2014 Global Hunger Index Data (doi:10.7910/DVN/27557)

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Document Description

Citation

Title:

2014 Global Hunger Index Data

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/27557

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Date of Distribution:

2014-10-13

Version:

1

Bibliographic Citation:

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Welthungerhilfe (WHH); Concern Worldwide, 2014, "2014 Global Hunger Index Data", https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/27557, Harvard Dataverse, V1

Study Description

Citation

Title:

2014 Global Hunger Index Data

Identification Number:

doi:10.7910/DVN/27557

Authoring Entity:

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Welthungerhilfe (WHH)

Concern Worldwide

Producer:

Welthungerhilfe (WHH)

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Concern Worldwide

Date of Production:

2014

Distributor:

Harvard Dataverse

Distributor:

International Food Policy Research Institute

Access Authority:

IFPRI-Data

Depositor:

IFPRI-KM

Date of Deposit:

2014-10-09

Date of Distribution:

2014

Series Name:

Country Level Data

Holdings Information:

https://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/27557

Study Scope

Keywords:

Arts and Humanities, Social Sciences, developing countries, food availability, food crises, food crisis, food prices, food security, Global Hunger Index, GHI, gross income, children, land, land degradation, nutrition, malnutrition, undernutrition, Hunger, micronutrients, mortality, natural resources, Climate change, policies, poverty, property rights, smallholders, stress, sustainable development, sustainable livelihoods, underweight, water, resilience, natural disasters, disaster relief, emergencies, nutritive value, vitamin deficiencies, mineral deficiencies

Topic Classification:

Global Hunger Index, Food security, Nutrition

Abstract:

<p>The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool designed to comprehensively measure and track hunger globally and by region and country. Calculated each year by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the GHI highlights successes and failures in hunger reduction and provide insights into the drivers of hunger, and food and nutrition security. The 2014 GHI has been calculated for 120 countries for which data on the three component indicators are available and for which measuring hung er is considered most relevant. The GHI calculation excludes some higher income countries because the prevalence of hunger there is very low. </p> <p> The GHI is only as current as the data for its three component indicators. This year's GHI reflects the most recent available country level data for the three component indicators spanning the period 2009 to 2013. Besides the most recent GHI scores, this dataset also contains the GHI scores for four other reference periods- 1990, 1995, 2000, and 2005. A country's GHI score is calculated by averaging the percentage of the population that is undernourished, the percentage of children youn ger than five years old who are underweight, and the percentage of children dying before the age of five. This calculation results in a 100 point scale on which zero is the best score (no hunger) and 100 the worst, although neither of these extremes is reached in practice. The three component indicators used to calculate the GHI scores draw upon data from the following sources: </p> <p><b>1. Undernourishment:</b> Updated data from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) were used for the 1990, 1995, 2000, 2005, and 2014GHI scores. Undernourishment data for the 2014 GHI are for 2011-2013. </p> <p><b>2. Child underweight:</b> The "child underweight" component indicator of the GHI scores includes the latest additions to the World Health Organization's (WHO) Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition, and additional data from the joint data base by the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), WHO and the World Bank; the most recent Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) and Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey reports; and statistical tables from UNICEF. For the 2014 GHI, data on child underweight are for the latest year for which data are available in the period 2009-2014. </p> <p><b>3. Child mortality: </b>Updated data from the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation were used for the 1990, 1995, 2000, and 2005, and 2014 GHI scores. For the 2014 GHI, data on child mortality are for 2012. </p> <p><b><u>Resources related to 2014 Global Hunger Index </u></b></p>

Time Period:

1990-2012

Geographic Coverage:

CARIBBEAN; Commonwealth of Independent States; LATIN AMERICA; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; EAST ASIA; SOUTH ASIA; EASTERN EUROPE; SOUTHERN AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF SAHARA; AFRICA; ASIA;

Geographic Unit(s):

Country

Kind of Data:

Aggregated data

Methodology and Processing

Sources Statement

Data Access

Citation Requirement:

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI); Welthungerhilfe (WHH); Concern Worldwide. 2014. 2014 Global Hunger Index Data. Bonn, Washington, DC, and Dublin: Welthungerhilfe, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Concern Worldwide (datasets). <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.7910/DVN/27557"> http://dx.doi.org/10.7910/DVN/27557</a>

Disclaimer:

IFPRI adheres to the principle of unrestricted public access to its own final research outputs and will make such outputs freely available. The Institute encourages the use of the <b>2014 Global Hunger Index Data</b> for detailed information on its use, please refer to <a href="http://www.ifpri.org/intellectual-property-policy">IFPRI’s Intellectual Property Policy</a>. IFPRI, in no event, shall be liable for any damages resulting from use of the data. While great effort was taken to obtain high-quality data, the accuracy or reliability of the data is not guaranteed or warranted in anyway.

Notes:

<h1> IFPRI DATAVERSE TERMS OF USE </h1> By using this website and any of the materials made available through it, you agree to abide by the Terms of Use of IFPRI Dataverse. The datasets and documents in this study are licensed under <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License</a>. <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />

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Related Materials

<p><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896299580">2014 Global Hunger Index: The Challenge of Hidden Hunger</a></p> <a href=" https://public.tableausoftware.com/views/2014GHI/2014GHI"> 2014 GHI Interactive Tool </a>

Related Publications

Citation

Title:

von Grebmer,Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; Wiesmann, Doris; Prasai, Nilam; Yin, Sandra; Yohannes, Yisehac; Menon, Purnima; Thompson, Jennifer; Sonntag, Andrea. 2014. 2014 Global Hunger Index: The Challenge of Hidden Hunger. Bonn, Washington, D.C., and Dublin: Welthungerhilfe, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Concern Worldwide. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896299580"> http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896299580 </a>

Bibliographic Citation:

von Grebmer,Klaus; Saltzman, Amy; Birol, Ekin; Wiesmann, Doris; Prasai, Nilam; Yin, Sandra; Yohannes, Yisehac; Menon, Purnima; Thompson, Jennifer; Sonntag, Andrea. 2014. 2014 Global Hunger Index: The Challenge of Hidden Hunger. Bonn, Washington, D.C., and Dublin: Welthungerhilfe, International Food Policy Research Institute, and Concern Worldwide. <a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896299580"> http://dx.doi.org/10.2499/9780896299580 </a>

Other Study-Related Materials

Label:

2014GHIdata.xlsx

Text:

This file includes the 2014 Global Hunger Index data along with three underlying components.

Notes:

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