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Rank   Countries  Amount  (top to bottom)   
#1   India: 18% 
#2   Eritrea: 17% 
#3   Ethiopia: 16% 
#4   Yemen: 15% 
#5   Niger: 14% 
#6   Pakistan: 13% 
#7   Laos: 13% 
#8   Bangladesh: 13% 
#9   Burundi: 13% 
#10   Cambodia: 13% 
#11   Burkina Faso: 12% 
#12   Nepal: 12% 
#13   Madagascar: 11% 
#14   Nigeria: 11% 
#15   Maldives: 10% 
#16   Chad: 10% 
#17   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 10% 
#18   Comoros: 9% 
#19   Mauritania: 9% 
#20   Burma: 9% 
#21   Sierra Leone: 9% 
#22   Mozambique: 9% 
#23   Indonesia: 8% 
#24   Haiti: 8% 
#25   Sudan: 7% 
#26   Uganda: 7% 
#27   Somalia: 7% 
#28   Rwanda: 7% 
#29   Togo: 7% 
#30   Benin: 7% 
#31   Tanzania: 7% 
#32   Kenya: 7% 
#33   Vietnam: 6% 
#34   Namibia: 6% 
#35   Malawi: 6% 
#36   Djibouti: 6% 
#37   Central African Republic: 6% 
#38   Sao Tome and Principe: 5% 
#39   Sri Lanka: 5% 
#40   Guatemala: 5% 
#41   Guinea: 5% 
#42   Uzbekistan: 5% 
#43   Ghana: 5% 
#44   Guinea-Bissau: 5% 
#45   Antigua and Barbuda: 4% 
#46   Cote d'Ivoire: 4% 
#47   Syria: 4% 
#48   Senegal: 4% 
#49   Lesotho: 4% 
#50   Cameroon: 4% 
#51   Oman: 4% 
#52   Albania: 4% 
#53   Honduras: 4% 
#54   Gambia, The: 4% 
#55   Solomon Islands: 4% 
#56   Azerbaijan: 4% 
#57   Bhutan: 3% 
#58   Saudi Arabia: 3% 
#59   United Arab Emirates: 3% 
#60   Egypt: 3% 
#61   Mongolia: 3% 
#62   Kuwait: 3% 
#63   Iran: 2% 
#64   Cape Verde: 2% 
#65   Bahrain: 2% 
#66   Mauritius: 2% 
#67   Morocco: 2% 
#68   Kyrgyzstan: 2% 
#69   Nicaragua: 2% 
#70   Zimbabwe: 2% 
#71   Ecuador: 2% 
#72   Botswana: 2% 
#73   Bolivia: 2% 
#74   Venezuela: 1% 
#75   Dominican Republic: 1% 
#76   Ukraine: 1% 
#77   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1% 
#78   Turkey: 1% 
#79   Uruguay: 1% 
#80   Mexico: 1% 
#81   Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of: 1% 
#82   Romania: 1% 
#83   Belize: 1% 
#84   Colombia: 1% 
#85   Libya: 1% 
#86   Brazil: 1% 
#87   Peru: 1% 
#88   Tunisia: 1% 
#89   El Salvador: 1% 
#90   Russia: 1% 
#91   Barbados: 1% 
#92   Malaysia: 1% 
#93   Fiji: 1% 
#94   Algeria: 1% 
#95   Jordan: 1% 
Weighted average: 5.4%  


DEFINITION: Children under 5 severely underweight, according to UNICEF estimates.

SOURCE: UNICEF

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Kevin (Plano TX)
15th February 2007
In trying to report on data and qualify the source, I can see this data came from UNICEF but the year of the data is unknown. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place?
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