Bangladesh scored 25.2 points in the index.

High food prices are fuelling hunger and malnutrition at an alarming rate in Bangladesh. As a result, 7.5 million more people have recently joined the ranks of the country's hungry.

There is a realistic fear that this number will increase as the price of commodities continues to rise and agricultural land turns to bio fuel production.

However, Bangladesh has made major efforts of late to meet the food needs of its increasing population. The country has recently increased domestic production considerably.

According to the International Monetary Fund list of 2007, Bangladesh ranked as the 48th largest economy in the world.

Bangladesh's predominantly agricultural economy depends heavily on an erratic monsoonal cycle, with periodic flooding and drought.

Image: A Bangladeshi vendor sells headbands and national flags in Dhaka. | Photograph: Lalage Snow/AFP/Getty Images

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