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

Prevalence of stunting, male, is the percentage of boys 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, male (% of children under 5)Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5)Year
1
Burundi
61.7%
2010
2
Afghanistan
60%
2004
3
East Timor
53.1%
2013
4
Malawi
51.8%
2010
5
Madagascar
51.6%
2009
6
Eritrea
51.2%
2010
7
Papua New Guinea
50.9%
2011
8
Pakistan
48.4%
2012
9
Yemen
47.9%
2013
10
Benin
47.9%
2006
11
Rwanda
47.4%
2010
12
Guatemala
47.1%
2015
13
Laos
45.5%
2011
14
Mozambique
45.3%
2011
15
Democratic Republic Of Congo
45%
2013
16
Niger
44.8%
2012
17
Central African Republic
43.6%
2010
18
Lesotho
43.1%
2009
19
Zambia
42.3%
2013
20
Nepal
41.3%
2011
21
Chad
41%
2015
22
Ethiopia
41%
2014
23
Mali
40.7%
2006
24
Sudan
40%
2006
25
India
39.5%
2014
26
Sierra Leone
39%
2013
27
Guinea
37.7%
2012
28
Burkina Faso
37.4%
2010
29
Uganda
37.3%
2011
30
Kenya
37.3%
2009
31
Indonesia
37.2%
2013
32
Bangladesh
36.9%
2014
33
Myanmar
36.7%
2009
34
Solomon Islands
35.5%
1989
35
Tanzania
35.3%
2011
36
Cameroon
35.3%
2011
37
South Africa
35.2%
2004
38
Nigeria
34.9%
2014
39
Liberia
34.8%
2013
40
Guinea-Bissau
34.4%
2010
41
Cambodia
34.3%
2014
42
Comoros
34.1%
2012
43
Swaziland
34.1%
2010
44
Botswana
34%
2007
45
Djibouti
33.8%
2012
46
Bhutan
33.6%
2010
47
South Sudan
33.1%
2010
48
Ivory Coast
32.9%
2012
49
Angola
32.4%
2007
50
Philippines
31.5%
2013
51
São Tomé and Príncipe
31.2%
2008
52
Vanuatu
31.2%
2007
53
Zimbabwe
31.1%
2014
54
Equatorial Guinea
30.3%
2010
55
North Korea
29.9%
2012
56
Syria
28.4%
2009
57
Togo
28.1%
2014
58
Bolivia
28.1%
2008
59
Somalia
27.7%
2009
60
Tajikistan
26.7%
2012
61
Gambia
26.2%
2013
62
Republic of the Congo
25.8%
2011
63
Ecuador
25.8%
2012
64
Namibia
25.6%
2013
65
Mauritania
24.4%
2012
66
Honduras
24.4%
2012
67
Nicaragua
24%
2006
68
Egypt
23.6%
2014
69
Iraq
23.5%
2011
70
Vietnam
23.4%
2010
71
Haiti
23.4%
2012
72
Ukraine
22.9%
2000
73
Brunei
22.8%
2009
74
Albania
22.8%
2009
75
Libya
22.2%
2007
76
Armenia
21.7%
2010
77
Maldives
21.6%
2009
78
El Salvador
21.3%
2008
79
Senegal
20.9%
2014
80
Turkmenistan
20.7%
2006
81
Guyana
20.5%
2009
82
Ghana
20.4%
2014
83
Kyrgyzstan
19.9%
2012
84
Gabon
19.8%
2012
85
Uzbekistan
19.5%
2006
86
Panama
19.5%
2008
87
Belize
18.6%
2011
88
Azerbaijan
18.2%
2013
89
Malaysia
17.2%
2006
90
Mongolia
16.4%
2010
91
Thailand
16.4%
2012
92
Lebanon
16%
2004
93
Morocco
15.8%
2011
94
Peru
15.7%
2014
95
Mexico
15.1%
2012
96
Sri Lanka
14.8%
2012
97
Romania
14.4%
2002
98
Colombia
13.7%
2010
99
Uruguay
13.2%
2011
100
Kazakhstan
13.2%
2010
101
Algeria
12.6%
2012
102
Georgia
12.3%
2009
103
Paraguay
11.4%
2012
104
Oman
11.3%
2009
105
Tunisia
11.3%
2012
106
Turkey
10.9%
2013
107
Saudi Arabia
10.8%
2005
108
Montenegro
10.3%
2013
109
China
9.9%
2010
110
Suriname
9.9%
2010
111
Jordan
9.3%
2012
112
Tonga
9.1%
2012
113
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8.9%
2012
114
Barbados
8.9%
2012
115
Brazil
8.3%
2007
116
Argentina
8.2%
2005
117
Fiji
8%
2004
118
Dominican Republic
8%
2013
119
Japan
7.6%
2010
120
Kuwait
7.3%
2014
121
Trinidad and Tobago
7%
2000
122
Canada
6.4%
1971
123
Serbia
5.9%
2010
124
Moldova
5.8%
2012
125
Jamaica
5.6%
2012
126
Republic of Macedonia
5.6%
2011
127
Bulgaria
5.3%
2004
128
Singapore
4.9%
2000
129
Costa Rica
4.8%
2008
130
Belarus
4.7%
2005
131
Hungary
4.1%
1984
132
Czech Republic
3.1%
2001
133
United States
3%
2012
134
South Korea
2.4%
2010
135
Netherlands
2.4%
1980
136
Chile
2.1%
2014
137
Germany
1.5%
2005
138
Greece
1%
2003
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