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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 33.40 2016/18
5 Sudan 33.10 2014
6 Djibouti 29.90 2012
7 Chad 29.40 2015
8 Papua New Guinea 27.80 2010
9 South Sudan 27.70 2010
10 Burundi 27.20 2018/19
11 Nepal 27.20 2016
12 Madagascar 26.40 2018
13 Cambodia 24.10 2014
14 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 23.40 2013
15 Pakistan 23.10 2018
16 Somalia 23.00 2009
17 Bangladesh 21.90 2017/18
18 Niger 21.80 2018
19 Nigeria 21.80 2018
20 Ethiopia 21.10 2019
21 Laos 21.10 2017
22 Central African Republic 20.80 2018
23 Sri Lanka 20.50 2016
24 Mauritania 19.20 2018
25 Afghanistan 19.10 2018
26 Philippines 19.10 2018
27 Angola 19.00 2016
28 Mali 18.60 2018
29 Burma 18.50 2016
30 Burkina Faso 17.70 2018
31 Indonesia 17.70 2018
32 Maldives 17.70 2009
33 Guinea-Bissau 17.00 2014
34 Comoros 16.90 2012
35 Benin 16.80 2018
36 Guinea 16.30 2018
37 Solomon Islands 16.20 2015
38 Mozambique 15.60 2014/15
39 Togo 15.20 2017
40 Kiribati 14.90 2009
41 Tanzania 14.60 2018
42 Malaysia 13.70 2016
43 Liberia 13.60 2016
44 Sierra Leone 13.60 2019
45 Vietnam 13.40 2017
46 Senegal 13.30 2019
47 Namibia 13.20 2013
48 Cote d'Ivoire 12.80 2016
49 Bhutan 12.70 2010
50 Ghana 12.60 2017/18
51 Guatemala 12.40 2015
52 Congo, Republic of the 12.30 2015
53 Marshall Islands 11.90 2017
54 Malawi 11.80 2018
55 Zambia 11.80 2018/19
56 Libya 11.70 2014
57 Vanuatu 11.70 2013
58 Kenya 11.20 2014
59 Oman 11.20 2017
60 Cameroon 11.00 2018
61 Lesotho 10.50 2018
62 Uganda 10.40 2016
63 Gambia, The 10.30 2018
64 Zimbabwe 9.70 2019
65 Brunei 9.60 2009
66 Rwanda 9.60 2015
67 Haiti 9.50 2017
68 Korea, North 9.30 2017
69 Sao Tome and Principe 8.80 2014
70 Guyana 8.20 2014
71 Tajikistan 7.60 2017
72 Honduras 7.10 2012
73 Egypt 7.00 2014
74 Thailand 6.70 2016
75 Gabon 6.40 2012
76 South Africa 5.90 2016
77 Eswatini 5.80 2014
78 Suriname 5.80 2010
79 Syria 5.80 2009/10
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 Iraq 3.90 2018
92 Colombia 3.70 2015/16
93 Seychelles 3.60 2012
94 Barbados 3.50 2012
95 Bolivia 3.40 2016
96 Japan 3.40 2010
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 Uzbekistan 2.90 2017
103 Venezuela 2.90 2009
104 Saint Lucia 2.80 2012
105 Armenia 2.60 2016
106 Morocco 2.60 2017/18
107 Peru 2.60 2018
108 China 2.40 2013
109 Jamaica 2.20 2014
110 Moldova 2.20 2012
111 Kazakhstan 2.00 2015
112 Bulgaria 1.90 2014
113 Mongolia 1.90 2018
114 Tonga 1.90 2012
115 Kyrgyzstan 1.80 2018
116 Serbia 1.80 2014
117 Argentina 1.70 2018/19
118 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1.60 2012
119 Tunisia 1.60 2018
120 Albania 1.50 2017
121 Turkey 1.50 2018/19
122 Gaza Strip 1.40 2014
123 West Bank 1.40 2014
124 Macedonia 1.30 2011
125 Paraguay 1.30 2016
126 Georgia 1.10 2009
127 Montenegro 1.00 2013
128 Korea, South 0.70 2010
129 Chile 0.50 2014
130 Germany 0.50 2014/17
131 United States 0.50 2012