Food Security Index
The Global Food Security Index, produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and supported by Corteva Agriscience, is the first to examine food security comprehensively across the three internationally established dimensions. It looks beyond hunger to the underlying factors affecting food insecurity and considers the core issues of affordability, availability, and quality across 113 countries. It also includes an adjustment factor on natural resources and resilience. The index is a dynamic quantitative and qualitative benchmarking model, constructed from 34 unique indicators, that measures these drivers of food security across both developing and developed countries.
The Global Food Security Index, produced by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) and supported by Corteva Agriscience, is the first to examine food security comprehensively across the three internationally established dimensions. It looks beyond hunger to the underlying factors affecting food insecurity and considers the core issues of affordability, availability, and quality across 113 countries. It also includes an adjustment factor on natural resources and resilience. The index is a dynamic quantitative and qualitative benchmarking model, constructed from 34 unique indicators, that measures these drivers of food security across both developing and developed countries.
SUBJECT Variables
OVERALL PERFORMANCE
The overall performance score is a weighted average of 4 indicators - affordability, availability, quality & safety, and natural resource & resilience.
- India's performance on the Food Security Index rose by 1 percentage point in 2021 to reach 57.2%.
- India was ranked in the 71st position amongst 113 countries in 2021, retaining its position from 2020.
- In comparison to its benchmarked G20 peers, India's overall performance score on the Food Security Index 2021 is the lowest.
- India's overall performance level in 2021 is 3.7% lower than the world average performance level of 60.9%.
- Ireland held the top spot on the table in 2021 with a performance level of 84%.
- India's performance on the Affordability indicator has been on a sharp decline since 2017 - from 61% in 2018 to 50% in 2021.
- India's performance on the Availability indicator in 2021 improved marginally by 1.4% over the previous year - from 64.1% in 2020 to 65.7% in 2021
- Quality & Safety performance level in 2021 is 59.1%, a minuscule rise of 0.1% over 2020.
- Natural Resource & Resilience performance levels, after having remained between 40-41% since 2013, shot up to 52.8% in 2021.
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