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

Prevalence of underweight, male, is the percentage of boys 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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Country
Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5)Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5)Year
1
Yemen
40.9%
2013
2
Madagascar
39.2%
2004
3
East Timor
39%
2013
4
Niger
38.7%
2012
5
Eritrea
38.1%
2010
6
Pakistan
34.1%
2012
7
Afghanistan
32.7%
2004
8
Bangladesh
32.3%
2014
9
Burundi
32%
2010
10
Djibouti
31.2%
2012
11
South Sudan
30.4%
2010
12
Chad
30%
2015
13
India
30%
2014
14
Nepal
29.8%
2011
15
Mali
29.7%
2006
16
Papua New Guinea
29%
2011
17
Sudan
28.1%
2006
18
Burkina Faso
27.7%
2010
19
Laos
26.8%
2011
20
Central African Republic
26.1%
2010
21
Sri Lanka
25.7%
2012
22
Democratic Republic Of Congo
25.7%
2013
23
Ethiopia
24.8%
2014
24
Somalia
24.6%
2009
25
Cambodia
23.4%
2014
26
Myanmar
23%
2009
27
Benin
22.7%
2006
28
Mauritania
21.8%
2012
29
Nigeria
21.3%
2014
30
Indonesia
20.5%
2013
31
Philippines
19.4%
2013
32
Sierra Leone
19.2%
2013
33
Guinea-Bissau
19.1%
2010
34
Ivory Coast
18.8%
2012
35
Maldives
18.4%
2009
36
Solomon Islands
18.1%
1989
37
Mozambique
17.5%
2011
38
Kenya
17.3%
2009
39
Guinea
17.3%
2012
40
Gambia
17.3%
2013
41
Kiribati
17.2%
2009
42
Togo
17.1%
2014
43
Comoros
16.8%
2012
44
Liberia
16.8%
2013
45
Angola
16.6%
2007
46
São Tomé and Príncipe
16.6%
2008
47
Zambia
16.2%
2013
48
Lesotho
16%
2009
49
Cameroon
15.8%
2011
50
North Korea
15.5%
2012
51
Uganda
15.4%
2011
52
Malawi
15.2%
2010
53
Namibia
15.1%
2013
54
Tanzania
14.2%
2011
55
Vanuatu
14.1%
2007
56
Senegal
13.8%
2014
57
Tajikistan
13.6%
2012
58
South Africa
13.6%
2004
59
Bhutan
13.4%
2010
60
Republic of the Congo
13.3%
2011
61
Malaysia
13.2%
2006
62
Guatemala
13.1%
2015
63
Rwanda
12.9%
2010
64
Guyana
12.8%
2009
65
Zimbabwe
12.5%
2014
66
Haiti
12.5%
2012
67
Botswana
12.1%
2007
68
Vietnam
11.8%
2010
69
Syria
11.5%
2009
70
Brunei
10.8%
2009
71
Ghana
10.7%
2014
72
Thailand
9.9%
2012
73
Iraq
9.4%
2011
74
Oman
8.9%
2009
75
Gabon
7.9%
2012
76
Egypt
7.7%
2014
77
Honduras
7.7%
2012
78
Ecuador
7.1%
2012
79
Swaziland
6.7%
2010
80
Albania
6.6%
2009
81
El Salvador
6.5%
2008
82
Libya
6.3%
2007
83
Suriname
6.2%
2010
84
Saudi Arabia
6.1%
2005
85
Equatorial Guinea
5.9%
2010
86
Belize
5.7%
2011
87
Nicaragua
5.6%
2006
88
Lebanon
5.4%
2004
89
Mongolia
5.3%
2010
90
Fiji
4.9%
2004
91
Azerbaijan
4.9%
2013
92
Bolivia
4.9%
2008
93
Ukraine
4.8%
2000
94
Uruguay
4.8%
2011
95
Armenia
4.7%
2010
96
Uzbekistan
4.6%
2006
97
Trinidad and Tobago
4.4%
2000
98
Romania
4%
2002
99
Dominican Republic
3.9%
2013
100
Kazakhstan
3.7%
2010
101
Kyrgyzstan
3.7%
2012
102
Singapore
3.6%
2000
103
Japan
3.5%
2010
104
Colombia
3.5%
2010
105
China
3.5%
2010
106
Kuwait
3.5%
2014
107
Jordan
3.4%
2012
108
Peru
3.3%
2014
109
Tunisia
3.2%
2012
110
Turkmenistan
3.2%
2006
111
Algeria
3.1%
2012
112
Morocco
3.1%
2011
113
Hungary
2.9%
1984
114
Paraguay
2.8%
2012
115
Panama
2.8%
2008
116
Jamaica
2.8%
2012
117
Mexico
2.8%
2012
118
Czech Republic
2.5%
2001
119
Barbados
2.5%
2012
120
Argentina
2.4%
2005
121
Brazil
2.2%
2007
122
Netherlands
2.2%
1980
123
Tonga
2.1%
2012
124
Moldova
2.1%
2012
125
Canada
1.8%
1971
126
Turkey
1.8%
2013
127
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.8%
2012
128
Serbia
1.5%
2010
129
Republic of Macedonia
1.5%
2011
130
Belarus
1.5%
2005
131
Georgia
1.3%
2009
132
Bulgaria
1.3%
2004
133
Montenegro
1.1%
2013
134
Germany
0.9%
2005
135
South Korea
0.9%
2010
136
Costa Rica
0.6%
2008
137
Chile
0.6%
2014
138
United States
0.5%
2012
139
Greece
0.3%
2003
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