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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.
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
Health in Nepal
# 2
Bangladesh :
47.5 %
2004
Health in Bangladesh
# 3
India :
46.7 %
1999
Health in India
# 4
East Timor :
45.8 %
2003
Health in East Timor
# 5
Yemen :
45.6 %
2003
Health in Yemen
# 6
Burundi :
45.1 %
2000
Health in Burundi
# 7
Madagascar :
41.9 %
2004
Health in Madagascar
# 8
Sudan :
40.7 %
2000
Health in Sudan
# 9
Laos :
40.4 %
2000
Health in Laos
# 10
Niger :
40.1 %
2000
Health in Niger
# 11
Eritrea :
39.6 %
2002
Health in Eritrea
# 12
Afghanistan :
39.3 %
2004
Health in Afghanistan
# 13
Ethiopia :
38.4 %
2005
Health in Ethiopia
# 14
Pakistan :
37.8 %
2002
Health in Pakistan
# 15
Burkina Faso :
37.7 %
2003
Health in Burkina Faso
# 16
Chad :
36.7 %
2004
Health in Chad
# 17
Cambodia :
36 %
2005
Health in Cambodia
# 18
Mali :
33.2 %
2001
Health in Mali
# 19
Guinea :
32.7 %
2000
Health in Guinea
= 20
Mauritania :
31.8 %
2001
Health in Mauritania
= 20
Burma :
31.8 %
2003
Health in Burma
# 22
Congo, Democratic Republic of the :
31 %
2001
Health in Congo, Democratic Republic of the
# 23
Angola :
30.5 %
2001
Health in Angola
# 24
Maldives :
30.2 %
2001
Health in Maldives
# 25
Benin :
30 %
2005
Health in Benin
# 26
Papua New Guinea :
29.9 %
1983
Health in Papua New Guinea
# 27
Sri Lanka :
29.4 %
2002
Health in Sri Lanka
# 28
Nigeria :
28.7 %
2003
Health in Nigeria
# 29
Vietnam :
28.4 %
2003
Health in Vietnam
# 30
Indonesia :
28.2 %
2003
Health in Indonesia
# 31
Philippines :
27.6 %
2003
Health in Philippines
# 32
Sierra Leone :
27.2 %
2000
Health in Sierra Leone
# 33
Djibouti :
26.8 %
2002
Health in Djibouti
# 34
Liberia :
26.5 %
2000
Health in Liberia
# 35
Somalia :
25.8 %
2000
Health in Somalia
# 36
Comoros :
25.4 %
2000
Health in Comoros
# 37
Togo :
25.1 %
1998
Health in Togo
# 38
Guinea-Bissau :
25 %
2000
Health in Guinea-Bissau
# 39
Central African Republic :
24.3 %
2000
Health in Central African Republic
# 40
Namibia :
24 %
2000
Health in Namibia
# 41
Korea, North :
23.9 %
2004
Health in Korea, North
# 42
Mozambique :
23.7 %
2003
Health in Mozambique
# 43
Zambia :
23 %
2003
Health in Zambia
# 44
Uganda :
22.9 %
2001
Health in Uganda
= 45
Guatemala :
22.7 %
2002
Health in Guatemala
= 45
Senegal :
22.7 %
2000
Health in Senegal
# 47
Rwanda :
22.5 %
2005
Health in Rwanda
# 48
Ghana :
22.1 %
2003
Health in Ghana
# 49
Malawi :
21.9 %
2002
Health in Malawi
# 50
Tanzania :
21.8 %
2005
Health in Tanzania
# 51
Solomon Islands :
21.1 %
1997
Health in Solomon Islands
# 52
Kenya :
19.9 %
2003
Health in Kenya
# 53
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines :
19.5 %
1996
Health in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
# 54
Bhutan :
18.7 %
1999
Health in Bhutan
# 55
Equatorial Guinea :
18.6 %
2000
Health in Equatorial Guinea
# 56
Cameroon :
18.1 %
2004
Health in Cameroon
# 57
Lesotho :
18 %
2000
Health in Lesotho
# 58
Oman :
17.8 %
1998
Health in Oman
# 59
Thailand :
17.6 %
1995
Health in Thailand
= 60
Haiti :
17.2 %
2000
Health in Haiti
= 60
Côte d'Ivoire :
17.2 %
2004
Health in Côte d'Ivoire
= 60
Gambia, The :
17.2 %
2000
Health in Gambia, The
# 63
Honduras :
16.6 %
2001
Health in Honduras
# 64
Iraq :
15.9 %
2000
Health in Iraq
# 65
Mauritius :
14.9 %
1995
Health in Mauritius
# 66
Saudi Arabia :
14.3 %
1996
Health in Saudi Arabia
# 67
Albania :
14 %
2002
Health in Albania
# 68
Saint Lucia :
13.8 %
1976
Health in Saint Lucia
# 69
Guyana :
13.6 %
2000
Health in Guyana
# 70
Cape Verde :
13.5 %
1994
Health in Cape Verde
# 71
Suriname :
13.2 %
2000
Health in Suriname
= 72
Congo, Republic of the :
13 %
1999
Health in Congo, Republic of the
= 72
Zimbabwe :
13 %
1999
Health in Zimbabwe
= 74
Kiribati :
12.9 %
1985
Health in Kiribati
= 74
São Tomé and Príncipe :
