Global Food Security Index 2021

• India is ranked at 71st position in the Global Food Security (GFS) Index 2021 of 113 countries.
• The country lags behind its neighbours Pakistan and Sri Lanka in terms food affordability, according to the report.

About Global Food Security Index

• The Index was designed and constructed by Economist Impact and is sponsored by Corteva Agriscienc.
• The 2021 GFSI is the tenth edition of the index.
• GFS Index measures the underlying drivers of food security in 113 countries, based on the factors of affordability, availability, quality and safety, and natural resources and resilience.
• It considers 58 unique food security indicators including income and economic inequality.

Findings of 2021 report

• India held 71st position with an overall score of 57.2 points on the GFS Index 2021 of 113 countries.
• It fared better than Pakistan (75th position), Sri Lanka (77th Position), Nepal (79th position) and Bangladesh (84th position).
• But the country was way behind China (34th position).
• India’s score improved only by 2.7 points to 57.2 in 2021 from 54.5 in 2012.
• The findings of GFS Index 2021 also showed that global food security has decreased for the second year in a row after seven years of progress towards the Sustainable Development Goal of achieving zero hunger by 2030.
• Ireland, Australia, the UK, Finland, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Canada, Japan, France and the US shared the top rank with the overall GFS score in the range of 77.8 and 80 points on the index.