food secure than 6th largest economy in the world India. Hmm.

Also, I don't believe that poor man in Rajasthan has become food secure now. I don't believe that the 60 million stray dogs in India go hungry.