2009 Global Hunger Index - Facts and Findings: Sub-Saharan Africa, East Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa

Of the ten countries with the highest levels of hunger, and of the ten whose scores have actually increased since 1990, nine are in Sub-Saharan Africa in both cases.
Of the ten countries that most improved their GHI scores since 1990, none are in Sub-Saharan Africa, but Ghana cut its score by more than 50 percent, the only country in the region to do so.

2009 Global Hunger Index

2009 Global Hunger Index - Key Facts and Findings

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