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COUNTRY COMPARISON :: 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	37.90	2012
5	Bangladesh	36.80	2011
6	Madagascar	36.80	2004
7	Eritrea	34.50	2002
8	Afghanistan	32.90	2004
9	Somalia	32.80	2006
10	South Sudan	32.50	2006
11	Pakistan	31.60	2013
12	Nigeria	31.00	2013
13	Chad	30.30	2010
14	Djibouti	29.80	2012
15	Ethiopia	29.20	2011
16	Burundi	29.10	2011
17	Nepal	29.10	2011
18	Cambodia	29.00	2011
19	Papua New Guinea	27.90	2011
20	Mali	27.90	2006
21	Sudan	27.00	2006
22	Laos	26.50	2012
23	Sri Lanka	26.30	2012
24	Burkina Faso	26.20	2010
25	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	24.20	2010
26	Central African Republic	23.50	2011
27	Burma	22.60	2010
28	Liberia	20.40	2007
29	Philippines	20.20	2011
30	Benin	20.20	2006
31	Indonesia	19.90	2013
32	Mauritania	19.50	2012
33	Guinea	18.70	2012
34	Sierra Leone	18.60	2010
35	Guinea-Bissau	18.10	2010
36	Maldives	17.80	2009
37	Namibia	17.50	2007
38	Gambia, The	17.40	2010
39	Comoros	16.90	2012
40	Senegal	16.80	2013
41	Togo	16.50	2010
42	Kenya	16.40	2009
43	Cote d'Ivoire	15.70	2012
44	Mozambique	15.60	2011
45	Angola	15.60	2007
46	Korea, North	15.20	2012
47	Cameroon	15.10	2011
48	Kiribati	14.90	2009
49	Zambia	14.90	2007
50	Sao Tome and Principe	14.40	2009
51	Uganda	14.10	2011
52	Malawi	13.80	2010
53	Tanzania	13.60	2011
54	Lesotho	13.50	2010
55	Ghana	13.40	2011
56	Tajikistan	13.30	2012
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	2012
62	Vanuatu	11.70	2007
63	Rwanda	11.70	2011
64	Haiti	11.60	2012
65	Solomon Islands	11.50	2007
66	Botswana	11.20	2008
67	Guyana	11.10	2009
68	Turkmenistan	10.50	2000
69	Zimbabwe	10.10	2011
70	Syria	10.10	2009
71	Thailand	9.20	2012
72	South Africa	8.70	2008
73	Oman	8.60	2009
74	Iraq	8.50	2011
75	Azerbaijan	8.40	2006
76	Honduras	7.10	2012
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	Equatorial Guinea	5.60	2010
88	Saudi Arabia	5.30	2005
89	Armenia	5.30	2010
90	Fiji	5.30	2004
91	Nauru	4.80	2007
92	Mongolia	4.70	2010
93	Iran	4.60	2004
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	Kyrgyzstan	3.70	2012
102	Algeria	3.70	2005
103	Peru	3.50	2012
104	Romania	3.50	2002
105	Paraguay	3.40	2005
106	Dominican Republic	3.40	2007
107	Cuba	3.40	2000
108	Colombia	3.40	2010
109	China	3.40	2010
110	Singapore	3.30	2000
111	Moldova	3.20	2005
112	Jamaica	3.20	2010
113	Morocco	3.10	2011
114	Jordan	3.00	2012
115	Venezuela	2.90	2009
116	Saint Lucia	2.80	2012
117	Mexico	2.80	2012
118	Tunisia	2.30	2012
119	Argentina	2.30	2005
120	Kuwait	2.20	2012
121	Brazil	2.20	2007
122	Czech Republic	2.00	2007
123	Turkey	1.70	2008
124	Bulgaria	1.60	2004
125	Serbia	1.60	2010
126	Tuvalu	1.60	2007
127	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.50	2012
128	Macedonia	1.30	2011
129	Belarus	1.30	2005
130	Costa Rica	1.10	2009
131	Georgia	1.10	2009
132	Germany	1.10	2006
133	Montenegro	1.00	2013
134	Ukraine	0.90	2002
135	Korea, South	0.60	2012
136	United States	0.50	2012
137	Chile	0.50	2013
138	Australia	0.20	2007

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