Health > Hunger and malnutrition Stats: compare key data on South Africa & Zimbabwe

Children > Small children underweight: Percentage of all children under 5 that are moderately or severely underweight.
Undernourished population: Number of people in the country who subsist on less than the required nutritional amounts per day.
Undernourished population > Percentage: Percentage of population that subsists on less than the required nutritional amounts per day.
Undernourished population per million people: Number of people in the country who subsist on less than the required nutritional amounts per day. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
Underweight boys under 5: Prevalence of underweight children.
Underweight girls under 5: Prevalence of underweight children.

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STAT	South Africa	Zimbabwe
Children > Small children underweight	8.7% Ranked 14th.	9.7% Ranked 12th. 11% more than South Africa
Undernourished population	2.2 million Ranked 44th.	4 million Ranked 28th. 82% more than South Africa
Undernourished population > Percentage	0.0 Ranked 105th.	30.5% Ranked 14th.
Undernourished population per million people	0.0525 million Ranked 87th.	0.291 million Ranked 17th. 6 times more than South Africa
Underweight boys under 5	10% Ranked 8th.	13% Ranked 7th. 30% more than South Africa
Underweight girls under 5	13% Ranked 7th. The same as Zimbabwe	13% Ranked 8th.

SOURCES: United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables; United Nations Statistics Division; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.; United Nations Statistics Division. Source tables

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