Hunger Index

As per Global Hunger Index 2022, the list goes as follows:
Sr.No Country 2014 Index 2022 Index
101 Comoros 29.1 26.9
102 Rwanda 29.5 27.2
103 Nigeria 28.4 27.3
104 Ethiopia 27.4 27.6
105 Congo (Republic of) 25.3 28.1
106 Sudan 29.3 28.8
107 India 28.2 29.1
108 Zambia 35.2 29.3
109 Afghanistan 30.6 29.9
110 Timor-Leste 33.3 30.6
111 Guinea-Bissau 30.2 30.8
112 Sierra Leone 33.1 31.5
113 Lesotho 29.3 32.4
114 Liberia 34.8 32.4
115 Niger 32.8 32.6
116 Haiti 32.6 32.7

Food stunting refers to poor nutrition, frequent infections and inadequate intellectual growth that impairs growth and development of children. This impaired growth and development in India is evident.
Since 2000, India has made substantial progress, but there are still areas of concern, particularly regarding child nutrition. The proportion of undernourished people in India's population is considered moderate.
The rate of child food wastage in India is 19.3 percent. While child stunting has declined significantly - from 54.2 percent in 1998-1999 to 35.5 percent in 2019-2021 - it is still considered very high.