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Prevalence of underweight weight for age percentage of children under 5

Prevalence of underweight children is the percentage of children 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 child growth standards released in 2006.Source:
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Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)Year
1
Eritrea
38.8%
2010
2
East Timor
37.7%
2013
3
Madagascar
36.8%
2004
4
India
35.7%
2015
5
Sudan
33%
2014
6
Bangladesh
32.6%
2014
7
Niger
31.7%
2016
8
Pakistan
31.6%
2012
9
Nigeria
31.5%
2016
10
Djibouti
29.8%
2012
11
Burundi
29.3%
2016
12
Chad
28.8%
2015
13
Papua New Guinea
27.9%
2010
14
South Sudan
27.6%
2010
15
Nepal
27%
2016
16
Laos
26.5%
2011
17
Afghanistan
25%
2013
18
Mali
25%
2015
19
Mauritania
24.9%
2015
20
Cambodia
23.9%
2014
21
Ethiopia
23.6%
2016
22
Central African Republic
23.5%
2010
23
Democratic Republic Of Congo
23.4%
2013
24
Somalia
23%
2009
25
Philippines
21.5%
2015
26
Sri Lanka
20.5%
2016
27
Indonesia
19.9%
2013
28
Burkina Faso
19.2%
2016
29
Angola
19%
2016
30
Myanmar
18.9%
2016
31
Guinea
18.3%
2016
32
Sierra Leone
18.1%
2013
33
Benin
18%
2014
34
Maldives
17.8%
2009
35
Guinea-Bissau
17%
2014
36
Comoros
16.9%
2012
37
Gambia
16.4%
2013
38
Yemen
16.3%
2013
39
Togo
16.2%
2014
40
Mozambique
15.6%
2011
41
Solomon Islands
15.5%
2015
42
Liberia
15.3%
2013
43
North Korea
15.2%
2012
44
Kiribati
14.9%
2009
45
Zambia
14.8%
2013
46
Cameroon
14.8%
2014
47
Vietnam
14.1%
2015
48
Malaysia
13.7%
2016
49
Tanzania
13.7%
2015
50
Senegal
13.5%
2016
51
Tajikistan
13.3%
2012
52
Namibia
13.2%
2013
53
Mauritius
13%
1995
54
Bhutan
12.8%
2010
55
Ivory Coast
12.8%
2016
56
Guatemala
12.6%
2015
57
Republic of the Congo
12.3%
2015
58
Cape Verde
11.8%
1994
59
Malawi
11.7%
2015
60
Haiti
11.6%
2012
61
Botswana
11.2%
2007
62
Kenya
11%
2014
63
Ghana
11%
2014
64
Vanuatu
10.7%
2013
65
Uganda
10.5%
2016
66
Lesotho
10.3%
2014
67
Syria
10.1%
2009
68
Oman
9.7%
2014
69
Brunei
9.6%
2009
70
Rwanda
9.3%
2015
71
São Tomé and Príncipe
8.8%
2014
72
Guyana
8.5%
2014
73
Iraq
8.5%
2011
74
Zimbabwe
8.4%
2015
75
Bahrain
7.6%
1995
76
Honduras
7.1%
2012
77
Egypt
7%
2014
78
Thailand
6.7%
2016
79
Gabon
6.5%
2012
80
Albania
6.3%
2009
81
South Africa
5.9%
2016
82
Suriname
5.8%
2010
83
Swaziland
5.8%
2014
84
Equatorial Guinea
5.6%
2011
85
Libya
5.6%
2007
86
Trinidad and Tobago
5.5%
2011
87
Saudi Arabia
5.3%
2005
88
Fiji
5.3%
2004
89
Ecuador
5.1%
2014
90
El Salvador
5%
2014
91
Azerbaijan
4.9%
2013
92
Nauru
4.8%
2007
93
Qatar
4.8%
1995
94
Nicaragua
4.6%
2012
95
Belize
4.6%
2015
96
Uzbekistan
4.4%
2006
97
Lebanon
4.2%
2004
98
Ukraine
4.1%
2000
99
Iran
4.1%
2011
100
Dominican Republic
4%
2013
101
Uruguay
4%
2011
102
Panama
3.9%
2008
103
Mexico
3.9%
2015
104
Seychelles
3.6%
2012
105
Barbados
3.5%
2012
106
Romania
3.5%
2002
107
Colombia
3.4%
2010
108
Cuba
3.4%
2000
109
Japan
3.4%
2010
110
Bolivia
3.4%
2016
111
Singapore
3.3%
2000
112
Turkmenistan
3.2%
2015
113
Morocco
3.1%
2011
114
Peru
3.1%
2016
115
Kuwait
3%
2014
116
Jordan
3%
2012
117
Algeria
3%
2012
118
Venezuela
2.9%
2009
119
Kyrgyzstan
2.8%
2014
120
Saint Lucia
2.8%
2012
121
Samoa
2.7%
2014
122
Armenia
2.6%
2016
123
China
2.4%
2013
124
Jamaica
2.3%
2014
125
Tunisia
2.3%
2012
126
Argentina
2.3%
2005
127
Moldova
2.2%
2012
128
Brazil
2.2%
2007
129
Czech Republic
2.1%
2001
130
Kazakhstan
2%
2015
131
Turkey
1.9%
2013
132
Tonga
1.9%
2012
133
Serbia
1.8%
2014
134
Tuvalu
1.6%
2007
135
Bulgaria
1.6%
2004
136
Mongolia
1.6%
2013
137
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.5%
2012
138
Paraguay
1.3%
2016
139
Republic of Macedonia
1.3%
2011
140
Belarus
1.3%
2005
141
Georgia
1.1%
2009
142
Costa Rica
1.1%
2008
143
Germany
1.1%
2005
144
Montenegro
1%
2013
145
South Korea
0.7%
2010
146
United States
0.5%
2012
147
Chile
0.5%
2014
148
Australia
0.2%
2007
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