The Global Hunger Index 2024 (GHI 2024) shows that Tajikistan is now the only country in Central Asia where hunger is a cause for concern.

The index relied on a variety of metrics, including undernourishment, child stunting and wasting, and mortality rates to determine its rankings.

In Tajikistan, hundreds of thousands of the country’s roughly 10 million inhabitants reportedly still don’t get enough to eat.

In the 2024 Global Hunger Index, Tajikistan ranks 65th out of the 127 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2024 GHI scores.

With a score of 13.7 in the 2024 Global Hunger Index, Tajikistan has a level of hunger that is moderate.

Tajikistan's GHI Score is based on the values of four component indicators: undernourishment – 8.7 percent; stunting among children under 5 years of age – 18.4 percent; wasting among children under 5 years of age; and the under-five mortality – 3.0 percent.   

According to the survey, the other four nations in the region – Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan – have made great strides in recent decades in battling hunger and were deemed in the low-risk category.  

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) is a tool for comprehensively measuring and tracking hunger at global, regional, and national levels.