Country Comparison > Children under the age of 5 years underweight

All Top 10 Top 20 Top 50 Top 100 Demographics: Population Demographics: Population density Demographics: Population growth rate Demographics: Birth rate Demographics: Death rate Demographics: Net migration rate Demographics: Infant mortality rate Demographics: Maternal mortality rate Demographics: Children under the age of 5 years underweight Demographics: Physicians density Demographics: Hospital bed density Demographics: Obesity - adult prevalence rate Demographics: Life expectancy at birth Demographics: Total fertility rate Demographics: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate Demographics: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS Demographics: HIV/AIDS - deaths Demographics: Literacy Demographics: Health expenditures Economy: GDP (purchasing power parity) Economy: GDP - real growth rate Economy: GDP - per capita (PPP) Economy: Population below poverty line Economy: Labor force Economy: Unemployment rate Economy: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 Economy: Investment (gross fixed) Economy: Public debt Economy: Inflation rate (consumer prices) Economy: Market value of publicly traded shares Economy: Industrial production growth rate Economy: Current Account Balance Economy: Exports Economy: Imports Economy: Reserves of foreign exchange and gold Economy: Debt - external Economy: Stock of direct foreign investment - at home Economy: Stock of direct foreign investment - abroad Economy: Economic aid - donor Energy: Electricity - production Energy: Electricity - consumption Energy: Electricity consumption per capita Energy: Electricity - exports Energy: Electricity - imports Energy: Oil - production Energy: Oil - consumption Energy: Oil consumption per capita Energy: Oil - exports Energy: Oil - imports Energy: Oil - proved reserves Energy: Natural gas - production Energy: Natural gas - consumption Energy: Natural gas consumption per capita Energy: Natural gas - exports Energy: Natural gas - imports Energy: Natural gas - proved reserves Telecommunications: Telephones - main lines in use Telecommunications: Telephones - mobile cellular Telecommunications: Telephones - main lines in use per capita Telecommunications: Telephones - mobile cellular per capita Telecommunications: Internet hosts Telecommunications: Internet users Transportation: Railways Transportation: Roadways Transportation: Waterways Transportation: Merchant marine Transportation: Airports Transportation: Airports - with paved runways Transportation: Airports - with unpaved runways Transportation: Heliports Military: Manpower available for military service Military: Manpower fit for military service Military: Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually Military: Military expenditures - percent of GDP

Rank	Country	Children under the age of 5 years underweight (%)
1	India	43.5
2	Yemen	43.1
3	Bangladesh	41.3
4	East Timor	40.6
5	Niger	39.9
6	Burundi	38.9
7	Nepal	38.8
8	Burkina Faso	37.4
9	Madagascar	36.8
10	Ethiopia	34.6
11	Eritrea	34.5
12	Chad	33.9
13	Afghanistan	32.9
14	Somalia	32.8
15	Sudan	31.7
16	Laos	31.6
17	Pakistan	31.3
18	Burma	29.6
19	Djibouti	29.6
20	Cambodia	28.8
21	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	28.2
22	Mali	27.9
23	Angola	27.5
24	Nigeria	26.7
25	Maldives	25.7
26	Comoros	25
27	Central African Republic	21.8
28	Sierra Leone	21.3
29	Mozambique	21.2
30	Sri Lanka	21.1
31	Guinea	20.8
32	Philippines	20.7
33	Korea, North	20.6
34	Togo	20.5
35	Liberia	20.4
36	Benin	20.2
37	Vietnam	20.2
38	Indonesia	19.6
39	Haiti	18.9
40	Papua New Guinea	18.1
41	Rwanda	18
42	Guatemala	17.7
43	Namibia	17.5
44	Guinea-Bissau	17.2
45	Mauritania	16.7
46	Tanzania	16.7
47	Cote d'Ivoire	16.7
48	Lesotho	16.6
49	Cameroon	16.6
50	Kenya	16.5
51	Uganda	16.4
52	Gambia, The	15.8
53	Malawi	15.5
54	Tajikistan	14.9
55	Zambia	14.9
56	Senegal	14.5
57	Ghana	14.3
58	Zimbabwe	14
59	Sao Tome and Principe	13.1
60	Bhutan	12
61	Congo, Republic of the	11.8
62	Solomon Islands	11.5
63	Guyana	10.8
64	Botswana	10.7
65	Equatorial Guinea	10.6
66	Syria	10
67	Morocco	9.9
68	Gabon	8.8
69	China	8.7
70	Honduras	8.6
71	Azerbaijan	8.4
72	Iraq	7.1
73	Thailand	7
74	Egypt	6.8
75	Albania	6.6
76	Ecuador	6.2
77	El Salvador	6.1
78	Swaziland	6.1
79	Uruguay	6
80	Libya	5.6
81	Peru	5.4
82	Saudi Arabia	5.3
83	Mongolia	5.3
84	Colombia	5.1
85	Belize	4.9
86	Kazakhstan	4.9
87	Trinidad and Tobago	4.4
88	Uzbekistan	4.4
89	Nicaragua	4.3
90	Bolivia	4.3
91	Armenia	4.2
92	Lebanon	4.2
93	Ukraine	4.1
94	Panama	3.9
95	Cuba	3.9
96	Algeria	3.7
97	Venezuela	3.7
98	Turkey	3.5
99	Romania	3.5
100	Mexico	3.4
101	Dominica	3.4
102	Dominican Republic	3.4
103	Singapore	3.3
104	Tunisia	3.3
105	Moldova	3.2
106	Kyrgyzstan	2.7
107	Georgia	2.3
108	Argentina	2.3
109	Brazil	2.2
110	Jamaica	2.2
111	Montenegro	2.2
112	Czech Republic	2.1
113	Macedonia	1.8
114	Serbia	1.8
115	Tuvalu	1.6
116	Bulgaria	1.6
117	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.6
118	Belarus	1.3
119	United States	1.3
120	Germany	1.1
121	Chile	0.5

