Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators

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Target 1.C: Halve, between 1990 and 2015, the proportion of people who suffer from hunger
Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age (% of children under 5) - Millennium Development Goals Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1India (2006)43.5
2Yemen (2003)43.1
3Bangladesh (2007)41.3
4South Asia (2008)41.05
5Timor-Leste (2002)40.6
6Niger (2006)39.9
7Burundi (2000)38.9
8Nepal (2006)38.8
9Burkina Faso (2006)37.4
10Madagascar (2004)36.8
11Ethiopia (2005)34.6
12Eritrea (2002)34.5
13Chad (2004)33.9
14Afghanistan (2004)32.9
15Somalia (2006)32.8
16Sudan (2006)31.7
17Laos (2006)31.6
18Pakistan (2001)31.3
19Least developed countries: UN classification (2008)30
20Burma (2003)29.6
21Cambodia (2008)28.8
22Sierra Leone (2005)28.3
23Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)28.2
24Low income (2008)28.11
25Mali (2006)27.9
26Angola (2001)27.5
27Nigeria (2003)27.2
28Philippines (2008)26.2
29Maldives (2001)25.7
30Djibouti (2002)25.4
31Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2008)25.25
32Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2008)25.24
33Lower middle income (2008)25.04
34Comoros (2000)25
35Low & middle income (2008)23.51
36Mauritania (2007)23.2
37Guinea (2005)22.5
38Togo (2006)22.3
39Middle income (2008)22.16
40Central African Republic (2000)21.8
41Mozambique (2003)21.2
42Sri Lanka (2007)21.1
43Liberia (2007)20.4
44Benin (2006)20.2
45Vietnam (2006)20.2
46Indonesia (2007)19.6
47Haiti (2006)18.9
48Papua New Guinea (2005)18.1
49Rwanda (2005)18
50South Korea (2002)17.8
51North Korea (2002)17.8
52Guatemala (2002)17.7
53Namibia (2007)17.5
54Guinea-Bissau (2006)17.4
55Ivory Coast (2006)16.7
56Tanzania (2005)16.7
57Cameroon (2006)16.6
58Lesotho (2005)16.6
59Kenya (2003)16.5
60Uganda (2006)16.4
61Gambia (2006)15.8
62Malawi (2006)15.5
63Tajikistan (2005)14.9
64Zambia (2007)14.9
65Senegal (2005)14.5
66Bhutan (1999)14.1
67Zimbabwe (2006)14
68Ghana (2006)13.9
69Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2008)12.17
70East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2008)11.87
71Republic of the Congo (2005)11.8
72Suriname (2000)11.4
73Oman (1999)11.3
74Algeria (2002)11.1
75Guyana (2007)10.8
76Botswana (2000)10.7
77Equatorial Guinea (2004)10.6
78Sao Tome and Principe (2000)10.1
79Syria (2006)10
80Morocco (2004)9.9
81Gabon (2001)8.8
82Honduras (2006)8.6
83Azerbaijan (2006)8.4
84Iraq (2006)7.1
85Thailand (2006)7
86China (2002)6.8
87Egypt (2008)6.8
88Albania (2005)6.6
89Panama (1997)6.3
90Ecuador (2004)6.2
91El Salvador (2003)6.1
92Swaziland (2007)6.1
93Uruguay (2004)6
94Bolivia (2004)5.9
95Libya (2007)5.6
96Peru (2005)5.4
97Mongolia (2005)5.3
98Saudi Arabia (2005)5.3
99Colombia (2005)5.1
100Kazakhstan (2006)4.9
101Belize (2006)4.9
102Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2008)4.48
103Uzbekistan (2006)4.4
104Trinidad and Tobago (2000)4.4
105Nicaragua (2005)4.3
106Armenia (2005)4.2
107Lebanon (2004)4.2
108Ukraine (2000)4.1
109Jordan (2002)3.6
110Turkey (2004)3.5
111Romania (2002)3.5
112Mexico (2006)3.4
113Dominican Republic (2007)3.4
114Singapore (2000)3.3
115Tunisia (2006)3.3
116Moldova (2005)3.2
117Paraguay (1990)2.8
118Kyrgyzstan (2006)2.7
119Georgia (2005)2.3
120Argentina (2005)2.3
121Jamaica (2007)2.2
122Brazil (2007)2.2
123Montenegro (2006)2.2
124West Bank and Gaza (2007)2.2
125Czech Republic (2002)2.1
126Serbia (2006)1.8
127Macedonia (2005)1.8
128Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)1.6
129Bulgaria (2004)1.6
130Belarus (2005)1.3
131United States (2004)1.3
132Germany (2006)1.1
133Chile (2008)0.5
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