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Global Hunger Index 2024

Edition: 19th

Total countries: 127

Pakistan: 109

Worst ranking: Somalia (127)

Topper: Belarus

Additional Information:

Global Hunger Index 2024 is published by Concern Worldwide, an Irish humanitarian organisation, and Welthungerhilfe, a German aid agency

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This report released by the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on 15 May 2022

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Australia: 1

India: 2

New Zealand: 3

South Africa: 4

Pakistan: 5

England: 6

Latest rankings announced by the International Cricket Council on May 5, 2022.

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Global Hunger Index 2024

Edition: 19th

Total countries: 127

Pakistan: 109

Worst ranking: Somalia (127)

Topper: Belarus

Additional Information:

Global Hunger Index 2024 is published by Concern Worldwide, an Irish humanitarian organisation, and Welthungerhilfe, a German aid agency

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• World Internet Development Index 2023
• Total countries: 52

• Topper: USA

• Second: China
• Pakistan: 45

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Pakistan has the third largest population of diabetic adults after China and India.

Pakistan has 33 million adults with diabetes.

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In the 2021 Global Hunger Index, Pakistan ranks 92nd out of the 116 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2021 GHI scores.

Somalia was given the least rank on Global Hunger Index 2021.

In the 2020 Global Hunger Index, Pakistan ranks 88th

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Global Hunger Index is jointly published by Concern Worldwide and Welthungerhilfe.

This is published every October.

The first edition was published in 2006.

This edition marked the 16th edition of the Global Hunger Index.

Aim: Tract hunger at the global

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 WEO also worked out Pakistan`s current account deficit at 5.3pc of GDP (up from just 0.6pc in 2021) and 7pc unemployment rate, slightly lower than 7.4pc in 2021.

IMF: International Monetary Fund

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The Khewra Salt Mine is located in Khewra, north Jhelum District, Punjab, Pakistan, which rises from the Indo-Gangetic Plain.

It is Pakistan’s largest and oldest salt mine and the world’s second-largest mine.

Khewra Salt Mine another name is Mayo Salt Mine

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Rank of Pakistan in Corruption Perception Index:

2018: 117 out of 180

2019: 120 out of 180

2020: 124 out of 180

2021: 140 out of 180

2022: 140 out of 180