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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\nIn the 2021 Global Hunger Index, Nepal ranked 76th with a score of 19.1, it has a moderate level of hunger while Sri Lanka placed at 65th position with a score of 16.0, showing a moderate level of hunger.<\/p>\n
Neighbouring Afghanistan ranked 103rd with a score of 28.3, showing a serious level of hunger.<\/p>\n
In the 2021 Global Hunger Index, Iran\u2019s position has been recorded at the 35th number with a score of 7.7, showing a low level of hunger.<\/p>\n
Similarly, China is one of 18 countries with a GHI score of less than 5. These countries are not assigned individual ranks, but rather are collectively ranked 1\u201318 out of the 116 countries to calculate 2021 GHI scores.<\/p>\n
Differences between their scores are minimal. With a score of under 5, China has a level of hunger that is low.<\/p>\n
Region-wise, South Asian and African countries are the areas where hunger levels are highest.<\/p>\n
South Asia\u2019s high regional hunger level is driven largely by child undernutrition, particularly as measured by child wasting. At 14.7%, South Asia\u2019s child wasting rate as of 2020 is the highest of any world region.<\/p>\n
South Asia\u2019s child stunting rate, at 31.8%, is nearly as high as that of Africa, South of the Sahara.<\/p>\n
More than half of the children in the world who experience wasting and more than one-third of the children who experience stunting are located in South Asia.<\/p>\n