Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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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.
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1India (2006)43.5
2Yemen (2003)43.1
3South Asia (2009)42.49
4Timor-Leste (2003)41.5
5Bangladesh (2007)41.3
6Niger (2006)39.9
7Burundi (2000)38.9
8Nepal (2006)38.8
9Madagascar (2004)36.8
10Ethiopia (2005)34.6
11Eritrea (2002)34.5
12Chad (2004)33.9
13Afghanistan (2004)32.9
14Somalia (2006)32.8
15Sudan (2006)31.7
16Laos (2006)31.6
17Pakistan (2001)31.3
18Burma (2003)29.6
19Djibouti (2006)29.6
20Least developed countries: UN classification (2009)29.31
21Cambodia (2008)28.8
22Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)28.2
23Mali (2006)27.9
24Low income (2009)27.71
25Angola (2001)27.5
26Nigeria (2008)26.7
27Burkina Faso (2009)26
28Maldives (2001)25.7
29Comoros (2000)25
30Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2009)24.7
31Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2009)24.7
32Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) (2009)24.69
33Lower middle income (2009)23.98
34Low & middle income (2009)22.4
35Togo (2006)22.3
36Central African Republic (2000)21.8
37Sri Lanka (2009)21.6
38Sierra Leone (2008)21.3
39Mozambique (2003)21.2
40Middle income (2009)20.8
41Guinea (2008)20.8
42Philippines (2003)20.7
43South Korea (2004)20.6
44North Korea (2004)20.6
45Liberia (2007)20.4
46Vietnam (2008)20.2
47Benin (2006)20.2
48Indonesia (2007)19.6
49Haiti (2006)18.9
50Papua New Guinea (2005)18.1
51Rwanda (2005)18
52Guatemala (2002)17.7
53Namibia (2007)17.5
54Guinea-Bissau (2006)17.4
55Malaysia (1999)16.7
56Tanzania (2005)16.7
57Mauritania (2008)16.7
58Ivory Coast (2006)16.7
59Cameroon (2006)16.6
60Lesotho (2005)16.6
61Uganda (2006)16.4
62Kenya (2009)16.4
63Gambia (2006)15.8
64Malawi (2006)15.5
65Tajikistan (2005)14.9
66Zambia (2007)14.9
67Senegal (2005)14.5
68Ghana (2008)14.3
69Zimbabwe (2006)14
70Sao Tome and Principe (2009)13.1
71Mauritius (1995)13
72St. Lucia (1976)12.1
73Bhutan (2008)12
74Arab World (2009)11.8
75Cape Verde (1994)11.8
76Republic of the Congo (2005)11.8
77Vanuatu (2007)11.7
78Solomon Islands (2007)11.5
79Kiribati (1985)11.3
80Oman (1999)11.3
81Guyana (2007)10.8
82Botswana (2000)10.7
83Equatorial Guinea (2004)10.6
84Turkmenistan (2000)10.5
85South Africa (1999)10.1
86Syria (2006)10
87Morocco (2004)9.9
88Iran (1998)9.5
89East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) (2009)8.83
90East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2009)8.83
91Gabon (2001)8.8
92Honduras (2006)8.6
93Azerbaijan (2006)8.4
94Bahrain (1995)7.6
95Suriname (2006)7.5
96Iraq (2006)7.1
97Thailand (2006)7
98Fiji (1993)6.9
99Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2009)6.82
100Egypt (2008)6.8
101Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) (2009)6.64
102Albania (2005)6.6
103Panama (1997)6.3
104Ecuador (2004)6.2
105Swaziland (2007)6.1
106El Salvador (2003)6.1
107Uruguay (2004)6
108Libya (2007)5.6
109Peru (2005)5.4
110Mongolia (2005)5.3
111Saudi Arabia (2005)5.3
112Barbados (1981)5.3
113Colombia (2005)5.1
114Seychelles (1988)5
115Belize (2006)4.9
116Kazakhstan (2006)4.9
117Qatar (1995)4.8
118Bolivia (2008)4.5
119Costa Rica (1996)4.5
120China (2005)4.5
121Trinidad and Tobago (2000)4.4
122Uzbekistan (2006)4.4
123Nicaragua (2005)4.3
124Armenia (2005)4.2
125Lebanon (2004)4.2
126Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2009)3.81
127Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2009)3.81
128Algeria (2005)3.7
129Venezuela (2007)3.7
130Turkey (2004)3.5
131Romania (2002)3.5
132Dominican Republic (2007)3.4
133Cuba (2000)3.4
134Mexico (2006)3.4
135Singapore (2000)3.3
136Tunisia (2006)3.3
137Moldova (2005)3.2
138Japan (1981)3.2
139Paraguay (1990)2.8
140Kyrgyzstan (2006)2.7
141Argentina (2005)2.3
142Hungary (1988)2.3
143Georgia (2005)2.3
144Montenegro (2006)2.2
145Jamaica (2007)2.2
146West Bank and Gaza (2007)2.2
147Brazil (2007)2.2
148Czech Republic (2002)2.1
149Jordan (2009)1.9
150United Kingdom (1979)1.9
151Serbia (2006)1.8
152Macedonia (2005)1.8
153Kuwait (2009)1.7
154Western Samoa (1999)1.7
155Netherlands (1980)1.6
156Bulgaria (2004)1.6
157Tuvalu (2007)1.6
158Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)1.6
159North America (2009)1.3
160Italy (1977)1.3
161United States (2004)1.3
162Belarus (2005)1.3
163Germany (2006)1.1
164Croatia (2009)1
165Ukraine (2002)0.9
166Chile (2008)0.5
167Australia (1996)0
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