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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

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