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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   Burma: 31.8 %   2003 Time series
= 20   Mauritania: 31.8 %   2001 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   Senegal: 22.7 %   2000 Time series
= 45   Guatemala: 22.7 %   2002 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   Gambia, The: 17.2 %   2000 Time series
= 60   Côte d'Ivoire: 17.2 %   2004 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   Barbados: 5.9 %   1981 Time series
= 106   Macedonia, Republic of: 5.9 %   1999 Time series
= 109   Seychelles: 5.7 %   1988 Time series
= 109   Brazil: 5.7 %   1996 Time series
= 111   Qatar: 5.5 %   1995 Time series
= 111   Russia: 5.5 %   2000 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   Cuba: 3.9 %   2000 Time series
= 125   Lebanon: 3.9 %   2004 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   Chile: 0.7 %   2004 Time series
= 143   Netherlands: 0.7 %   1980 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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