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Prevalence of stunting height for age percentage of children under 5

Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children 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 (% of children under 5)Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)Year
1
Burundi
55.9%
2016
2
Eritrea
50.3%
2010
3
East Timor
50.2%
2013
4
Papua New Guinea
49.5%
2010
5
Madagascar
49.2%
2009
6
Guatemala
46.5%
2015
7
Yemen
46.5%
2013
8
Pakistan
45%
2012
9
Laos
43.8%
2011
10
Nigeria
43.6%
2016
11
Mozambique
43.1%
2011
12
Democratic Republic Of Congo
42.6%
2013
13
Niger
42.2%
2016
14
Afghanistan
40.9%
2013
15
Central African Republic
40.7%
2010
16
Zambia
40%
2013
17
Chad
39.9%
2015
18
India
38.4%
2015
19
Ethiopia
38.4%
2016
20
Sudan
38.2%
2014
21
Sierra Leone
37.9%
2013
22
Rwanda
37.9%
2015
23
Angola
37.6%
2016
24
Malawi
37.1%
2015
25
Indonesia
36.4%
2013
26
Bangladesh
36.1%
2014
27
Nepal
35.8%
2016
28
Tanzania
34.4%
2015
29
Kiribati
34.4%
1985
30
Benin
34%
2014
31
Bhutan
33.6%
2010
32
Djibouti
33.5%
2012
33
Philippines
33.4%
2015
34
Lesotho
33.2%
2014
35
Guinea
32.4%
2016
36
Cambodia
32.4%
2014
37
Comoros
32.1%
2012
38
Liberia
32.1%
2013
39
Cameroon
31.7%
2014
40
Solomon Islands
31.6%
2015
41
Botswana
31.4%
2007
42
South Sudan
31.1%
2010
43
Mali
30.4%
2015
44
Myanmar
29.2%
2016
45
Uganda
28.9%
2016
46
Vanuatu
28.5%
2013
47
North Korea
27.9%
2012
48
Mauritania
27.9%
2015
49
Guinea-Bissau
27.6%
2014
50
Syria
27.5%
2009
51
Togo
27.5%
2014
52
South Africa
27.4%
2016
53
Burkina Faso
27.3%
2016
54
Zimbabwe
26.8%
2015
55
Tajikistan
26.8%
2012
56
Equatorial Guinea
26.2%
2011
57
Kenya
26%
2014
58
Swaziland
25.5%
2014
59
Somalia
25.3%
2009
60
Gambia
25%
2013
61
Vietnam
24.6%
2015
62
Nauru
24%
2007
63
Ecuador
23.9%
2014
64
Namibia
23.1%
2013
65
Albania
23.1%
2009
66
Ukraine
22.9%
2000
67
Honduras
22.7%
2012
68
Iraq
22.6%
2011
69
Egypt
22.3%
2014
70
Haiti
21.9%
2012
71
Ivory Coast
21.6%
2016
72
Cape Verde
21.4%
1994
73
Republic of the Congo
21.2%
2015
74
Libya
21%
2007
75
Malaysia
20.7%
2016
76
Maldives
20.3%
2009
77
Brunei
19.7%
2009
78
Uzbekistan
19.6%
2006
79
Panama
19.1%
2008
80
Ghana
18.8%
2014
81
Azerbaijan
18%
2013
82
Gabon
17.5%
2012
83
Nicaragua
17.3%
2012
84
Sri Lanka
17.3%
2016
85
São Tomé and Príncipe
17.2%
2014
86
Senegal
17%
2016
87
Lebanon
16.5%
2004
88
Bolivia
16.1%
2016
89
Belize
15%
2015
90
Morocco
14.9%
2011
91
Oman
14.1%
2014
92
Mauritius
13.6%
1995
93
Bahrain
13.6%
1995
94
El Salvador
13.6%
2014
95
Venezuela
13.4%
2009
96
Peru
13.1%
2016
97
Kyrgyzstan
12.9%
2014
98
Romania
12.8%
2002
99
Colombia
12.7%
2010
100
Mexico
12.4%
2015
101
Guyana
12%
2014
102
Algeria
11.7%
2012
103
Qatar
11.6%
1995
104
Turkmenistan
11.5%
2015
105
Georgia
11.3%
2009
106
Trinidad and Tobago
11%
2011
107
Mongolia
10.8%
2013
108
Uruguay
10.7%
2011
109
Thailand
10.5%
2016
110
Tunisia
10.1%
2012
111
Tuvalu
10%
2007
112
Turkey
9.5%
2013
113
Armenia
9.4%
2016
114
Montenegro
9.4%
2013
115
Saudi Arabia
9.3%
2005
116
Bosnia and Herzegovina
8.9%
2012
117
Suriname
8.8%
2010
118
Bulgaria
8.8%
2004
119
Argentina
8.2%
2005
120
China
8.1%
2013
121
Tonga
8.1%
2012
122
Kazakhstan
8%
2015
123
Seychelles
7.9%
2012
124
Jordan
7.8%
2012
125
Barbados
7.7%
2012
126
Fiji
7.5%
2004
127
Dominican Republic
7.1%
2013
128
Brazil
7.1%
2007
129
Japan
7.1%
2010
130
Cuba
7%
2000
131
Iran
6.8%
2011
132
Moldova
6.4%
2012
133
Jamaica
6.2%
2014
134
Serbia
6%
2014
135
Paraguay
5.6%
2016
136
Costa Rica
5.6%
2008
137
Republic of Macedonia
4.9%
2011
138
Kuwait
4.9%
2015
139
Samoa
4.7%
2014
140
Belarus
4.5%
2005
141
Singapore
4.4%
2000
142
Czech Republic
2.6%
2001
143
Saint Lucia
2.5%
2012
144
South Korea
2.5%
2010
145
United States
2.1%
2012
146
Australia
2%
2007
147
Chile
1.8%
2014
148
Germany
1.3%
2005
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