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FIELD LISTING :: 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.

Country Comparison to the World

Country | CHILDREN UNDER THE AGE OF 5 YEARS UNDERWEIGHT(%)
--- | ---
Albania | 6.3% (2009)
Algeria | 3.7% (2005)
Angola | 15.6% (2007)
Argentina | 2.3% (2005)
Armenia | 5.3% (2010)
Australia | 0.2% (2007)
Azerbaijan | 8.4% (2006)
Bangladesh | 35.1% (2013)
Barbados | 3.5% (2013)
Belarus | 1.3% (2005)
Belize | 6.2% (2011)
Benin | 20.2% (2006)
Bhutan | 12.8% (2010)
Bolivia | 4.5% (2008)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.5% (2012)
Botswana | 11.2% (2008)
Brazil | 2.2% (2007)
Burkina Faso | 26.2% (2010)
Burma | 22.6% (2010)
Burundi | 29.1% (2011)
Cambodia | 29% (2011)
Cameroon | 15.1% (2011)
Central African Republic | 23.5% (2011)
Chad | 30.3% (2010)
Chile | 0.5% (2013)
China | 3.4% (2010)
Colombia | 3.4% (2010)
Comoros | 16.9% (2012)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 23.4% (2014)
Congo, Republic of the | 11.8% (2012)
Costa Rica | 1.1% (2009)
Cote d'Ivoire | 15.7% (2012)
Cuba | 3.4% (2000)
Czech Republic | 2% (2007)
Djibouti | 29.8% (2012)
Dominican Republic | 4% (2013)
Ecuador | 6.4% (2013)
Egypt | 6.8% (2008)
El Salvador | 6.6% (2008)
Equatorial Guinea | 5.6% (2010)
Eritrea | 38.8% (2010)
Ethiopia | 25.2% (2014)
Gabon | 6.5% (2012)
Gambia, The | 17.4% (2010)
Georgia | 1.1% (2009)
Germany | 1.1% (2006)
Ghana | 13.4% (2011)
Guatemala | 13% (2009)
Guinea-Bissau | 18.1% (2010)
Guinea | 18.7% (2012)
Guyana | 11.1% (2009)
Haiti | 11.6% (2012)
Honduras | 7.1% (2012)
India | 43.5% (2006)
Indonesia | 19.9% (2013)
Iraq | 8.5% (2011)
Jamaica | 3.2% (2010)
Jordan | 3% (2012)
Kazakhstan | 3.7% (2011)
Kenya | 16.4% (2009)
Kiribati | 14.9% (2009)
Korea, North | 15.2% (2012)
Korea, South | 0.6% (2011)
Kuwait | 2.2% (2012)
Kyrgyzstan | 2.8% (2014)
Laos | 26.5% (2012)
Lesotho | 13.5% (2010)
Liberia | 15.3% (2013)
Libya | 5.6% (2007)
Macedonia | 1.3% (2011)
Malawi | 13.8% (2010)
Malaysia | 12.9% (2006)
Maldives | 17.8% (2009)
Mali | 27.9% (2006)
Mauritania | 19.5% (2012)
Mexico | 2.8% (2012)
Moldova | 2.2% (2012)
Mongolia | 1.6% (2013)
Montenegro | 1% (2013)
Morocco | 3.1% (2011)
Mozambique | 15.6% (2011)
Namibia | 13.2% (2013)
Nauru | 4.8% (2007)
Nepal | 29.1% (2011)
Nicaragua | 5.7% (2007)
Nigeria | 31% (2013)
Niger | 37.9% (2012)
Oman | 8.6% (2009)
Pakistan | 31.6% (2013)
Panama | 3.9% (2008)
Papua New Guinea | 27.9% (2011)
Paraguay | 3.4% (2005)
Peru | 3.5% (2012)
Philippines | 20.2% (2011)
Rwanda | 11.7% (2011)
Saint Lucia | 2.8% (2012)
Sao Tome and Principe | 14.4% (2009)
Saudi Arabia | 5.3% (2005)
Senegal | 16.8% (2013)
Serbia | 1.8% (2014)
Sierra Leone | 18.1% (2013)
Solomon Islands | 11.5% (2007)
Somalia | 32.8% (2006)
South Africa | 8.7% (2008)
South Sudan | 27.6% (2010)
Sri Lanka | 26.3% (2012)
Sudan | 27% (2006)
Suriname | 5.8% (2010)
Swaziland | 5.8% (2010)
Syria | 10.1% (2009)
Tajikistan | 13.3% (2012)
Tanzania | 13.6% (2011)
Thailand | 9.2% (2012)
Timor-Leste | 45.3% (2010)
Togo | 16.5% (2010)
Tunisia | 2.3% (2012)
Turkey | 1.9% (2014)
Tuvalu | 1.6% (2007)
Uganda | 14.1% (2011)
United States | 0.5% (2012)
Uruguay | 4.5% (2011)
Uzbekistan | 4.4% (2006)
Vanuatu | 11.7% (2007)
Venezuela | 2.9% (2009)
Vietnam | 12% (2011)
Yemen | 35.5% (2011)
Zambia | 14.9% (2007)
Zimbabwe | 11.2% (2014)

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