This indicator is formed on the basis of four criteria: the level of malnutrition of the population, the mortality rate of children under five years of age, the percentage of children with exhaustion and stunting. The more points a country has, the higher its hunger problems.

Over the past 24 years, Uzbekistan has achieved significant success: in 2000, its hunger index was 24.3 points, which classified the country as a country with a serious level of hunger. Today, this indicator has dropped to less than five points.

Following Uzbekistan in the region are Kazakhstan (25th place), Kyrgyzstan (36th place) and Turkmenistan (50th place) - all of them have low levels of hunger. Tajikistan remained in the category of countries with moderate levels of hunger, taking the 65th place.

On the global stage, Chad, Yemen and Somalia remain the most disadvantaged countries in terms of hunger. At the same time, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Chile top the list of the most "well-fed" states.