FSCI Indicators Breakdown

The Food Systems Countdown Initiative (FSCI) is a collaborative interdisciplinary effort to monitor global food systems. The FSCI developed a framework that includes five themes: (1) diets, nutrition, and health; (2) environment, natural resources, and production; (3) livelihoods, poverty, and equity; (4) governance; and (5) resilience and identified 50 indicators across these themes. This page presents national level data for these 50 indicators for India.

India income group: Lower Middle Income
Comparison
India
Southern Asia
World

Diets, Nutrition, and Health

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cost of a healthy diet per capita
3.1 PPP dollar/capita/day
Percent of the population who cannot afford a healthy diet
59%
Availability of fruits
174 g/capita/day
Availability of vegetables
249.3 g/capita/day
Percent of the population using safely managed drinking water services
66%
Retail value (total sales) of ultra-processed foods per capita
1.2 current PPP dollar/capita/year
MDD-W: Minimum dietary diversity for women
41%
All-5: Consumption of all five food groups
28%
NCD-Protect
3.4
NCD-Risk
1.5
Adults: Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
22%
Adults: Soft drink consumption
13%
POU: Prevalence of undernourishment
17%
Percent of the population experiencing moderate or severe food insecurity
No Data
MDD (IYCF): Minimum dietary diversity for infants and young children
16%
Children (6-23 months): Zero fruit or vegetable consumption
55% population 6-23 months
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Environment, natural resources, and production

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Cropland nitrogen use efficiency
42%
Cereals yield
3.6 tonnes/ha
Fruit yield
14.9 tonnes/ha
Vegetable yield
15.6 tonnes/ha
Cow's milk yield
19,477 100 g/animal
Beef yield
No Data
Fishery health index progress score
27
Agri-food systems greenhouse gas emissions
1,309,506.3 kT CO2eq
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cereals (excluding rice)
0.2 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for rice
0.8 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for cow's milk
1.1 kg CO2eq/kg product
Greenhouse gas emissions intensity for beef
29.2 kg CO2eq/kg product
Cropland area change
-0% change
Functional integrity: Agricultural land with minimum level of natural habitat
0% agricultural land
Agriculture water withdrawal as percent of total renewable water resources
36%
Pesticide use per area of cropland
0.2 kg/ha
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Livelihoods, Poverty, and Equity

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Share of agriculture in GDP
16% GDP
Unemployment rate (Rural)
4% working age population
Underemployment rate (Rural)
No Data
Social protection coverage
94% population
Social protection adequacy
5% welfare of beneficiary households
Percent of children 5-17 years engaged in child labor
4% children 5-17
Share of women among owners or rights-bearers of agricultural land
27% landholdings
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Governance

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Civil society participation index
0.7
Percent of the urban population living in cities signed onto the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
3%
Degree of legal recognition of the right to food
No Data
Presence of a national food system transformation pathway
No Data
Government effectiveness index
0.4
Food safety capacity
60
Presence of national health-related food environment policies
No Data
V-Dem accountability index
0.5
Open budget index score
37
Guarantees for public access to information
No Data
Less Desirable
More Desirable

Resilience

Less Desirable
More Desirable
Ratio of total damages from all disasters to GDP
No Data
Dietary sourcing flexibility index
0.7
Mobile cellular subscriptions
80.6 Number per 100 people
Social capital index
0.5
Proportion of agricultural land with minimum level of species diversity (crop and pasture)
90% agricultural land
Number of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
420,324
Number of animal genetic resources for food and agriculture secured in either medium- or long-term conservation facilities
30
Prevalence of severe coping strategies
No Data
Food price volatility
0.7
Food supply variability per capita
11 kcal/capita/day
Less Desirable
More Desirable
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