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Prevalence of stunting height for age female percentage of children under 5

Prevalence of stunting, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.Source:
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Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5)Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5)Year
1
Afghanistan
58.5%
2004
2
Burundi
53.1%
2010
3
Eritrea
49.6%
2010
4
Papua New Guinea
47.9%
2011
5
East Timor
47.2%
2013
6
Madagascar
46.7%
2009
7
Guatemala
45.8%
2015
8
Yemen
45.6%
2013
9
Malawi
44.1%
2010
10
Laos
42.1%
2011
11
Pakistan
41.7%
2012
12
Benin
41.6%
2006
13
Niger
41.1%
2012
14
Rwanda
41.1%
2010
15
Mozambique
41%
2011
16
Democratic Republic Of Congo
40.2%
2013
17
Ethiopia
39.7%
2014
18
Nepal
39.5%
2011
19
Chad
38.8%
2015
20
Central African Republic
37.9%
2010
21
India
37.9%
2014
22
Zambia
37.7%
2013
23
Sierra Leone
36.8%
2013
24
Sudan
36.6%
2006
25
Mali
36.2%
2006
26
Bangladesh
35.9%
2014
27
Indonesia
35.5%
2013
28
Lesotho
35%
2009
29
Tanzania
34.2%
2011
30
Guinea
33.8%
2012
31
Bhutan
33.7%
2010
32
Myanmar
33.4%
2009
33
Djibouti
33.3%
2012
34
Kenya
33.1%
2009
35
Burkina Faso
32.8%
2010
36
Cambodia
32.6%
2014
37
São Tomé and Príncipe
32%
2008
38
Solomon Islands
31.7%
1989
39
Nigeria
30.8%
2014
40
South Africa
30.5%
2004
41
Comoros
30.2%
2012
42
Cameroon
30.1%
2011
43
Uganda
30.1%
2011
44
Guinea-Bissau
29.9%
2010
45
Philippines
29.1%
2013
46
Liberia
29%
2013
47
South Sudan
28.9%
2010
48
Botswana
28.7%
2007
49
Egypt
28.4%
2008
50
Swaziland
28.1%
2010
51
Togo
26.9%
2014
52
Tajikistan
26.8%
2012
53
Syria
26.5%
2009
54
Ivory Coast
26.4%
2012
55
Bolivia
26.2%
2008
56
Angola
26.1%
2007
57
North Korea
25.8%
2012
58
Ecuador
24.6%
2012
59
Zimbabwe
24.1%
2014
60
Republic of the Congo
24.1%
2011
61
Gambia
23.8%
2013
62
Albania
23.4%
2009
63
Vietnam
23.2%
2010
64
Ukraine
22.8%
2000
65
Somalia
22.7%
2009
66
Equatorial Guinea
22.2%
2010
67
Nicaragua
21.9%
2006
68
Iraq
21.7%
2011
69
Honduras
20.9%
2012
70
Namibia
20.7%
2013
71
Haiti
20.3%
2012
72
Belize
20%
2011
73
Vanuatu
20%
2007
74
Armenia
19.9%
2010
75
El Salvador
19.8%
2008
76
Uzbekistan
19.7%
2006
77
Libya
19.6%
2007
78
Mauritania
19.5%
2012
79
Maldives
19%
2009
80
Panama
18.9%
2008
81
Guyana
18.6%
2009
82
Senegal
17.8%
2014
83
Azerbaijan
17.7%
2013
84
Malaysia
17.2%
2006
85
Turkmenistan
17%
2006
86
Lebanon
17%
2004
87
Ghana
16.8%
2014
88
Brunei
16.7%
2009
89
Thailand
16.3%
2012
90
Kyrgyzstan
15.5%
2012
91
Gabon
15.1%
2012
92
Mongolia
14.7%
2010
93
Sri Lanka
14.6%
2012
94
Morocco
14%
2011
95
Peru
13.4%
2014
96
Kazakhstan
13%
2010
97
Mexico
12.1%
2012
98
Bulgaria
12%
2004
99
Colombia
11.6%
2010
100
Romania
11.1%
2002
101
Algeria
10.7%
2012
102
Paraguay
10.4%
2012
103
Uruguay
10.3%
2011
104
Georgia
10.2%
2009
105
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8.9%
2012
106
Barbados
8.9%
2012
107
China
8.9%
2010
108
Tunisia
8.8%
2012
109
Oman
8.5%
2009
110
Montenegro
8.4%
2013
111
Argentina
8.1%
2005
112
Turkey
8%
2013
113
Saudi Arabia
7.8%
2005
114
Suriname
7.7%
2010
115
Serbia
7.2%
2010
116
Moldova
7%
2012
117
Fiji
6.9%
2004
118
Costa Rica
6.6%
2008
119
Canada
6.5%
1971
120
Japan
6.5%
2010
121
Jordan
6.2%
2012
122
Dominican Republic
6.1%
2013
123
Brazil
5.8%
2007
124
Jamaica
5.8%
2012
125
Kuwait
4.5%
2014
126
Republic of Macedonia
4.3%
2011
127
Belarus
4.2%
2005
128
Singapore
3.9%
2000
129
Trinidad and Tobago
3.5%
2000
130
South Korea
2.7%
2010
131
Hungary
2.4%
1984
132
Czech Republic
2.1%
2001
133
Greece
1.9%
2003
134
Chile
1.6%
2014
135
United States
1.2%
2012
136
Germany
1.2%
2005
137
Netherlands
1.1%
1980
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