.| – | Ranking # | Average § | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lao PDR | 1 | 21.9 | 23.8 | 23.2 | 20.6 | 19.0 | 18.9 | 20.2 | 19.7 | 18.7 | 20.1 | 28.5 | 28.1 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 21.8 | 30.7 | 27.6 | 23.2 | 21.2 | 20.9 | 19.9 | 19.6 | 16.8 | 16.1 | 22.6 | 21.7 |
| Myanmar | 3 | 18.4 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 15.0 | 19.6 | 18.8 | 16.3 | NA § | NA | NA | 23.5 | 22.0 |
| Philippines | 4 | 14.6 | 17.6 | 16.2 | 14.0 | 13.2 | 13.0 | 11.5 | 12.2 | 13.2 | 13.1 | 16.9 | 19.9 |
| Mongolia | 5 | 12.7 | 15.8 | 15.3 | 12.1 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 11.4 | 11.7 | 10.1 | 9.6 | 14.7 | 13.8 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 12.6 | 18.4 | 17.7 | 12.6 | 11.9 | 11.5 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 7.7 | 7.5 | 14.4 | 14.5 |
Data extracted from Global Hunger Index Reports and rearranged for study purpose.
#: GHI ranking based on each country’s GHI score average from 2006 to 2016, higher averaged score means more severe hunger of a country, therefore Lao PDR as ranking 1 the most severe in hunger.
§: GHI expressed as 0-100 scale, average means averaged scores of each country’s GHI from 2006 to 2016, NA-not available.