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Health Statistics > Malnutrition prevalence, height for age > % of children under 5 (most recent) by country

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1   Burundi: 56.8 %   2000 Time series
# 2   Afghanistan: 53.7 %   2004 Time series
# 3   Yemen: 53.1 %   2003 Time series
# 4   Nepal: 50.5 %   2001 Time series
# 5   East Timor: 49.4 %   2003 Time series
# 6   Guatemala: 49.3 %   2002 Time series
# 7   Malawi: 49 %   2000 Time series
# 8   Madagascar: 47.7 %   2004 Time series
# 9   Zambia: 46.8 %   2002 Time series
# 10   Ethiopia: 46.5 %   2005 Time series
# 11   Lesotho: 46.1 %   2000 Time series
# 12   Rwanda: 45.3 %   2005 Time series
# 13   Angola: 45.2 %   2001 Time series
# 14   India: 44.9 %   1999 Time series
# 15   Cambodia: 44.6 %   2000 Time series
# 16   Sudan: 43.3 %   2000 Time series
# 17   Papua New Guinea: 43.2 %   1983 Time series
# 18   Bangladesh: 43 %   2004 Time series
# 19   Laos: 42.4 %   2000 Time series
# 20   Comoros: 42.3 %   2000 Time series
# 21   Indonesia: 42.2 %   1995 Time series
# 22   Mozambique: 41 %   2003 Time series
# 23   Chad: 40.9 %   2004 Time series
# 24   Bhutan: 40 %   1999 Time series
# 25   Niger: 39.7 %   2000 Time series
# 26   Liberia: 39.5 %   2000 Time series
# 27   Uganda: 39.1 %   2001 Time series
# 28   Central African Republic: 38.9 %   2000 Time series
# 29   Burkina Faso: 38.7 %   2003 Time series
# 30   Korea, North: 38.6 %   2002 Time series
# 31   Nigeria: 38.3 %   2003 Time series
# 32   Mali: 38.2 %   2001 Time series
# 33   Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 38.1 %   2001 Time series
# 34   Tanzania: 37.7 %   2005 Time series
# 35   Eritrea: 37.6 %   2002 Time series
# 36   Pakistan: 36.8 %   2001 Time series
# 37   Vietnam: 36.5 %   2000 Time series
# 38   Tajikistan: 36.2 %   2003 Time series
# 39   Albania: 35.1 %   2000 Time series
# 40   Mauritania: 34.5 %   2001 Time series
# 41   Sierra Leone: 33.8 %   2000 Time series
# 42   Burma: 32.2 %   2003 Time series
# 43   Philippines: 32.1 %   1998 Time series
# 44   Cameroon: 31.7 %   2004 Time series
# 45   Benin: 30.7 %   2001 Time series
# 46   Guinea-Bissau: 30.5 %   2000 Time series
# 47   Kenya: 30.3 %   2003 Time series
# 48   Swaziland: 30.2 %   2000 Time series
# 49   Ghana: 29.9 %   2003 Time series
# 50   Honduras: 29.2 %   2001 Time series
# 51   São Tomé and Príncipe: 28.9 %   2000 Time series
# 52   Kiribati: 28.3 %   1985 Time series
# 53   Congo, Republic of the: 27.5 %   1987 Time series
# 54   Solomon Islands: 27.3 %   1989 Time series
# 55   Bolivia: 26.7 %   2004 Time series
# 56   Zimbabwe: 26.5 %   1999 Time series
# 57   Ecuador: 26.4 %   1998 Time series
# 58   Guinea: 26.1 %   1999 Time series
= 59   Senegal: 25.4 %   2000 Time series
= 59   Peru: 25.4 %   2000 Time series
# 61   Côte d'Ivoire: 25.1 %   1999 Time series
# 62   South Africa: 24.9 %   1999 Time series
= 63   Maldives: 24.8 %   2001 Time series
= 63   Kyrgyzstan: 24.8 %   1997 Time series
