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Country Comparison :: Children under the age of 5 years underweight
This entry gives the percent of children under five considered to be underweight. Underweight means weight-for-age is approximately 2 kg below for standard at age one, 3 kg below standard for ages two and three, and 4 kg below standard for ages four and five. This statistic is an indicator of the nutritional status of a community. Children who suffer from growth retardation as a result of poor diets and/or recurrent infections tend to have a greater risk of suffering illness and death.
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Rank
country (%) Date of Information
1 Timor-Leste
45.30
2010
2 India
43.50
2006
3 Yemen
43.10
2003
4 Bangladesh
41.30
2007
5 Niger
39.90
2006
6 Madagascar
36.80
2004
7 Burundi
35.20
2005
8 Eritrea
34.50
2002
9 Chad
33.90
2004
10 Afghanistan
32.90
2004
11 Somalia
32.80
2006
12 Sudan
31.70
2006
13 Laos
31.60
2006
14 Pakistan
30.90
2011
15 Djibouti
29.60
2006
16 Cote d'Ivoire
29.40
2007
17 Ethiopia
29.20
2011
18 Nepal
29.10
2011
19 Cambodia
29.00
2011
20 Congo, Democratic Republic of the
28.20
2007
21 Central African Republic
28.00
2006
22 Mali
27.90
2006
23 Nigeria
26.70
2008
24 Burkina Faso
26.00
2009
25 Comoros
25.00
2000
26 Burma
22.60
2010
27 Sri Lanka
21.60
2009
28 Sierra Leone
21.30
2008
29 Guinea
20.80
2008
30 Philippines
20.70
2008
31 Korea, North
20.60
2004
32 Togo
20.50
2008
33 Liberia
20.40
2007
34 Benin
20.20
2006
35 Vietnam
20.20
2008
36 Indonesia
19.60
2007
37 Senegal
19.20
2011
38 Haiti
18.90
2006
39 Mozambique
18.30
2008
40 Papua New Guinea
18.10
2005
41 Maldives
17.80
2009
42 Namibia
17.50
2007
43 Guinea-Bissau
17.20
2008
44 Tanzania
16.70
2005
45 Cameroon
16.60
2006
46 Uganda
16.40
2006
47 Kenya
16.40
2009
48 Mauritania
15.90
2008
49 Gambia, The
15.80
2006
50 Angola
15.60
2007
51 Tajikistan
15.00
2005
52 Zambia
14.90
2007
53 Sao Tome and Principe
14.40
2009
54 Ghana
14.30
2008
55 Malawi
13.80
2010
56 Lesotho
13.50
2010
57 Guatemala
13.00
2009
58 Malaysia
12.90
2006
59 Bhutan
12.70
2010
60 Congo, Republic of the
11.80
2005
61 Vanuatu
11.70
2007
62 Rwanda
11.70
2011
63 South Africa
11.60
2005
64 Solomon Islands
11.50
2007
65 Botswana
11.20
2008
66 Guyana
11.10
2009
67 Equatorial Guinea
10.60
2004
68 Zimbabwe
10.10
2011
69 Syria
10.10
2009
70 Gabon
8.80
2001
71 Honduras
8.60
2006
72 Oman
8.60
2009
73 Azerbaijan
8.40
2006
74 Suriname
7.50
2006
75 Iraq
7.10
2006
76 Thailand
7.00
2006
77 Egypt
6.80
2008
78 El Salvador
6.60
2008
79 Albania
6.30
2009
80 Ecuador
6.20
2004
81 Swaziland
6.10
2007
82 Uruguay
6.00
2004
83 Nicaragua
5.70
2007
84 Libya
5.60
2007
85 Armenia
5.30
2010
86 Mongolia
5.30
2005
87 Saudi Arabia
5.30
2005
88 Belize
4.90
2006
89 Kazakhstan
4.90
2006
90 Nauru
4.80
2007
91 Iran
4.60
2004
92 Bolivia
4.50
2008
93 Peru
4.50
2008
94 Trinidad and Tobago
4.40
2000
95 Uzbekistan
4.40
2006
96 Lebanon
4.20
2004
97 Panama
3.90
2008
98 Venezuela
3.70
2007
99 Algeria
3.70
2005
100 Romania
3.50
2002
101 Turkey
3.50
2004
102 Paraguay
3.40
2005
103 Mexico
3.40
2006
104 Dominican Republic
3.40
2007
105 Cuba
3.40
2000
106 Colombia
3.40
2010
107 China
3.40
2010
108 Singapore
3.30
2000
109 Tunisia
3.30
2006
110 Moldova
3.20
2005
111 Morocco
3.10
2011
112 Kyrgyzstan
2.70
2006
113 Argentina
2.30
2005
114 Montenegro
2.20
2006
115 West Bank
2.20
2007
116 Brazil
2.20
2007
117 Czech Republic
2.00
2007
118 Jamaica
1.90
2007
119 Jordan
1.90
2009
120 Macedonia
1.80
2005
121 Serbia
1.80
2006
122 Kuwait
1.70
2009
123 Tuvalu
1.60
2007
124 Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.60
2006
125 Bulgaria
1.60
2004
126 Belarus
1.30
2005
127 United States
1.30
2004
128 Georgia
1.10
2009
129 Germany
1.10
2006
130 Costa Rica
1.10
2009
131 Ukraine
0.90
2002
132 Chile
0.50
2008
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