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Prevalence of Child Malnutrition (Percent Underweight Under Age Five)
2000-2009
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Prevalence of Child Malnutrition (Percent Underweight Under Age Five)
2000-2009
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Rank Country Name  Percent 
Global NA
1 India 43.5%
2 Yemen 43.1%
3 Bangladesh 41.3%
4 Timor Leste 40.6%
5 Niger 39.9%
6 Burundi 38.9%
7 Nepal 38.8%
8 Burkina Faso 37.4%
9 Madagascar 36.8%
10 Ethiopia 34.6%
11 Eritrea 34.5%
12 Chad 33.9%
13 Afghanistan 32.9%
14 Somalia 32.8%
15 Sudan 31.7%
16 Lao People's Democratic Rep. 31.6%
17 Pakistan 31.3%
18 Djibouti 29.6%
18 Myanmar 29.6%
19 Cambodia 28.8%
20 Congo (Dem. Republic of) 28.2%
21 Mali 27.9%
22 Angola 27.5%
23 Nigeria 26.7%
24 Maldives 25.7%
25 Comoros 25.0%
26 Central African Republic 21.8%
27 Sierra Leone 21.3%
28 Mozambique 21.2%
29 Sri Lanka 21.1%
30 Guinea 20.8%
31 Philippines 20.7%
32 Korea (Dem. Peo. Rep. of) 20.6%
33 Togo 20.5%
34 Liberia 20.4%
35 Benin 20.2%
35 Viet Nam 20.2%
36 Indonesia 19.6%
37 Haiti 18.9%
38 Papua New Guinea 18.1%
39 Rwanda 18.0%
40 Guatemala 17.7%
41 Namibia 17.5%
42 Guinea-Bissau 17.2%
43 Cote d'Ivoire 16.7%
43 Mauritania 16.7%
43 Tanzania (United Rep. of) 16.7%
44 Cameroon 16.6%
44 Lesotho 16.6%
45 Kenya 16.5%
46 Uganda 16.4%
47 Gambia 15.8%
48 Malawi 15.5%
49 Tajikistan 14.9%
49 Zambia 14.9%
50 Senegal 14.5%
51 Ghana 14.3%
52 Zimbabwe 14.0%
53 Sao Tome and Principe 13.1%
54 Bhutan 12.0%
55 Congo 11.8%
56 Solomon Islands 11.5%
57 Guyana 10.8%
58 Botswana 10.7%
59 Equatorial Guinea 10.6%
60 Syrian Arab Republic 10.0%
61 Morocco 9.9%
62 Gabon 8.8%
63 Honduras 8.6%
64 Azerbaijan 8.4%
65 Iraq 7.1%
66 Thailand 7.0%
67 China 6.8%
67 Egypt 6.8%
68 Albania 6.6%
69 Ecuador 6.2%
70 El Salvador 6.1%
70 Swaziland 6.1%
71 Uruguay 6.0%
72 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5.6%
73 Peru 5.4%
74 Mongolia 5.3%
74 Saudi Arabia 5.3%
75 Colombia 5.1%
76 Belize 4.9%
76 Kazakhstan 4.9%
77 Trinidad and Tobago 4.4%
77 Uzbekistan 4.4%
78 Bolivia 4.3%
78 Nicaragua 4.3%
79 Armenia 4.2%
79 Lebanon 4.2%
80 Ukraine 4.1%
81 Cuba 3.9%
81 Panama 3.9%
82 Algeria 3.7%
82 Venezuela 3.7%
83 Jordan 3.6%
84 Romania 3.5%
84 Turkey 3.5%
85 Dominican Republic 3.4%
85 Mexico 3.4%
86 Singapore 3.3%
86 Tunisia 3.3%
87 Moldova (Republic of) 3.2%
88 Kyrgyzstan 2.7%
89 Argentina 2.3%
89 Georgia 2.3%
90 Brazil 2.2%
90 Jamaica 2.2%
90 Montenegro 2.2%
91 Czech Republic 2.1%
92 Macedonia (The former Yugoslav Republic of) 1.8%
92 Serbia 1.8%
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.6%
93 Bulgaria 1.6%
93 Tuvalu 1.6%
94 Belarus 1.3%
94 United States of America 1.3%
95 Germany 1.1%
96 Chile 0.5%
97 American Samoa NA
97 Andorra NA
97 Anguilla NA
97 Antigua and Barbuda NA
97 Aruba NA
97 Australia NA
97 Austria NA
97 Bahamas NA
97 Bahrain NA
97 Barbados NA
97 Belgium NA
97 Bermuda NA
97 Bouvet Island NA
97 British Indian Ocean Territory NA
97 British Virgin Islands NA
97 Brunei Darussalam NA
97 Canada NA
97 Cape Verde NA
97 Cayman Islands NA
97 Christmas Island NA
97 Cocos (Keeling Islands) NA
97 Cook Islands NA
97 Costa Rica NA
97 Croatia NA
97 Cyprus NA
97 Denmark NA
97 Dominica NA
97 Estonia NA
97 Faeroe Islands NA
97 Falkland Islands (Malvinas) NA
97 Fiji NA
97 Finland NA
97 France NA
97 French Guiana NA
97 French Polynesia NA
97 French Southern Territories and Antarctic Lands NA
97 Gibraltar NA
97 Greece NA
97 Greenland NA
97 Grenada NA
97 Guadeloupe NA
97 Guam NA
97 Heard Island and McDonald Islands NA
97 Hungary NA
97 Iceland NA
97 Iran (Islamic Republic of) NA
97 Ireland NA
97 Israel NA
97 Italy NA
97 Japan NA
97 Johnston Atoll NA
97 Kiribati NA
97 Korea (Republic of) NA
97 Kuwait NA
97 Latvia NA
97 Liechtenstein NA
97 Lithuania NA
97 Luxembourg NA
97 Malaysia NA
97 Malta NA
97 Marshall Islands NA
97 Martinique NA
97 Mauritius NA
97 Mayotte NA
97 Micronesia (Federated States of) NA
97 Midway NA
97 Monaco NA
97 Montserrat NA
97 Nauru NA
97 Netherlands NA
97 Netherlands Antilles NA
97 New Caledonia NA
97 New Zealand NA
97 Niue NA
97 Norfolk Island NA
97 Northern Mariana Islands NA
97 Norway NA
97 Oman NA
97 Palau NA
97 Paraguay NA
97 Pitcairn Island NA
97 Poland NA
97 Portugal NA
97 Puerto Rico NA
97 Qatar NA
97 Reunion NA
97 Russian Federation NA
97 Saint Helena NA
97 Saint Kitts and Nevis NA
97 Saint Lucia NA
97 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NA
97 Samoa NA
97 San Marino NA
97 Seychelles NA
97 Slovakia NA
97 Slovenia NA
97 South Africa NA
97 Spain NA
97 Suriname NA
97 Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands NA
97 Sweden NA
97 Switzerland NA
97 Tokelau NA
97 Tonga NA
97 Turkmenistan NA
97 Turks and Caicos Island NA
97 United Arab Emirates NA
97 United Kingdom NA
97 Vanuatu NA
97 Virgin Islands (U.S.) NA
97 Wake Island NA
97 Wallis and Futuna Islands NA
97 West Bank and Gaza NA
97 Western Sahara NA

Notes: NA

Definitions: Prevalence of Child Malnutrition: The percentage of children under age five whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the WHO Child Growth Standards median.

Sources: WHO, World Health Statistics 2010, available at: http://www.who.int/whosis/whostat/2010/en/index.html.