# 65   Mongolia: 24.6 %   2000 Time series
# 66   Namibia: 23.6 %   2000 Time series
# 67   Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 23.5 %   1996 Time series
# 68   Somalia: 23.3 %   2000 Time series
# 69   Botswana: 23.1 %   2000 Time series
# 70   Djibouti: 23 %   2002 Time series
# 71   Haiti: 22.7 %   2000 Time series
# 72   Turkmenistan: 22.3 %   2000 Time series
# 73   Iraq: 22.1 %   2000 Time series
# 74   Togo: 21.7 %   1998 Time series
# 75   Uzbekistan: 21.1 %   2002 Time series
# 76   Gabon: 20.7 %   2001 Time series
# 77   Nicaragua: 20.2 %   2001 Time series
# 78   Vanuatu: 20.1 %   1996 Time series
# 79   Saudi Arabia: 19.9 %   1996 Time series
# 80   Gambia, The: 19.2 %   2000 Time series
# 81   Algeria: 19.1 %   2002 Time series
# 82   El Salvador: 18.9 %   2003 Time series
# 83   Syria: 18.8 %   2000 Time series
# 84   Panama: 18.2 %   1997 Time series
# 85   Morocco: 18.1 %   2004 Time series
# 86   Mexico: 17.7 %   1999 Time series
# 87   United Arab Emirates: 16.7 %   1995 Time series
# 88   Cape Verde: 16.2 %   1994 Time series
# 89   Turkey: 16 %   1998 Time series
= 90   Egypt: 15.6 %   2003 Time series
= 90   Malaysia: 15.6 %   1999 Time series
# 92   Iran: 15.4 %   1998 Time series
# 93   Libya: 15.1 %   1995 Time series
# 94   China: 14.2 %   2000 Time series
# 95   Paraguay: 13.9 %   1990 Time series
# 96   Sri Lanka: 13.5 %   2002 Time series
# 97   Thailand: 13.4 %   1995 Time series
# 98   Azerbaijan: 13.3 %   2001 Time series
# 99   Armenia: 12.9 %   2001 Time series
# 100   Venezuela: 12.8 %   2000 Time series
# 101   Argentina: 12.4 %   1996 Time series
# 102   Tunisia: 12.3 %   2000 Time series
# 103   Colombia: 12 %   2005 Time series
# 104   Georgia: 11.7 %   1999 Time series
# 105   Lebanon: 11 %   2004 Time series
# 106   Saint Lucia: 10.8 %   1976 Time series
= 107   Guyana: 10.6 %   2000 Time series
= 107   Russia: 10.6 %   2000 Time series
# 109   Brazil: 10.5 %   1996 Time series
# 110   Oman: 10.4 %   1998 Time series
# 111   Romania: 10.1 %   2002 Time series
# 112   Suriname: 9.8 %   2000 Time series
= 113   Mauritius: 9.7 %   1995 Time series
= 113   Bosnia and Herzegovina: 9.7 %   2000 Time series
= 113   Kazakhstan: 9.7 %   1999 Time series
= 113   Bahrain: 9.7 %   1995 Time series
# 117   Uruguay: 9.5 %   1993 Time series
# 118   Dominican Republic: 8.9 %   2002 Time series
# 119   Jordan: 8.5 %   2002 Time series
# 120   Moldova: 8.4 %   2005 Time series
# 121   Qatar: 8.1 %   1995 Time series
# 122   Barbados: 7 %   1981 Time series
# 123   Macedonia, Republic of: 6.9 %   1999 Time series
# 124   Antigua and Barbuda: 6.7 %   1981 Time series
# 125   Costa Rica: 6.1 %   1996 Time series
# 126   Japan: 5.6 %   1981 Time series
= 127   Serbia and Montenegro: 5.1 %   2000 Time series
= 127   Seychelles: 5.1 %   1988 Time series
# 129   Cuba: 4.6 %   2000 Time series
# 130   Jamaica: 4.4 %   1999 Time series
# 131   Samoa: 4.2 %   1999 Time series
# 132   Trinidad and Tobago: 3.6 %   2000 Time series
# 133   Kuwait: 3.2 %   1997 Time series
# 134   Hungary: 2.9 %   1988 Time series
= 135   Fiji: 2.7 %   1993 Time series
= 135   Italy: 2.7 %   1977 Time series
= 135   Ukraine: 2.7 %   2002 Time series
# 138   United Kingdom: 2.4 %   1979 Time series
# 139   Singapore: 2.2 %   2000 Time series
# 140   Czech Republic: 1.9 %   1991 Time series
# 141   Chile: 1.4 %   2004 Time series
# 142   Tonga: 1.3 %   1986 Time series
# 143   United States: 1.1 %   2002 Time series
= 144   Croatia: 0.8 %   1996 Time series
= 144   Netherlands: 0.8 %   1980 Time series
Weighted average: 23.1 %   



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.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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