Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under-five) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators



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Prevalence of child malnutrition is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0–59 months. 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, weight for age (% of children under-five) - MDGs - Millenium Development Goals - African Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Niger (2006)39.9
2Burundi (2000)38.9
3Sudan (2000)38.4
4Madagascar (2004)36.8
5Burkina Faso (2003)35.2
6Ethiopia (2005)34.6
7Eritrea (2002)34.5
8Chad (2004)33.9
9Democratic Republic of the Congo (2001)33.6
10Somalia (2006)32.8
11Mauritania (2001)30.4
12Sierra Leone (2005)28.3
13Mali (2006)27.9
14Angola (2001)27.5
15Nigeria (2003)27.2
16Comoros (2000)25
17Zambia (2002)23.3
18Togo (1998)23.2
19Liberia (2000)22.8
20Guinea (2005)22.5
21Guinea-Bissau (2000)21.9
22Central African Republic (2000)21.8
23Benin (2001)21.5
24Mozambique (2003)21.2
25Namibia (2000)20.3
26Uganda (2001)19
27Malawi (2005)18.4
28Rwanda (2005)18
29Ivory Coast (2006)16.7
30Tanzania (2005)16.7
31Lesotho (2005)16.6
32Kenya (2003)16.5
33Gambia (2006)15.8
34Cameroon (2004)15.1
35Senegal (2005)14.5
36Zimbabwe (2006)14
37Ghana (2008)13.9
38Republic of the Congo (2005)11.8
39Botswana (2000)10.7
40Equatorial Guinea (2004)10.6
41Algeria (2002)10.2
42Sao Tome and Principe (2000)10.1
43Morocco (2004)9.9
44Swaziland (2000)9.1
45Gabon (2001)8.8
46Tunisia (1988)8.5
47Egypt (2005)5.4
48North Africa (2000)4.59
49Libya (1995)4.3
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