Malnutrition prevalence, weight 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 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) - Nutrition - Health - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1India (2006)43.5
2Yemen (2003)43.1
3Bangladesh (2007)41.3
4South Asia (2008)41.06
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)30.02
20Burma (2003)29.6
21Cambodia (2008)28.8
22Sierra Leone (2005)28.3
23Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)28.2
24Mali (2006)27.9
25Angola (2001)27.5
26Low income (2008)27.46
27Nigeria (2003)27.2
28Philippines (2008)26.2
29Maldives (2001)25.7
30Djibouti (2002)25.4
31Sub-Saharan Africa (2008)25.26
32Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2008)25.23
33Lower middle income (2008)25.12
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
44Vietnam (2006)20.2
45Benin (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
61Solomon Islands (1989)16.3
62Gambia (2006)15.8
63Malawi (2006)15.5
64Tajikistan (2005)14.9
65Zambia (2007)14.9
66Senegal (2005)14.5
67Bhutan (1999)14.1
68Zimbabwe (2006)14
69Ghana (2006)13.9
70Middle East & North Africa (2008)12.21
71East Asia & Pacific (2008)11.87
72Republic of the Congo (2005)11.8
73Suriname (2000)11.4
74Oman (1999)11.3
75Algeria (2002)11.1
76Guyana (2007)10.8
77Botswana (2000)10.7
78Equatorial Guinea (2004)10.6
79Sao Tome and Principe (2000)10.1
80Syria (2006)10
81Morocco (2004)9.9
82Gabon (2001)8.8
83Honduras (2006)8.6
84Azerbaijan (2006)8.4
85Iraq (2006)7.1
86Thailand (2006)7
87China (2002)6.8
88Egypt (2008)6.8
89Albania (2005)6.6
90Panama (1997)6.3
91Ecuador (2004)6.2
92El Salvador (2003)6.1
93Swaziland (2007)6.1
94Uruguay (2004)6
95Bolivia (2004)5.9
96Libya (2007)5.6
97Peru (2005)5.4
98Mongolia (2005)5.3
99Saudi Arabia (2005)5.3
100Colombia (2005)5.1
101Belize (2006)4.9
102Kazakhstan (2006)4.9
103Latin America & Caribbean (2008)4.48
104Trinidad and Tobago (2000)4.4
105Uzbekistan (2006)4.4
106Nicaragua (2005)4.3
107Armenia (2005)4.2
108Lebanon (2004)4.2
109Ukraine (2000)4.1
110Upper middle income (2008)3.79
111Jordan (2002)3.6
112Turkey (2004)3.5
113Romania (2002)3.5
114Mexico (2006)3.4
115Dominican Republic (2007)3.4
116Singapore (2000)3.3
117Tunisia (2006)3.3
118Moldova (2005)3.2
119Paraguay (1990)2.8
120Kyrgyzstan (2006)2.7
121Hungary (1988)2.3
122Georgia (2005)2.3
123Argentina (2005)2.3
124Montenegro (2006)2.2
125Jamaica (2007)2.2
126West Bank and Gaza (2007)2.2
127Brazil (2007)2.2
128Czech Republic (2002)2.1
129Serbia (2006)1.8
130Macedonia (2005)1.8
131Bulgaria (2004)1.6
132Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)1.6
133Belarus (2005)1.3
134United States (2004)1.3
135Germany (2006)1.1
136Chile (2008)0.5
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