Tajikistan ranks 93rd among 113 countries in The Economist’s GFSI 2019

Meanwhile, Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan ranked 48th and 71st in the Global Food Security Index 2019 respectively.  

The report provides no information about Kyrgyzstan and Turkmenistan. 

Russia ranked 42nd in the last year’s Global Food Security Index. 

Singapore and Ireland remain the two most food secure countries, with Kuwait, Qatar and Malawi making the most improvements since 2018.

According to the new GFSI framework, which includes updated metrics for factors such as changes in the cost of food, public research and development (R&D) in agriculture, and nutritional standards, Singapore and Ireland rank at the top of the index for both 2018 and 2019, followed by the US and Switzerland.

Venezuela, Burundi and Yemen rank at the bottom of the index.

Managed and updated annually by The Economist's intelligence unit, the Global Food Security Index considers the core issues of affordability, availability, and quality across a set of 113 countries.  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.

This index is the first to examine food security comprehensively across the three internationally established dimensions.  Moreover, the study looks beyond hunger to the underlying factors affecting food insecurity. The GFSI now includes an adjustment factor on natural resources and resilience.  This category assesses a country’s exposure to the impacts of a changing climate; its susceptibility to natural resource risks; and how the country is adapting to these risks.