12.9 %
2000
Health in São Tomé and Príncipe
# 76
Mongolia :
12.7 %
2000
Health in Mongolia
# 77
Botswana :
12.5 %
2000
Health in Botswana
# 78
Vanuatu :
12.1 %
1996
Health in Vanuatu
# 79
Turkmenistan :
12 %
2000
Health in Turkmenistan
# 80
Gabon :
11.9 %
2001
Health in Gabon
# 81
Ecuador :
11.6 %
2000
Health in Ecuador
# 82
South Africa :
11.5 %
1999
Health in South Africa
# 83
Iran :
10.9 %
1998
Health in Iran
# 84
Malaysia :
10.6 %
2003
Health in Malaysia
# 85
Algeria :
10.4 %
2002
Health in Algeria
= 86
Swaziland :
10.3 %
2000
Health in Swaziland
= 86
El Salvador :
10.3 %
2003
Health in El Salvador
# 88
Morocco :
10.2 %
2004
Health in Morocco
# 89
Nicaragua :
9.6 %
2001
Health in Nicaragua
# 90
Antigua and Barbuda :
9.5 %
1981
Health in Antigua and Barbuda
# 91
Bahrain :
8.7 %
1995
Health in Bahrain
# 92
Egypt :
8.6 %
2003
Health in Egypt
# 93
Panama :
8.1 %
1997
Health in Panama
= 94
Fiji :
7.9 %
1993
Health in Fiji
= 94
Uzbekistan :
7.9 %
2002
Health in Uzbekistan
# 96
China :
7.8 %
2002
Health in China
# 97
Bolivia :
7.6 %
2004
Health in Bolivia
# 98
Mexico :
7.5 %
1999
Health in Mexico
# 99
Peru :
7.1 %
2000
Health in Peru
= 100
United Arab Emirates :
7 %
1996
Health in United Arab Emirates
= 100
Colombia :
7 %
2005
Health in Colombia
# 102
Syria :
6.9 %
2000
Health in Syria
# 103
Azerbaijan :
6.8 %
2001
Health in Azerbaijan
# 104
Kyrgyzstan :
6.7 %
2004
Health in Kyrgyzstan
# 105
Belize :
6.2 %
1992
Health in Belize
= 106
Trinidad and Tobago :
5.9 %
2000
Health in Trinidad and Tobago
= 106
Macedonia, Republic of :
5.9 %
1999
Health in Macedonia, Republic of
= 106
Barbados :
5.9 %
1981
Health in Barbados
= 109
Brazil :
5.7 %
1996
Health in Brazil
= 109
Seychelles :
5.7 %
1988
Health in Seychelles
= 111
Russia :
5.5 %
2000
Health in Russia
= 111
Qatar :
5.5 %
1995
Health in Qatar
# 113
Argentina :
5.4 %
1996
Health in Argentina
# 114
Dominican Republic :
5.3 %
2002
Health in Dominican Republic
# 115
Costa Rica :
5.1 %
1996
Health in Costa Rica
# 116
Libya :
4.7 %
1995
Health in Libya
# 117
Paraguay :
4.6 %
2001
Health in Paraguay
# 118
Uruguay :
4.5 %
1995
Health in Uruguay
= 119
Venezuela :
4.4 %
2000
Health in Venezuela
= 119
Jordan :
4.4 %
2002
Health in Jordan
# 121
Moldova :
4.3 %
2005
Health in Moldova
# 122
Kazakhstan :
4.2 %
1999
Health in Kazakhstan
# 123
Bosnia and Herzegovina :
4.1 %
2000
Health in Bosnia and Herzegovina
# 124
Tunisia :
4 %
2000
Health in Tunisia
= 125
Lebanon :
3.9 %
2004
Health in Lebanon
= 125
Cuba :
3.9 %
2000
Health in Cuba
= 125
Turkey :
3.9 %
2003
Health in Turkey
# 128
Japan :
3.7 %
1981
Health in Japan
# 129
Jamaica :
3.6 %
2002
Health in Jamaica
# 130
Singapore :
3.4 %
2000
Health in Singapore
# 131
Romania :
3.2 %
2002
Health in Romania
# 132
Georgia :
3.1 %
1999
Health in Georgia
# 133
Armenia :
2.6 %
2001
Health in Armenia
# 134
Hungary :
2.2 %
1988
Health in Hungary
# 135
United Kingdom :
2.1 %
1979
Health in United Kingdom
= 136
Samoa :
1.9 %
1999
Health in Samoa
= 136
Serbia and Montenegro :
1.9 %
2000
Health in Serbia and Montenegro
# 138
Kuwait :
1.7 %
1997
Health in Kuwait
# 139
United States :
1.6 %
2002
Health in United States
# 140
Italy :
1.5 %
1977
Health in Italy
= 141
Ukraine :
1 %
2002
Health in Ukraine
= 141
Czech Republic :
1 %
1991
Health in Czech Republic
= 143
Netherlands :
0.7 %
1980
Health in Netherlands
= 143
Chile :
0.7 %
2004
Health in Chile
# 145
Croatia :
0.6 %
1996
Health in Croatia
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.
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"Malnutrition prevalence, weight for age > % of children under 5 by country", World Development Indicators database. Retrieved from http://www.NationMaster.com/graph/hea_mal_pre_wei_for_age_of_chi_und_5-weight-age-children-under-5
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