Egypt ranks third place among Arab countries on the Global Hunger Index for 2016 and in 59th place among 118 countries surveyed, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization And Statistics (CAPMAS). It also showed a decline in Egypt's self-sufficiency rate for wheat, from 56.4 percent to 49.1 percent. The average individual share went down from 192.4kg to 173kg annually. The self-sufficiency rate went down from 126.5 to 102.6 percent, while the average individual share rose from 48.3kg to 57kg annually, marking an 18 percent increase. The self-sufficiency rate dropped from 43 to 31 percent, while the average individual share decline from 6.5kg to 3.6kg annually.

Source: Egypt Independent March 15, 2017 14:15 UTC