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DEFINITION:
Stunted children under the age of 5 years as a percentage of all children under the age of 5. Stunted children are too small for their age (by two standard deviations or more from the median height of the reference population at their age). Stunting is frequently associated with malnutrition.
CONTENTS
| # | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 63.1% | 2000 | ||
| =2 | Afghanistan | 59.3% | 2004 | ||
| =2 | Yemen | 59.3% | 1997 | ||
| 4 | East Timor | 55.7% | 2002 | ||
| 5 | Niger | 54.8% | 2006 | ||
| 6 | Guatemala | 54.3% | 2002 | ||
| 7 | Madagascar | 52.8% | 2004 | ||
| =8 | Malawi | 52.5% | 2005 | ||
| =8 | Zambia | 52.5% | 2002 | ||
| 10 | Rwanda | 51.7% | 2005 | ||
| 11 | Angola | 50.8% | 2001 | ||
| 12 | Ethiopia | 50.7% | 2005 | ||
| 13 | Papua New Guinea | 50.2% | 1983 | ||
| 14 | Nepal | 49.3% | 2006 | ||
| 15 | Laos | 48.2% | 2000 | ||
| 16 | India | 47.9% | 2006 | ||
| =17 | Guinea-Bissau | 47.7% | 2006 | ||
| =17 | Bhutan | 47.7% | 1999 | ||
| 19 | Sudan | 47.6% | 2000 | ||
| =20 | Bangladesh | 47% | 2006 | ||
| =20 | Mozambique | 47% | 2003 | ||
| =22 | Sierra Leone | 46.9% | 2005 | ||
| =22 | Comoros | 46.9% | 2000 | ||
| 24 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.8% | 2007 | ||
| 25 | Lesotho | 45.2% | 2005 | ||
| 26 | Chad | 44.8% | 2004 | ||
| =27 | Benin | 44.7% | 2006 | ||
| =27 | North Korea | 44.7% | 2002 | ||
| 29 | Central African Republic | 44.6% | 2000 | ||
| 30 | Tanzania | 44.4% | 2005 | ||
| =31 | Cambodia | 43.7% | 2006 | ||
| =31 | Eritrea | 43.7% | 2002 | ||
| 33 | Burkina Faso | 43.1% | 2003 | ||
| 34 | Nigeria | 43% | 2003 | ||
| 35 | Somalia | 42.1% | 2006 | ||
| 36 | Pakistan | 41.5% | 2001 | ||
| 37 | Burma | 40.6% | 2003 | ||
| 38 | Mauritania | 39.5% | 2001 | ||
| 39 | Liberia | 39.4% | 2007 | ||
| 40 | Guinea | 39.3% | 2005 | ||
| 41 | Uganda | 38.7% | 2006 | ||
| 42 | Mali | 38.5% | 2006 | ||
| =43 | Zimbabwe | 35.8% | 2006 | ||
| =43 | Vietnam | 35.8% | 2006 | ||
| =43 | Kenya | 35.8% | 2003 | ||
| 46 | Cameroon | 35.4% | 2004 | ||
| 47 | Sao Tome and Principe | 35.2% | 2000 | ||
| 48 | Equatorial Guinea | 35% | 2004 | ||
| 49 | Philippines | 33.8% | 2003 | ||
| 50 | Solomon Islands | 33.7% | 1989 | ||
| 51 | Tajikistan | 33.1% | 2005 | ||
| 52 | Bolivia | 32.5% | 2004 | ||
| 53 | Maldives | 31.9% | 2001 | ||
| 54 | Peru | 31.3% | 2000 | ||
| 55 | Honduras | 29.9% | 2006 | ||
| 56 | Haiti | 29.7% | 2006 | ||
| 57 | Namibia | 29.6% | 2007 | ||
| 58 | Swaziland | 29.5% | 2007 | ||
| 59 | Botswana | 29.1% | 2000 | ||
| 60 | Ecuador | 29% | 2004 | ||
| =61 | Syria | 28.6% | 2006 | ||
| =61 | Indonesia | 28.6% | 2004 | ||
| 63 | Ghana | 28.1% | 2006 | ||
| 64 | Togo | 27.8% | 2006 | ||
| 65 | Gambia | 27.6% | 2006 | ||
| =66 | Iraq | 27.5% | 2006 | ||
| =66 | Mongolia | 27.5% | 2005 | ||
| 68 | Albania | 27% | 2005 | ||
| 69 | Gabon | 26.3% | 2001 | ||
| 70 | Nicaragua | 25.2% | 2001 | ||
| 71 | El Salvador | 24.6% | 2003 | ||
| 72 | Azerbaijan | 24.1% | 2000 | ||
| 73 | Egypt | 23.8% | 2005 | ||
| 74 | Morocco | 23.1% | 2004 | ||
| 75 | Ukraine | 22.9% | 2000 | ||
| 76 | Belize | 22.2% | 2006 | ||
| 77 | China | 21.8% | 2002 | ||
| 78 | Algeria | 21.6% | 2002 | ||
| 79 | Panama | 21.5% | 1997 | ||
| 80 | Libya | 20.7% | 1995 | ||
| 81 | Tunisia | 20.3% | 1988 | ||
| 82 | Senegal | 20.1% | 2005 | ||
| 83 | Uzbekistan | 19.6% | 2006 | ||
| 84 | Sri Lanka | 18.4% | 2000 | ||
| 85 | Paraguay | 18.3% | 1990 | ||
| 86 | Armenia | 18.2% | 2005 | ||
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 18.1% | 2006 | ||
| 88 | Kazakhstan | 17.5% | 2006 | ||
| 89 | Colombia | 16.2% | 2005 | ||
| 90 | Thailand | 15.7% | 2006 | ||
| 91 | Turkey | 15.6% | 2004 | ||
| 92 | Mexico | 15.5% | 2006 | ||
| 93 | Suriname | 14.5% | 2000 | ||
| 94 | Uruguay | 13.9% | 2004 | ||
| 95 | Guyana | 13.8% | 2000 | ||
| 96 | Oman | 12.9% | 1999 | ||
| 97 | Romania | 12.8% | 2002 | ||
| 98 | Jordan | 12% | 2002 | ||
| 99 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 11.8% | 2006 | ||
| 100 | Dominican Republic | 11.7% | 2002 | ||
| 101 | Republic of Macedonia | 11.5% | 2005 | ||
| 102 | Moldova | 11.3% | 2005 | ||
| 103 | Barbados | 10.2% | 1981 | ||
| 104 | Bulgaria | 8.8% | 2004 | ||
| 105 | Argentina | 8.2% | 2005 | ||
| 106 | Serbia | 8.1% | 2006 | ||
| 107 | Montenegro | 7.9% | 2006 | ||
| 108 | Brazil | 7.1% | 2007 | ||
| 109 | Trinidad and Tobago | 5.3% | 2000 | ||
| =110 | Belarus | 4.5% | 2005 | ||
| =110 | Jamaica | 4.5% | 2004 | ||
| 112 | Singapore | 4.4% | 2000 | ||
| 113 | United States | 3.9% | 2004 | ||
| 114 | Hungary | 3.3% | 1988 | ||
| 115 | Czech Republic | 2.6% | 2002 | ||
| 116 | Chile | 2.1% | 2007 | ||
| 117 | Netherlands | 1.8% | 1980 |
