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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 Ranking

By Country Listing of the values for the Children under the age of 5 years underweight field
Country | Children under the age of 5 years underweight
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Afghanistan | 25% (2013)
Albania | 6.3% (2009)
Algeria | 3% (2012)
Angola | 19% (2016)
Armenia | 2.6% (2016)
Azerbaijan | 4.9% (2013)
Bangladesh | 32.6% (2014)
Barbados | 3.5% (2012)
Belize | 4.6% (2015)
Benin | 18% (2014)
Bhutan | 12.8% (2010)
Bolivia | 3.4% (2016)
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.5% (2012)
Brunei | 9.6% (2009)
Burkina Faso | 19.2% (2016)
Burma | 18.9% (2016)
Burundi | 29.3% (2016)
Cambodia | 23.9% (2014)
Cameroon | 14.8% (2014)
Central African Republic | 23.5% (2010)
Chad | 28.8% (2015)
Chile | 0.5% (2014)
China | 2.4% (2013)
Colombia | 3.4% (2010)
Comoros | 16.9% (2012)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 23.4% (2013)
Congo, Republic of the | 12.3% (2015)
Costa Rica | 1.1% (2008)
Cote d'Ivoire | 12.8% (2016)
Djibouti | 29.8% (2012)
Dominican Republic | 4% (2013)
Ecuador | 5.1% (2014)
Egypt | 7% (2014)
El Salvador | 5% (2014)
Equatorial Guinea | 5.6% (2010)
Eritrea | 38.8% (2010)
Eswatini | 5.8% (2014)
Ethiopia | 23.6% (2016)
Gabon | 6.5% (2012)
Gambia, The | 16.4% (2013)
Gaza Strip | 1.4% (2014) note: estimate is for Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Georgia | 1.1% (2009)
Ghana | 11% (2014)
Guatemala | 12.6% (2015)
Guinea | 18.3% (2016)
Guinea-Bissau | 17% (2014)
Guyana | 8.5% (2014)
Haiti | 11.6% (2012)
Honduras | 7.1% (2012)
India | 35.7% (2015)
Indonesia | 19.9% (2013)
Iran | 4.1% (2011)
Iraq | 8.5% (2011)
Jamaica | 2.3% (2014)
Japan | 3.4% (2010)
Jordan | 3% (2012)
Kazakhstan | 2% (2015)
Kenya | 11% (2014)
Kiribati | 14.9% (2009)
Korea, North | 15.2% (2012)
Korea, South | 0.7% (2010)
Kuwait | 3% (2014)
Kyrgyzstan | 2.8% (2014)
Laos | 26.5% (2011)
Lesotho | 10.3% (2014)
Liberia | 15.3% (2013)
Macedonia | 1.3% (2011)
Malawi | 11.7% (2015)
Malaysia | 13.7% (2016)
Maldives | 17.8% (2009)
Mali | 25% (2015)
Mauritania | 24.9% (2015)
Mexico | 3.9% (2015)
Moldova | 2.2% (2012)
Mongolia | 1.6% (2013)
Montenegro | 1% (2013)
Morocco | 3.1% (2011)
Mozambique | 15.6% (2011)
Namibia | 13.2% (2013)
Nepal | 27% (2016)
Nicaragua | 4.6% (2012)
Niger | 31.7% (2016)
Nigeria | 31.5% (2016)
Oman | 9.7% (2014)
Pakistan | 31.6% (2012)
Panama | 3.9% (2008)
Papua New Guinea | 27.9% (2010)
Paraguay | 1.3% (2016)
Peru | 3.1% (2016)
Philippines | 21.5% (2015)
Rwanda | 8.1% (2015)
Saint Lucia | 2.8% (2012)
Samoa | 2.7% (2014)
Sao Tome and Principe | 8.8% (2014)
Senegal | 13.5% (2016)
Serbia | 1.8% (2014)
Seychelles | 3.6% (2012)
Sierra Leone | 18.1% (2013)
Solomon Islands | 15.5% (2015)
Somalia | 23% (2009)
South Africa | 5.9% (2016)
South Sudan | 27.6% (2010)
Sri Lanka | 20.5% (2016)
Sudan | 33% (2014)
Suriname | 5.8% (2010)
Syria | 10.1% (2009)
Tajikistan | 13.3% (2012)
Tanzania | 13.7% (2015)
Thailand | 6.7% (2016)
Timor-Leste | 37.7% (2013)
Togo | 16.2% (2014)
Tonga | 1.9% (2012)
Trinidad and Tobago | 5.5% (2011)
Tunisia | 2.3% (2012)
Turkey | 1.9% (2013)
Turkmenistan | 3.2% (2015)
Uganda | 10.5% (2016)
United States | 0.5% (2012)
Uruguay | 4% (2011)
Vanuatu | 10.7% (2013)
Venezuela | 2.9% (2009)
Vietnam | 14.1% (2015)
West Bank | 1.4% (2014) note: estimate is for Gaza Strip and the West Bank
Yemen | 16.3% (2013)
Zambia | 14.8% (2013)
Zimbabwe | 8.4% (2015)

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