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Prevalence of underweight weight for age female percentage of children under 5

Prevalence of underweight, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.Source:
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Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, female (% of children under 5)Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, female (% of children under 5)Year
1
Eritrea
39.4%
2010
2
Yemen
39%
2013
3
Niger
37.1%
2012
4
East Timor
36.3%
2013
5
Madagascar
34.5%
2004
6
Bangladesh
33.5%
2014
7
Afghanistan
33%
2004
8
Pakistan
29.1%
2012
9
India
28.7%
2014
10
Djibouti
28.5%
2012
11
Nepal
28.4%
2011
12
Chad
27.6%
2015
13
Sri Lanka
26.8%
2012
14
Papua New Guinea
26.7%
2011
15
Laos
26.2%
2011
16
Burundi
26.1%
2010
17
Mali
26%
2006
18
Sudan
25.9%
2006
19
Ethiopia
25.7%
2014
20
Cambodia
25%
2014
21
Burkina Faso
24.7%
2010
22
South Sudan
24.5%
2010
23
Myanmar
22.1%
2009
24
Somalia
21.3%
2009
25
Democratic Republic Of Congo
21.1%
2013
26
Central African Republic
20.9%
2010
27
Philippines
20.5%
2013
28
Indonesia
19.4%
2013
29
Nigeria
18.3%
2014
30
Benin
17.6%
2006
31
Mauritania
17.2%
2012
32
Maldives
17.2%
2009
33
Guinea-Bissau
17.1%
2010
34
Sierra Leone
17.1%
2013
35
Comoros
17%
2012
36
Gambia
15.5%
2013
37
Kenya
15.5%
2009
38
Togo
15.2%
2014
39
Guinea
15.2%
2012
40
North Korea
15%
2012
41
Angola
14.6%
2007
42
Cameroon
14.5%
2011
43
Solomon Islands
14.2%
1989
44
Mozambique
13.6%
2011
45
Liberia
13.5%
2013
46
Zambia
13.4%
2013
47
Tajikistan
13.1%
2012
48
Tanzania
12.9%
2011
49
Uganda
12.8%
2011
50
Ivory Coast
12.8%
2012
51
Malaysia
12.7%
2006
52
Malawi
12.6%
2010
53
Kiribati
12.4%
2009
54
São Tomé and Príncipe
12.3%
2008
55
Bhutan
12.3%
2010
56
Vietnam
12.1%
2010
57
Guatemala
12%
2015
58
Senegal
11.8%
2014
59
Ghana
11.6%
2014
60
Namibia
11.3%
2013
61
Lesotho
11.1%
2009
62
Haiti
10.7%
2012
63
Rwanda
10.4%
2010
64
Republic of the Congo
10.3%
2011
65
Botswana
10.2%
2007
66
Zimbabwe
9.8%
2014
67
South Africa
9.6%
2004
68
Guyana
9.4%
2009
69
Vanuatu
9%
2007
70
Syria
8.7%
2009
71
Brunei
8.5%
2009
72
Thailand
8.4%
2012
73
Oman
8.3%
2009
74
Turkmenistan
7.4%
2006
75
Iraq
7.4%
2011
76
El Salvador
6.7%
2008
77
Belize
6.6%
2011
78
Honduras
6.5%
2012
79
Albania
6%
2009
80
Nicaragua
5.9%
2006
81
Armenia
5.9%
2010
82
Fiji
5.7%
2004
83
Ecuador
5.6%
2012
84
Egypt
5.4%
2008
85
Suriname
5.4%
2010
86
Panama
5.2%
2008
87
Equatorial Guinea
5.2%
2010
88
Gabon
5%
2012
89
Swaziland
5%
2010
90
Azerbaijan
4.9%
2013
91
Libya
4.8%
2007
92
Barbados
4.7%
2012
93
Saudi Arabia
4.5%
2005
94
Trinidad and Tobago
4.3%
2000
95
Uzbekistan
4.3%
2006
96
Uruguay
4.2%
2011
97
Dominican Republic
4.1%
2013
98
Mongolia
4%
2010
99
Bolivia
4%
2008
100
Kyrgyzstan
3.7%
2012
101
Kazakhstan
3.6%
2010
102
Ukraine
3.5%
2000
103
China
3.3%
2010
104
Japan
3.3%
2010
105
Colombia
3.3%
2010
106
Morocco
3.1%
2011
107
Algeria
3%
2012
108
Romania
2.9%
2002
109
Peru
2.9%
2014
110
Singapore
2.9%
2000
111
Mexico
2.8%
2012
112
Lebanon
2.8%
2004
113
Jordan
2.6%
2012
114
Kuwait
2.6%
2014
115
Paraguay
2.3%
2012
116
Moldova
2.2%
2012
117
Argentina
2.2%
2005
118
Jamaica
2.1%
2012
119
Turkey
2.1%
2013
120
Brazil
2.1%
2007
121
Bulgaria
1.9%
2004
122
Costa Rica
1.8%
2008
123
Canada
1.7%
1971
124
Serbia
1.7%
2010
125
Czech Republic
1.6%
2001
126
Hungary
1.6%
1984
127
Tunisia
1.4%
2012
128
Germany
1.3%
2005
129
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.3%
2012
130
Republic of Macedonia
1.1%
2011
131
Netherlands
1.1%
1980
132
Belarus
1%
2005
133
Georgia
1%
2009
134
Montenegro
0.9%
2013
135
United States
0.4%
2012
136
Chile
0.4%
2014
137
South Korea
0.3%
2010
138
Greece
0.3%
2003
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