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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     Peru: 25.4 %   2000 Time series
= 59     Senegal: 25.4 %   2000 Time series
# 61     Côte d'Ivoire: 25.1 %   1999 Time series
# 62     South Africa: 24.9 %   1999 Time series
= 63     Kyrgyzstan: 24.8 %   1997 Time series
= 63     Maldives: 24.8 %   2001 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     Malaysia: 15.6 %   1999 Time series
= 90     Egypt: 15.6 %   2003 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     Russia: 10.6 %   2000 Time series
= 107     Guyana: 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     Bahrain: 9.7 %   1995 Time series
= 113     Kazakhstan: 9.7 %   1999 Time series
= 113     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 9.7 %   2000 Time series
= 113     Mauritius: 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     Italy: 2.7 %   1977 Time series
= 135     Fiji: 2.7 %   1993 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     Netherlands: 0.8 %   1980 Time series
= 144     Croatia: 0.8 %   1996 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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Diego
20th January 2011 		Lies and slander. You are all clowns.
Kimot
10th March 2010 		The Food and Nutrition Research Institute of the Department of Science and TEchnology (Philippines) conducts National Nutrition Surveys every 5 years. I believe that the data recorded above is taken from the year 1998. To date, the 2003 and the 2008 Survey results are already available with regards to anthropometric data.

This is just to inform you that underheight prevalence of the 0 - 5 years old children in the Philippines has declined since 1998. The last survey results showed the prevalence to be 27.9% with a standard error of 0.4 and coefficient of variation of 1.4%.
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