Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Children under the age of 5 years underweight gives the percent of children under five considered to be underweight. Underweight means weight-for-age is approximately 2 kg below for standard at age one, 3 kg below standard for ages two and three, and 4 kg below standard for ages four and five.

Rank	Country	(%)	Date of Information
1	Timor-Leste	45.30	2010
2	India	43.50	2006
3	Yemen	43.10	2003
4	Niger	39.90	2006
5	Bangladesh	36.80	2011
6	Madagascar	36.80	2004
7	Eritrea	34.50	2002
8	Chad	33.90	2004
9	Afghanistan	32.90	2004
10	Somalia	32.80	2006
11	South Sudan	32.50	2006
12	Sudan	31.70	2006
13	Laos	31.60	2006
14	Pakistan	30.90	2011
15	Djibouti	29.80	2012
16	Cote d'Ivoire	29.40	2007
17	Ethiopia	29.20	2011
18	Nepal	29.10	2011
19	Burundi	29.10	2011
20	Cambodia	29.00	2011
21	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	28.20	2007
22	Central African Republic	28.00	2006
23	Mali	27.90	2006
24	Burkina Faso	26.20	2010
25	Comoros	25.00	2000
26	Nigeria	24.40	2011
27	Burma	22.60	2010
28	Sri Lanka	21.60	2009
29	Liberia	20.40	2007
30	Benin	20.20	2006
31	Philippines	20.20	2011
32	Mauritania	19.50	2012
33	Haiti	18.90	2006
34	Korea, North	18.80	2009
35	Sierra Leone	18.60	2010
36	Indonesia	18.60	2010
37	Papua New Guinea	18.10	2005
38	Maldives	17.80	2009
39	Namibia	17.50	2007
40	Guinea-Bissau	16.60	2008
41	Togo	16.50	2010
42	Kenya	16.40	2009
43	Guinea	16.30	2012
44	Tanzania	16.20	2010
45	Gambia, The	15.80	2006
46	Mozambique	15.60	2011
47	Angola	15.60	2007
48	Cameroon	15.10	2011
49	Tajikistan	15.00	2007
50	Zambia	14.90	2007
51	Senegal	14.40	2012
52	Sao Tome and Principe	14.40	2009
53	Ghana	14.30	2008
54	Uganda	14.10	2011
55	Malawi	13.80	2010
56	Lesotho	13.50	2010
57	Guatemala	13.00	2009
58	Malaysia	12.90	2006
59	Bhutan	12.80	2010
60	Vietnam	12.00	2011
61	Congo, Republic of the	11.80	2005
62	Vanuatu	11.70	2007
63	Rwanda	11.70	2011
64	Solomon Islands	11.50	2007
65	Botswana	11.20	2008
66	Guyana	11.10	2009
67	Equatorial Guinea	10.60	2004
68	Turkmenistan	10.50	2000
69	Zimbabwe	10.10	2011
70	Syria	10.10	2009
71	South Africa	8.70	2008
72	Oman	8.60	2009
73	Honduras	8.60	2006
74	Azerbaijan	8.40	2006
75	Iraq	7.10	2006
76	Thailand	7.00	2006
77	Egypt	6.80	2008
78	El Salvador	6.60	2008
79	Gabon	6.50	2012
80	Albania	6.30	2009
81	Belize	6.20	2011
82	Ecuador	6.20	2004
83	Suriname	5.80	2010
84	Swaziland	5.80	2010
85	Nicaragua	5.70	2007
86	Libya	5.60	2007
87	Saudi Arabia	5.30	2005
88	Mongolia	5.30	2005
89	Armenia	5.30	2010
90	Fiji	5.30	2004
91	Nauru	4.80	2007
92	Iran	4.60	2004
93	Peru	4.50	2008
94	Uruguay	4.50	2011
95	Bolivia	4.50	2008
96	Trinidad and Tobago	4.40	2000
97	Uzbekistan	4.40	2006
98	Lebanon	4.20	2004
99	Panama	3.90	2008
100	Kazakhstan	3.70	2011
101	Algeria	3.70	2005
102	Turkey	3.50	2004
103	Romania	3.50	2002
104	Paraguay	3.40	2005
105	China	3.40	2010
106	Dominican Republic	3.40	2007
107	Cuba	3.40	2000
108	Colombia	3.40	2010
109	Singapore	3.30	2000
110	Tunisia	3.30	2006
111	Moldova	3.20	2005
112	Jamaica	3.20	2010
113	Morocco	3.10	2011
114	Venezuela	2.90	2009
115	Mexico	2.80	2012
116	Kyrgyzstan	2.70	2006
117	Argentina	2.30	2005
118	West Bank	2.20	2007
119	Brazil	2.20	2007
120	Kuwait	2.20	2012
121	Montenegro	2.20	2006
122	Czech Republic	2.00	2007
123	Jordan	1.90	2009
124	Macedonia	1.80	2005
125	Tuvalu	1.60	2007
126	Serbia	1.60	2010
127	Bulgaria	1.60	2004
128	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.50	2012
129	United States	1.30	2004
130	Belarus	1.30	2005
131	Costa Rica	1.10	2009
132	Georgia	1.10	2009
133	Germany	1.10	2006
134	Ukraine	0.90	2002
135	Chile	0.50	2008
136	Australia	0.20	2007

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

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