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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 Eritrea 38.80 2010
2 Timor-Leste 37.70 2013
3 India 35.70 2015
4 Sudan 33.00 2014
5 Bangladesh 32.60 2014
6 Niger 31.70 2016
7 Pakistan 31.60 2012
8 Nigeria 31.50 2016
9 Djibouti 29.80 2012
10 Burundi 29.30 2016
11 Chad 28.80 2015
12 Papua New Guinea 27.90 2010
13 South Sudan 27.60 2010
14 Nepal 27.00 2016
15 Laos 26.50 2011
16 Afghanistan 25.00 2013
17 Mali 25.00 2015
18 Mauritania 24.90 2015
19 Cambodia 23.90 2014
20 Ethiopia 23.60 2016
21 Central African Republic 23.50 2010
22 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 23.40 2013
23 Somalia 23.00 2009
24 Philippines 21.50 2015
25 Sri Lanka 20.50 2016
26 Indonesia 19.90 2013
27 Burkina Faso 19.20 2016
28 Angola 19.00 2016
29 Burma 18.90 2016
30 Guinea 18.30 2016
31 Sierra Leone 18.10 2013
32 Benin 18.00 2014
33 Maldives 17.80 2009
34 Guinea-Bissau 17.00 2014
35 Comoros 16.90 2012
36 Gambia, The 16.40 2013
37 Yemen 16.30 2013
38 Togo 16.20 2014
39 Mozambique 15.60 2011
40 Solomon Islands 15.50 2015
41 Liberia 15.30 2013
42 Korea, North 15.20 2012
43 Kiribati 14.90 2009
44 Cameroon 14.80 2014
45 Zambia 14.80 2013
46 Vietnam 14.10 2015
47 Malaysia 13.70 2016
48 Tanzania 13.70 2015
49 Senegal 13.50 2016
50 Tajikistan 13.30 2012
51 Namibia 13.20 2013
52 Bhutan 12.80 2010
53 Cote d'Ivoire 12.80 2016
54 Guatemala 12.60 2015
55 Congo, Republic of the 12.30 2015
56 Malawi 11.70 2015
57 Haiti 11.60 2012
58 Ghana 11.00 2014
59 Kenya 11.00 2014
60 Vanuatu 10.70 2013
61 Uganda 10.50 2016
62 Lesotho 10.30 2014
63 Syria 10.10 2009
64 Oman 9.70 2014
65 Brunei 9.60 2009
66 Sao Tome and Principe 8.80 2014
67 Guyana 8.50 2014
68 Iraq 8.50 2011
69 Zimbabwe 8.40 2015
70 Rwanda 8.10 2015
71 Honduras 7.10 2012
72 Egypt 7.00 2014
73 Thailand 6.70 2016
74 Gabon 6.50 2012
75 Albania 6.30 2009
76 South Africa 5.90 2016
77 Eswatini 5.80 2014
78 Suriname 5.80 2010
79 Equatorial Guinea 5.60 2010
80 Trinidad and Tobago 5.50 2011
81 Ecuador 5.10 2014
82 El Salvador 5.00 2014
83 Azerbaijan 4.90 2013
84 Belize 4.60 2015
85 Nicaragua 4.60 2012
86 Iran 4.10 2011
87 Dominican Republic 4.00 2013
88 Uruguay 4.00 2011
89 Mexico 3.90 2015
90 Panama 3.90 2008
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 Turkmenistan 3.20 2015
97 Morocco 3.10 2011
98 Peru 3.10 2016
99 Algeria 3.00 2012
100 Jordan 3.00 2012
101 Kuwait 3.00 2014
102 Venezuela 2.90 2009
103 Kyrgyzstan 2.80 2014
104 Saint Lucia 2.80 2012
105 Samoa 2.70 2014
106 Armenia 2.60 2016
107 China 2.40 2013
108 Jamaica 2.30 2014
109 Tunisia 2.30 2012
110 Moldova 2.20 2012
111 Kazakhstan 2.00 2015
112 Tonga 1.90 2012
113 Turkey 1.90 2013
114 Serbia 1.80 2014
115 Mongolia 1.60 2013
116 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.50 2012
117 Gaza Strip 1.40 2014
118 West Bank 1.40 2014
119 Macedonia 1.30 2011
120 Paraguay 1.30 2016
121 Costa Rica 1.10 2008
122 Georgia 1.10 2009
123 Montenegro 1.00 2013
124 Korea, South 0.70 2010
125 Chile 0.50 2014
126 United States 0.50 2012