Children under the age of 5 years underweight
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| Afghanistan | 19.1% (2018) |
| Albania | 1.5% (2017/18) |
| Algeria | 2.7% (2018/19) |
| Angola | 19% (2015/16) |
| Argentina | 1.7% (2018/19) |
| Armenia | 2.6% (2015/16) |
| Azerbaijan | 4.9% (2013) |
| Bangladesh | 22.6% (2019) |
| Barbados | 3.5% (2012) |
| Belgium | 1% (2014/15) |
| Belize | 4.6% (2015/16) |
| Benin | 16.8% (2017/18) |
| Bhutan | 12.7% (2010) |
| Bolivia | 3.4% (2016) |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.6% (2012) |
| Brunei | 9.6% (2009) |
| Bulgaria | 1.9% (2014) |
| Burkina Faso | 16.4% (2019) |
| Burma | 19.1% (2017/18) |
| Burundi | 27% (2018/19) |
| Cambodia | 24.1% (2014) |
| Cameroon | 11% (2018/19) |
| Central African Republic | 20.5% (2019) |
| Chad | 29.2% (2019) |
| Chile | 0.5% (2014) |
| China | 2.4% (2013) |
| Colombia | 3.7% (2015/16) |
| Comoros | 16.9% (2012) |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 23.1% (2017/18) |
| Congo, Republic of the | 12.3% (2014/15) |
| Costa Rica | 2.9% (2018) |
| Cote d'Ivoire | 12.8% (2016) |
| Cuba | 2.4% (2019) |
| Djibouti | 29.9% (2012) |
| Dominican Republic | 4% (2013) |
| Ecuador | 5.2% (2018/19) |
| Egypt | 7% (2014) |
| El Salvador | 5% (2014) |
| Equatorial Guinea | 5.6% (2011) |
| Eritrea | 39.4% (2010) |
| Estonia | 0.4% (2013/15) |
| Ethiopia | 21.1% (2019) |
| Gabon | 6.4% (2012) |
| Gambia, The | 11.6% (2019/20) |
| Gaza Strip | 2.1% (2019/20) note: estimate is for Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
| Georgia | 2.1% (2018) |
| Germany | 0.5% (2014/17) |
| Ghana | 12.6% (2017/18) |
| Guatemala | 12.4% (2014/15) |
| Guinea | 16.3% (2018) |
| Guinea-Bissau | 18.8% (2019) |
| Guyana | 8.2% (2014) |
| Haiti | 9.5% (2016/17) |
| Honduras | 7.1% (2011/12) |
| India | 33.4% (2016/18) |
| Indonesia | 17.7% (2018) |
| Iran | 4.1% (2010/11) |
| Iraq | 3.9% (2018) |
| Jamaica | 4.4% (2016) |
| Japan | 3.4% (2010) |
| Jordan | 3% (2012) |
| Kazakhstan | 2% (2015) |
| Kenya | 11.2% (2014) |
| Kiribati | 6.9% (2018/19) |
| Korea, North | 9.3% (2017) |
| Korea, South | 0.7% (2010) |
| Kuwait | 3% (2014) |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1.8% (2018) |
| Laos | 21.1% (2017) |
| Lesotho | 10.5% (2018) |
| Liberia | 10.9% (2019/20) |
| Libya | 11.7% (2014) |
| Madagascar | 26.4% (2018) |
| Malawi | 9% (2019) |
| Malaysia | 14.1% (2019) |
| Maldives | 14.8% (2016/17) |
| Mali | 18.1% (2019) |
| Marshall Islands | 11.9% (2017) |
| Mauritania | 19.2% (2018) |
| Mexico | 4.7% (2018/19) |
| Moldova | 2.2% (2012) |
| Mongolia | 1.8% (2018) |
| Montenegro | 3.7% (2018/19) |
| Morocco | 2.6% (2017/18) note: does not include data from the former Western Sahara |
| Mozambique | 15.6% (2014/15) |
| Namibia | 13.2% (2013) |
| Nepal | 24.4% (2019) |
| Nicaragua | 4.6% (2011/12) |
| Niger | 31.3% (2019) |
| Nigeria | 18.4% (2019/20) |
| Oman | 11.2% (2016/17) |
| Pakistan | 23.1% (2017/18) |
| Panama | 3% (2019) |
| Papua New Guinea | 27.8% (2009/11) |
| Paraguay | 1.3% (2016) |
| Peru | 2.4% (2019) |
| Philippines | 19.1% (2018) |
| Poland | 0.7% (2010/12) |
| Portugal | 0.4% (2015/16) |
| Rwanda | 7.7% (2019/20) |
| Saint Lucia | 2.8% (2012) |
| Samoa | 3.4% (2019/20) |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 5.4% (2019) |
| Senegal | 14.4% (2019) |
| Serbia | 1% (2019) |
| Seychelles | 3.6% (2012) |
| Sierra Leone | 13.5% (2019) |
| Solomon Islands | 16.2% (2015) |
| Somalia | 23% (2009) |
| South Africa | 5.5% (2017) |
| South Sudan | 27.7% (2010) |
| Sri Lanka | 20.5% (2016) |
| Sudan | 33% (2014) |
| Suriname | 6.7% (2018) |
| Syria | 5.8% (2009/10) |
| Tajikistan | 7.6% (2017) |
| Tanzania | 14.6% (2018) |
| Thailand | 7.7% (2019) |
| Togo | 15.2% (2017) |
| Tonga | 0.8% (2019) |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 4.9% (2011) |
| Tunisia | 1.6% (2018) |
| Turkey | 1.5% (2018/19) |
| Turkmenistan | 3.1% (2019) |
| Uganda | 10.4% (2016) |
| United States | 0.4% (2017/18) |
| Uruguay | 1.8% (2018) |
| Uzbekistan | 2.9% (2017) |
| Vanuatu | 11.7% (2013) |
| Venezuela | 2.9% (2009) |
| Vietnam | 13.4% (2017) |
| West Bank | 2.1% (2019/20) note: estimate is for Gaza Strip and the West Bank |
| Yemen | 39.9% (2013) |
| Zambia | 11.8% (2018/19) |
| Zimbabwe | 9.7% (2019) |
Source: CIA Factbook