Definition: This entry 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. This statistic is an indicator of the nutritional status of a community. Children who suffer from growth retardation as a result of poor diets and/or recurrent infections tend to have a greater risk of suffering illness and death.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight map

Related News

Helping India Combat Persistently High Rates of Malnutrition
The World Bank Group - 5/13/2013 12:47:17 PM
Rates of malnutrition among India’s children are almost five times more than in China, and twice those in Sub-Saharan Africa. Too often, new mothers are adolescents. A staggering 75% of them are anemic and most on put on less weight during pregnancy than ...

What American Parents Need to Do Better: Lessons from the Rest of the World
ABC News - 5/17/2013 7:01:55 PM
With tiger moms, helicopter parents, and permissive and authoritarian models, parenting styles differ as much in the United States as they do ... research led her to conclude that being over-involved is detrimental and undermining. “We like ...

Coptic Christian latest target of blasphemy frenzy under Islamist-ruled Egypt
Washington Post - 5/18/2013 10:03:52 AM
CAIRO — The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, “All except the Prophet Muhammad.”

World Bank-aided project to tackle malnutrition launched
The Hindu - 5/11/2013 12:53:49 AM
“The last National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) data indicates about 43 per cent children under-5 years of age and 40 per cent under-3 are underweight ... World Bank Country Director for India Onno Ruhl said that undernourishment could begin before ...

I wish I had my babies younger says Kate Garraway, 46, as poll shows 70% of British women think having children in their forties is too old
Daily Mail - 5/17/2013 7:01:55 PM
The survey comes as First Response launches www.getbritainfertile.com, a nationwide fertility campaign to improve chances of conception for couples, with diet advice, exercise tips and sex education offered via a nationwide roadshow and website.

Newborn Death Rates Down Globally; US Ranks 30th In World For Well-Being Of New Mothers And Children
Medical Daily - 5/7/2013 3:31:53 PM
Save the Children reports that while the number of children who die under the age of five has dropped nearly 40 percent since ... 14 th annual State of The World's Mothers report this year says that many infant deaths are caused by preventable ...

About 10,000 Children Under 5 are killed Annually In Ghana from Diarrhoea
Spy Ghana - 5/7/2013 10:27:03 PM
has lamented that in spite of efforts made in achieving the country’s water Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target, diarrhoea still remains the third killer of children under five years of age, accounting for 10,000 deaths every year. Diarrhoea like ...

'Girl Rising:' Changing The World, One Story And One Life At A Time
The Huffington Post - 5/10/2013 4:15:26 AM
Or darling 7-year-old Wadley, who refuses to be turned away from school after her family loses everything ... Born with a large hole in his heart, Vasco was dying. For the brief time we were in country (about 72 hours) we tried to get him ...

Spare Times for Children for May 17-23
New York Times - 5/16/2013 10:16:23 PM
Adapted by Rachel Klein, with a score and lyrics ... Department walk on two legs. “10-Foot Cops,” a new exhibition at the Children’s Museum of Manhattan, celebrates the horses of the mounted unit and the officers who ride them.

Improving nutrition status of India's women and children is our priority: Krishna Tirath
Smash Hits.com - 5/9/2013 1:42:08 PM
The last National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) data indicate about 43 percent children under 5 years of age and 40 percent under three children are underweight ... the World Bank Country Director for India, stated that undernourishment can begin before ...

Former Argentine dictator Videla dies in prison at age 87
Chicago Tribune - 5/17/2013 6:11:49 PM
Related File photo of Videla celebrating alongside junta members Massera and Agosti a goal scored against Germany by Argentina's ... were militants who were active in the machine of terror," the former dictator said in his closing remarks.

Smt.Krishna Tirath launches World Bank assisted ISSNIP
India Infoline Ltd - 5/9/2013 9:17:16 AM
The last National Family Health Survey (NFHS-3) data indicate about 43% children under 5 years of age and 40% under three children are underweight ... the World Bank Country Director for India stated that undernourishment can begin before a child is ...

The New Science of Giving
Yahoo! Finance - 5/18/2013 2:57:21 PM
He and his wife agreed to meet with me ... And yet, as his success piled on, friends say, Arnold was thinking about giving his money away even before he had made it all. Mike Feinberg, founder of the charter-school chain Knowledge is Power ...

Dolly Parton's free book project coming to Erie County children
Erie Times-News - 5/17/2013 2:19:46 AM
A new book club, spearheaded by country music legend Dolly Parton, is forming in Erie County. And its members are children under the age of 5. The United Way of Erie County on Thursday announced a project that will offer free books to all area ...

Diarrhoea kills 10,000 under five children in Ghana annually – Minister
ghanabusinessnews.com - 5/7/2013 9:41:07 AM
has lamented that in spite of efforts made in achieving the country’s water Millennium Development Goal (MDG) target, diarrhoea still remains the third killer of children under five years of age, accounting for 10,000 deaths every year. Diarrhoea like ...

---