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Food Security And Food Security Index

Food Security And Food Security Index

The Global Food Security Index (GFSI) considers the core issues of affordability, availability, quality and safety across a set of 109 countries. The index is a dynamic quantitative and qualitative benchmarking model, constructed from 28 unique indicators, that measures these drivers of food security across both developing and developed countries. Food security is defined as the state in which people at all times have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs for a healthy and active life, based on the definition established at the 1996 World Food Summit. The overall goal of the study is to assess countries that are most and least vulnerable to food insecurity through exploring the categories of food Affordability, Availability, and Quality and Safety. The index was constructed by the Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by DuPont, USA.

All scores are normalised on a scale of 0-100 where 100=most favourable. Category scores are calculated from the weighted mean of the underlying indicator scores. The overall score is a weighted mean of the category scores.

Global overview

Global Ranking Country Overall Score Affordability Availability Quality & Safety
1st United States 89.0 92.1 87.0 86.4
2nd Singapore 88.2 100.0 78.9 84.6
3rd Ireland 85.4 87.8 83.1 86.0
4th Austria 85.1 87.2 84.1 82.5
5th Netherlands 85.0 87.0 82.8 86.0
6th Switzerland 84.4 87.7 82.9 80.1
7th Canada 84.2 86.6 82.0 84.0
8th Germany 83.9 86.5 82.6 81.0
=9th Australia 83.8 88.9 78.4 86.1
=9th France 83.8 84.2 81.7 88.5
=9th Norway 83.8 86.6 81.0 84.9
=68th India 50.9 47.4 56.1 45.3
109th Burundi 25.1 19.4 25.6 38.1

“=” before the rank indicates a tie in rank with another geography.

Overview For India

  Score/100
2012 2013 2014 2015
OVERALL SCORE 46.8 46.3 48.6 50.9
Affordability 38.3 38.3 44.7 44.7
Availability 55.4 54.2 53.9 56.1
Quality And Safety 44.8 44.5 44.0 45.3

India Compared With United States

  India United States
Rank/109 Score/100 YoY Rank/109 Score/100 YoY
OVERALL SCORE =68 50.9 +2.3 1 89.0 -0.9
Affordability 72 47.4 +2.7 2 92.1 -2.7
Availability 58 56.1 +2.2 1 87.0 -0.1
Quality And Safety 79 45.3 +1.3 3 86.4 +0.7

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