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DEFINITION
Prevalence of child malnutrition (height for age) is the percentage of children under five whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0 to 59 months. For children up to two years of age, height is measured by recumbent length. For older children, height is measured by stature while standing. The reference population adopted by the WHO in 1983, is based on children from the United States, who are assumed to be well nourished.
Health Statistics > Malnutrition prevalence, height for age > % of children under 5 (most recent) by country
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Countries
Amount
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Date
#1
Burundi :
56.8 %
2000 ...
#2
Afghanistan :
53.7 %
2004 ...
#3
Yemen :
53.1 %
2003 ...
#4
Nepal :
50.5 %
2001 ...
#5
East Timor :
49.4 %
2003 ...
#6
Guatemala :
49.3 %
2002 ...
#7
Malawi :
49 %
2000 ...
#8
Madagascar :
47.7 %
2004 ...
#9
Zambia :
46.8 %
2002 ...
#10
Ethiopia :
46.5 %
2005 ...
#11
Lesotho :
46.1 %
2000 ...
#12
Rwanda :
45.3 %
2005 ...
#13
Angola :
45.2 %
2001 ...
#14
India :
44.9 %
1999 ...
#15
Cambodia :
44.6 %
2000 ...
#16
Sudan :
43.3 %
2000 ...
#17
Papua New Guinea :
43.2 %
1983 ...
#18
Bangladesh :
43 %
2004 ...
#19
Laos :
42.4 %
2000 ...
#20
Comoros :
42.3 %
2000 ...
#21
Indonesia :
42.2 %
1995 ...
#22
Mozambique :
41 %
2003 ...
#23
Chad :
40.9 %
2004 ...
#24
Bhutan :
40 %
1999 ...
#25
Niger :
39.7 %
2000 ...
#26
Liberia :
39.5 %
2000 ...
#27
Uganda :
39.1 %
2001 ...
#28
Central African Republic :
38.9 %
2000 ...
#29
Burkina Faso :
38.7 %
2003 ...
#30
Korea, North :
38.6 %
2002 ...
#31
Nigeria :
38.3 %
2003 ...
#32
Mali :
38.2 %
2001 ...
#33
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
38.1 %
2001 ...
#34
Tanzania :
37.7 %
2005 ...
#35
Eritrea :
37.6 %
2002 ...
#36
Pakistan :
36.8 %
2001 ...
#37
Vietnam :
36.5 %
2000 ...
#38
Tajikistan :
36.2 %
2003 ...
#39
Albania :
35.1 %
2000 ...
#40
Mauritania :
34.5 %
2001 ...
#41
Sierra Leone :
33.8 %
2000 ...
#42
Burma :
32.2 %
2003 ...
#43
Philippines :
32.1 %
1998 ...
#44
Cameroon :
31.7 %
2004 ...
#45
Benin :
30.7 %
2001 ...
#46
Guinea-Bissau :
30.5 %
2000 ...
#47
Kenya :
30.3 %
2003 ...
#48
Swaziland :
30.2 %
2000 ...
#49
Ghana :
29.9 %
2003 ...
#50
Honduras :
29.2 %
2001 ...
#51
São Tomé and Príncipe :
28.9 %
2000 ...
#52
Kiribati :
28.3 %
1985 ...
#53
Congo, Republic of the :
27.5 %
1987 ...
#54
Solomon Islands :
27.3 %
1989 ...
#55
Bolivia :
26.7 %
2004 ...
#56
Zimbabwe :
26.5 %
1999 ...
#57
Ecuador :
26.4 %
1998 ...
#58
Guinea :
26.1 %
1999 ...
#59
Peru :
25.4 %
2000 ...
#60
Senegal :
25.4 %
2000 ...
#61
Côte d'Ivoire :
25.1 %
1999 ...
#62
South Africa :
24.9 %
1999 ...
#63
Kyrgyzstan :
24.8 %
1997 ...
#64
Maldives :
24.8 %
2001 ...
#65
Mongolia :
24.6 %
2000 ...
#66
Namibia :
23.6 %
2000 ...
#67
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
23.5 %
1996 ...
#68
Somalia :
23.3 %
2000 ...
#69
Botswana :
23.1 %
2000 ...
#70
Djibouti :
23 %
2002 ...
#71
Haiti :
22.7 %
2000 ...
#72
Turkmenistan :
22.3 %
2000 ...
#73
Iraq :
22.1 %
2000 ...
#74
Togo :
21.7 %
1998 ...
#75
Uzbekistan :
21.1 %
2002 ...
#76
Gabon :
20.7 %
2001 ...
#77
Nicaragua :
20.2 %
2001 ...
#78
Vanuatu :
20.1 %
1996 ...
#79
Saudi Arabia :
19.9 %
1996 ...
#80
Gambia, The :
19.2 %
2000 ...
#81
Algeria :
19.1 %
2002 ...
#82
El Salvador :
18.9 %
2003 ...
#83
Syria :
18.8 %
2000 ...
#84
Panama :
18.2 %
1997 ...
#85
Morocco :
18.1 %
2004 ...
#86
Mexico :
17.7 %
1999 ...
#87
United Arab Emirates :
16.7 %
1995 ...
#88
Cape Verde :
16.2 %
1994 ...
#89
Turkey :
16 %
1998 ...
#90
Malaysia :
15.6 %
1999 ...
#91
Egypt :
15.6 %
2003 ...
#92
Iran :
15.4 %
1998 ...
#93
Libya :
15.1 %
1995 ...
#94
China :
14.2 %
2000 ...
#95
Paraguay :
13.9 %
1990 ...
#96
Sri Lanka :
13.5 %
2002 ...
#97
Thailand :
13.4 %
1995 ...
#98
Azerbaijan :
13.3 %
2001 ...
#99
Armenia :
12.9 %
2001 ...
#100
Venezuela :
12.8 %
2000 ...
#101
Argentina :
12.4 %
1996 ...
#102
Tunisia :
12.3 %
2000 ...
#103
Colombia :
12 %
2005 ...
#104
Georgia :
11.7 %
1999 ...
#105
Lebanon :
11 %
2004 ...
#106
Saint Lucia :
10.8 %
1976 ...
#107
Russia :
10.6 %
2000 ...
#108
Guyana :
10.6 %
2000 ...
#109
Brazil :
10.5 %
1996 ...
#110
Oman :
10.4 %
1998 ...
#111
Romania :
10.1 %
2002 ...
#112
Suriname :
9.8 %
2000 ...
#113
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
9.7 %
2000 ...
#114
Mauritius :
9.7 %
1995 ...
#115
Bahrain :
9.7 %
1995 ...
#116
Kazakhstan :
9.7 %
1999 ...
#117
Uruguay :
9.5 %
1993 ...
#118
Dominican Republic :
8.9 %
2002 ...
#119
Jordan :
8.5 %
2002 ...
#120
Moldova :
8.4 %
2005 ...
#121
Qatar :
8.1 %
1995 ...
#122
Barbados :
7 %
1981 ...
#123
Macedonia, Republic of :
6.9 %
1999 ...
#124
Antigua and Barbuda :
6.7 %
1981 ...
#125
Costa Rica :
6.1 %
1996 ...
#126
Japan :
5.6 %
1981 ...
#127
Seychelles :
5.1 %
1988 ...
#128
Serbia and Montenegro :
5.1 %
2000 ...
#129
Cuba :
4.6 %
2000 ...