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

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Rank   Countries  Amount  Date  
# 1     Nepal: 48.3 %   2001 Time series
# 2     Bangladesh: 47.5 %   2004 Time series
# 3     India: 46.7 %   1999 Time series
# 4     East Timor: 45.8 %   2003 Time series
# 5     Yemen: 45.6 %   2003 Time series
# 6     Burundi: 45.1 %   2000 Time series
# 7     Madagascar: 41.9 %   2004 Time series
# 8     Sudan: 40.7 %   2000 Time series
# 9     Laos: 40.4 %   2000 Time series
# 10     Niger: 40.1 %   2000 Time series
# 11     Eritrea: 39.6 %   2002 Time series
# 12     Afghanistan: 39.3 %   2004 Time series
# 13     Ethiopia: 38.4 %   2005 Time series
# 14     Pakistan: 37.8 %   2002 Time series
# 15     Burkina Faso: 37.7 %   2003 Time series
# 16     Chad: 36.7 %   2004 Time series
# 17     Cambodia: 36 %   2005 Time series
# 18     Mali: 33.2 %   2001 Time series
# 19     Guinea: 32.7 %   2000 Time series
= 20     Mauritania: 31.8 %   2001 Time series
= 20     Burma: 31.8 %   2003 Time series
# 22     Congo, Democratic Republic of the: 31 %   2001 Time series
# 23     Angola: 30.5 %   2001 Time series
# 24     Maldives: 30.2 %   2001 Time series
# 25     Benin: 30 %   2005 Time series
# 26     Papua New Guinea: 29.9 %   1983 Time series
# 27     Sri Lanka: 29.4 %   2002 Time series
# 28     Nigeria: 28.7 %   2003 Time series
# 29     Vietnam: 28.4 %   2003 Time series
# 30     Indonesia: 28.2 %   2003 Time series
# 31     Philippines: 27.6 %   2003 Time series
# 32     Sierra Leone: 27.2 %   2000 Time series
# 33     Djibouti: 26.8 %   2002 Time series
# 34     Liberia: 26.5 %   2000 Time series
# 35     Somalia: 25.8 %   2000 Time series
# 36     Comoros: 25.4 %   2000 Time series
# 37     Togo: 25.1 %   1998 Time series
# 38     Guinea-Bissau: 25 %   2000 Time series
# 39     Central African Republic: 24.3 %   2000 Time series
# 40     Namibia: 24 %   2000 Time series
# 41     Korea, North: 23.9 %   2004 Time series
# 42     Mozambique: 23.7 %   2003 Time series
# 43     Zambia: 23 %   2003 Time series
# 44     Uganda: 22.9 %   2001 Time series
= 45     Guatemala: 22.7 %   2002 Time series
= 45     Senegal: 22.7 %   2000 Time series
# 47     Rwanda: 22.5 %   2005 Time series
# 48     Ghana: 22.1 %   2003 Time series
# 49     Malawi: 21.9 %   2002 Time series
# 50     Tanzania: 21.8 %   2005 Time series
# 51     Solomon Islands: 21.1 %   1997 Time series
# 52     Kenya: 19.9 %   2003 Time series
# 53     Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: 19.5 %   1996 Time series
# 54     Bhutan: 18.7 %   1999 Time series
# 55     Equatorial Guinea: 18.6 %   2000 Time series
# 56     Cameroon: 18.1 %   2004 Time series
# 57     Lesotho: 18 %   2000 Time series
# 58     Oman: 17.8 %   1998 Time series
# 59     Thailand: 17.6 %   1995 Time series
= 60     Haiti: 17.2 %   2000 Time series
= 60     Côte d'Ivoire: 17.2 %   2004 Time series
= 60     Gambia, The: 17.2 %   2000 Time series
# 63     Honduras: 16.6 %   2001 Time series
# 64     Iraq: 15.9 %   2000 Time series
# 65     Mauritius: 14.9 %   1995 Time series
# 66     Saudi Arabia: 14.3 %   1996 Time series
# 67     Albania: 14 %   2002 Time series
# 68     Saint Lucia: 13.8 %   1976 Time series
# 69     Guyana: 13.6 %   2000 Time series
# 70     Cape Verde: 13.5 %   1994 Time series
# 71     Suriname: 13.2 %   2000 Time series
= 72     Congo, Republic of the: 13 %   1999 Time series
= 72     Zimbabwe: 13 %   1999 Time series
= 74     Kiribati: 12.9 %   1985 Time series
= 74     São Tomé and Príncipe: 12.9 %   2000 Time series
