Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (% of children under 5) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators

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Prevalence of child malnutrition is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age (stunting) is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0–59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO’s new child growth standards released in 2006. Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition.
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (% of children under 5) - Human development - Development outcomes - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Burundi (2000)63.1
2Niger (2006)54.8
3Madagascar (2004)52.8
4Malawi (2005)52.5
5Zambia (2002)52.5
6Rwanda (2005)51.7
7Angola (2001)50.8
8Ethiopia (2005)50.7
9Sudan (2000)47.6
10Mozambique (2003)47
11Sierra Leone (2005)46.9
12Comoros (2000)46.9
13Liberia (2000)45.3
14Lesotho (2005)45.2
15Chad (2004)44.8
16Uganda (2001)44.8
17Central African Republic (2000)44.6
18Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)44.4
19Tanzania (2005)44.4
20Eritrea (2002)43.7
21Burkina Faso (2003)43.1
22Nigeria (2003)43
23Somalia (2006)42.1
24Ivory Coast (2006)40.1
25Mauritania (2001)39.5
26Guinea (2005)39.3
27Benin (2001)39.1
28Mali (2006)38.5
29Swaziland (2000)36.6
30Guinea-Bissau (2000)36.1
31Kenya (2003)35.8
32Zimbabwe (2006)35.8
33Cameroon (2004)35.4
34Sao Tome and Principe (2000)35.2
35Equatorial Guinea (2004)35
36Republic of the Congo (2005)31.2
37Togo (1998)29.8
38Namibia (2000)29.5
39Botswana (2000)29.1
40Ghana (2008)28
41Gambia (2006)27.6
42Gabon (2001)26.3
43North Africa (2000)24.34
44Egypt (2005)23.8
45Morocco (2004)23.1
46Algeria (2002)21.6
47Libya (1995)20.7
48Tunisia (1988)20.3
49Senegal (2005)20.1
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