Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (% of children under 5) - Nutrition - Health - World 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.
Malnutrition prevalence, height for age (% of children under 5) - Nutrition - Health - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Burundi (2000)63.1
2Afghanistan (2004)59.3
3Yemen (2003)57.7
4Timor-Leste (2002)55.7
5Niger (2006)54.8
6Guatemala (2002)54.3
7Malawi (2006)53.2
8Madagascar (2004)52.8
9Rwanda (2005)51.7
10Angola (2001)50.8
11Ethiopia (2005)50.7
12Nepal (2006)49.3
13India (2006)47.9
14Bhutan (1999)47.7
15Guinea-Bissau (2006)47.7
16Laos (2006)47.6
17Mozambique (2003)47
18Comoros (2000)46.9
19Sierra Leone (2005)46.9
20South Asia (2008)46.67
21Zambia (2007)45.8
22Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)45.8
23Least developed countries: UN classification (2008)45.68
24Lesotho (2005)45.2
25Chad (2004)44.8
26Benin (2006)44.7
27South Korea (2002)44.7
28North Korea (2002)44.7
29Central African Republic (2000)44.6
30Burkina Faso (2006)44.5
31Tanzania (2005)44.4
32Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2008)43.93
33Papua New Guinea (2005)43.9
34Eritrea (2002)43.7
35Low income (2008)43.68
36Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)43.29
37Bangladesh (2007)43.2
38Nigeria (2003)43
39Somalia (2006)42.1
40Pakistan (2001)41.5
41Burma (2003)40.6
42Indonesia (2007)40.1
43Ivory Coast (2006)40.1
44Cambodia (2008)39.5
45Liberia (2007)39.4
46Guinea (2005)39.3
47Uganda (2006)38.7
48Mali (2006)38.5
49Sudan (2006)37.9
50Lower middle income (2008)36.83
51Cameroon (2006)36.4
52Low & middle income (2008)36.16
53Kenya (2003)35.8
54Zimbabwe (2006)35.8
55Vietnam (2006)35.8
56Sao Tome and Principe (2000)35.2
57Equatorial Guinea (2004)35
58Solomon Islands (1989)33.7
59Middle income (2008)33.58
60Tajikistan (2005)33.1
61Bolivia (2004)32.5
62Maldives (2001)31.9
63Republic of the Congo (2005)31.2
64Egypt (2008)30.7
65Middle East & North Africa (2008)29.97
66Honduras (2006)29.9
67Peru (2005)29.8
68Haiti (2006)29.7
69Namibia (2007)29.6
70Swaziland (2007)29.5
71Botswana (2000)29.1
72Ecuador (2004)29
73Mauritania (2007)28.9
74Syria (2006)28.6
75Ghana (2006)28.1
76Philippines (2008)27.9
77Togo (2006)27.8
78Gambia (2006)27.6
79Mongolia (2005)27.5
80Iraq (2006)27.5
81East Asia & Pacific (2008)27.4
82Albania (2005)27
83Azerbaijan (2006)26.8
84Djibouti (2002)26.5
85Gabon (2001)26.3
86El Salvador (2003)24.6
87Algeria (2002)23.3
88Morocco (2004)23.1
89Ukraine (2000)22.9
90Belize (2006)22.2
91China (2002)21.8
92Panama (1997)21.5
93Libya (2007)21
94Senegal (2005)20.1
95Uzbekistan (2006)19.6
96Nicaragua (2005)18.8
97Paraguay (1990)18.3
98Guyana (2007)18.2
99Armenia (2005)18.2
100Kyrgyzstan (2006)18.1
101Kazakhstan (2006)17.5
102Sri Lanka (2007)17.3
103Lebanon (2004)16.5
104Colombia (2005)16.2
105Latin America & Caribbean (2008)15.95
106Thailand (2006)15.7
107Turkey (2004)15.6
108Mexico (2006)15.5
109Georgia (2005)14.7
110Suriname (2000)14.5
111Uruguay (2004)13.9
112Upper middle income (2008)13.47
113Oman (1999)12.9
114Romania (2002)12.8
115Jordan (2002)12
116Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)11.8
117West Bank and Gaza (2007)11.8
118Macedonia (2005)11.5
119Moldova (2005)11.3
120Dominican Republic (2007)10.1
121Saudi Arabia (2005)9.3
122Tunisia (2006)9
123Bulgaria (2004)8.8
124Argentina (2005)8.2
125Serbia (2006)8.1
126Montenegro (2006)7.9
127Brazil (2007)7.1
128Trinidad and Tobago (2000)5.3
129Belarus (2005)4.5
130Singapore (2000)4.4
131United States (2004)3.9
132Jamaica (2007)3.7
133Hungary (1988)3.3
134Czech Republic (2002)2.6
135Chile (2008)2
136Germany (2006)1.3
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