# 76     Mongolia: 12.7 %   2000 Time series
# 77     Botswana: 12.5 %   2000 Time series
# 78     Vanuatu: 12.1 %   1996 Time series
# 79     Turkmenistan: 12 %   2000 Time series
# 80     Gabon: 11.9 %   2001 Time series
# 81     Ecuador: 11.6 %   2000 Time series
# 82     South Africa: 11.5 %   1999 Time series
# 83     Iran: 10.9 %   1998 Time series
# 84     Malaysia: 10.6 %   2003 Time series
# 85     Algeria: 10.4 %   2002 Time series
= 86     Swaziland: 10.3 %   2000 Time series
= 86     El Salvador: 10.3 %   2003 Time series
# 88     Morocco: 10.2 %   2004 Time series
# 89     Nicaragua: 9.6 %   2001 Time series
# 90     Antigua and Barbuda: 9.5 %   1981 Time series
# 91     Bahrain: 8.7 %   1995 Time series
# 92     Egypt: 8.6 %   2003 Time series
# 93     Panama: 8.1 %   1997 Time series
= 94     Fiji: 7.9 %   1993 Time series
= 94     Uzbekistan: 7.9 %   2002 Time series
# 96     China: 7.8 %   2002 Time series
# 97     Bolivia: 7.6 %   2004 Time series
# 98     Mexico: 7.5 %   1999 Time series
# 99     Peru: 7.1 %   2000 Time series
= 100     United Arab Emirates: 7 %   1996 Time series
= 100     Colombia: 7 %   2005 Time series
# 102     Syria: 6.9 %   2000 Time series
# 103     Azerbaijan: 6.8 %   2001 Time series
# 104     Kyrgyzstan: 6.7 %   2004 Time series
# 105     Belize: 6.2 %   1992 Time series
= 106     Trinidad and Tobago: 5.9 %   2000 Time series
= 106     Macedonia, Republic of: 5.9 %   1999 Time series
= 106     Barbados: 5.9 %   1981 Time series
= 109     Brazil: 5.7 %   1996 Time series
= 109     Seychelles: 5.7 %   1988 Time series
= 111     Russia: 5.5 %   2000 Time series
= 111     Qatar: 5.5 %   1995 Time series
# 113     Argentina: 5.4 %   1996 Time series
# 114     Dominican Republic: 5.3 %   2002 Time series
# 115     Costa Rica: 5.1 %   1996 Time series
# 116     Libya: 4.7 %   1995 Time series
# 117     Paraguay: 4.6 %   2001 Time series
# 118     Uruguay: 4.5 %   1995 Time series
= 119     Venezuela: 4.4 %   2000 Time series
= 119     Jordan: 4.4 %   2002 Time series
# 121     Moldova: 4.3 %   2005 Time series
# 122     Kazakhstan: 4.2 %   1999 Time series
# 123     Bosnia and Herzegovina: 4.1 %   2000 Time series
# 124     Tunisia: 4 %   2000 Time series
= 125     Lebanon: 3.9 %   2004 Time series
= 125     Cuba: 3.9 %   2000 Time series
= 125     Turkey: 3.9 %   2003 Time series
# 128     Japan: 3.7 %   1981 Time series
# 129     Jamaica: 3.6 %   2002 Time series
# 130     Singapore: 3.4 %   2000 Time series
# 131     Romania: 3.2 %   2002 Time series
# 132     Georgia: 3.1 %   1999 Time series
# 133     Armenia: 2.6 %   2001 Time series
# 134     Hungary: 2.2 %   1988 Time series
# 135     United Kingdom: 2.1 %   1979 Time series
= 136     Samoa: 1.9 %   1999 Time series
= 136     Serbia and Montenegro: 1.9 %   2000 Time series
# 138     Kuwait: 1.7 %   1997 Time series
# 139     United States: 1.6 %   2002 Time series
# 140     Italy: 1.5 %   1977 Time series
= 141     Ukraine: 1 %   2002 Time series
= 141     Czech Republic: 1 %   1991 Time series
= 143     Netherlands: 0.7 %   1980 Time series
= 143     Chile: 0.7 %   2004 Time series
# 145     Croatia: 0.6 %   1996 Time series
Weighted average: 16.6 %  


DEFINITION: Prevalence of child malnutrition (weight for age) is the percentage of children under five whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median reference standard for their age as established by the World Health Organization, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the U.S. National Center for Health Statistics. Figures are based on children under age three, four, and five years of age, depending on the country.

SOURCE: World Development Indicators database

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