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Country Comparison :: Children under the age of 5 years underweight Download
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 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.
Rank Order Listing for the Children under the age of 5 years underweight field
Rank Country (%) Date of Information
1 Yemen 39.90 2013
2 Eritrea 39.40 2010
3 Timor-Leste 37.50 2013
4 India 36.30 2015
5 Sudan 33.50 2014
6 Madagascar 32.90 2013
7 Bangladesh 32.80 2014
8 Nigeria 31.50 2016
9 Niger 31.40 2016
10 Djibouti 29.90 2012
11 Chad 29.40 2015
12 Burundi 29.30 2016
13 South Sudan 29.10 2010
14 Papua New Guinea 27.80 2010
15 Nepal 27.20 2016
16 Laos 26.90 2011
17 Afghanistan 25.00 2013
18 Mali 25.00 2015
19 Mauritania 24.90 2015
20 Central African Republic 24.60 2012
21 Cambodia 24.10 2014
22 Ethiopia 23.60 2016
23 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 23.40 2013
24 Pakistan 23.10 2018
25 Somalia 23.00 2009
26 Philippines 21.50 2015
27 Sri Lanka 20.50 2016
28 Indonesia 19.90 2013
29 Angola 19.00 2016
30 Burma 18.50 2016
31 Guinea 18.30 2016
32 Sierra Leone 18.20 2013
33 Maldives 17.70 2009
34 Guinea-Bissau 17.00 2014
35 Comoros 16.90 2012
36 Benin 16.80 2018
37 Gambia, The 16.50 2013
38 Burkina Faso 16.20 2017
39 Solomon Islands 16.20 2015
40 Togo 16.10 2014
41 Mozambique 15.60 2011
42 Liberia 15.30 2013
43 Kiribati 14.90 2009
44 Zambia 14.90 2013
45 Cameroon 14.80 2014
46 Senegal 14.40 2017
47 Vietnam 14.10 2015
48 Malaysia 13.70 2016
49 Tanzania 13.70 2015
50 Namibia 13.20 2013
51 Cote d'Ivoire 12.80 2016
52 Bhutan 12.70 2010
53 Guatemala 12.40 2015
54 Congo, Republic of the 12.30 2015
55 Marshall Islands 11.90 2017
56 Malawi 11.80 2015
57 Ghana 11.20 2014
58 Kenya 11.20 2014
59 Vanuatu 10.70 2013
60 Lesotho 10.50 2014
61 Uganda 10.40 2016
62 Syria 10.20 2009
63 Oman 9.70 2014
64 Brunei 9.60 2009
65 Rwanda 9.60 2015
66 Haiti 9.50 2017
67 Korea, North 9.30 2017
68 Sao Tome and Principe 8.80 2014
69 Zimbabwe 8.50 2015
70 Guyana 8.20 2014
71 Tajikistan 7.60 2017
72 Iraq 7.20 2011
73 Honduras 7.10 2012
74 Egypt 7.00 2014
75 Thailand 6.70 2016
76 Gabon 6.40 2012
77 Suriname 6.40 2010
78 South Africa 5.90 2016
79 Eswatini 5.80 2014
80 Equatorial Guinea 5.60 2011
81 Ecuador 5.10 2014
82 El Salvador 5.00 2014
83 Azerbaijan 4.90 2013
84 Trinidad and Tobago 4.90 2011
85 Belize 4.60 2015
86 Nicaragua 4.60 2012
87 Mexico 4.20 2016
88 Iran 4.10 2011
89 Dominican Republic 4.00 2013
90 Uruguay 4.00 2011
91 Seychelles 3.60 2012
92 Barbados 3.50 2012
93 Bolivia 3.40 2016
94 Colombia 3.40 2010
95 Japan 3.40 2010
96 Peru 3.20 2017
97 Samoa 3.20 2014
98 Turkmenistan 3.20 2015
99 Algeria 3.00 2012
100 Jordan 3.00 2012
101 Kuwait 3.00 2014
102 Morocco 2.90 2011
103 Venezuela 2.90 2009
104 Kyrgyzstan 2.80 2014
105 Saint Lucia 2.80 2012
106 Tunisia 2.80 2012
107 Armenia 2.60 2016
108 China 2.40 2013
109 Turkey 2.30 2013
110 Jamaica 2.20 2014
111 Moldova 2.20 2012
112 Kazakhstan 2.00 2015
113 Tonga 1.90 2012
114 Serbia 1.80 2014
115 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.60 2012
116 Albania 1.50 2017
117 Gaza Strip 1.40 2014
118 West Bank 1.40 2014
119 Macedonia 1.30 2011
120 Paraguay 1.30 2016
121 Georgia 1.10 2009
122 Montenegro 1.00 2013
123 Mongolia 0.90 2016
124 Korea, South 0.70 2010
125 Chile 0.50 2014
126 United States 0.50 2012