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.

List by rank

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
8		Afghanistan	32.90		2004
NA		Akrotiri	NA		NA
71		Albania	6.30		2009
83		Algeria	3.70		2005
NA		American Samoa	NA		NA
NA		Andorra	NA		NA
42		Angola	15.60		2007
NA		Anguilla	NA		NA
NA		Antarctica	NA		NA
NA		Antigua and Barbuda	NA		NA
92		Argentina	2.30		2005
76		Armenia	5.30		2010
NA		Aruba	NA		NA
NA		Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
103		Australia	0.20		2007
NA		Austria	NA		NA
65		Azerbaijan	8.40		2006
NA		Bahamas, The	NA		NA
NA		Bahrain	NA		NA
5		Bangladesh	36.80		2011
NA		Barbados	NA		NA
99		Belarus	1.30		2005
NA		Belgium	NA		NA
72		Belize	6.20		2011
28		Benin	20.20		2006
NA		Bermuda	NA		NA
53		Bhutan	12.80		2010
79		Bolivia	4.50		2008
98		Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.50		2012
58		Botswana	11.20		2008
NA		Bouvet Island	NA		NA
93		Brazil	2.20		2007
NA		British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
NA		British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
NA		Brunei	NA		NA
97		Bulgaria	1.60		2004
22		Burkina Faso	26.20		2010
25		Burma	22.60		2010
17		Burundi	29.10		2011
NA		Cabo Verde	NA		NA
18		Cambodia	29.00		2011
43		Cameroon	15.10		2011
NA		Canada	NA		NA
NA		Cayman Islands	NA		NA
20		Central African Republic	28.00		2006
7		Chad	33.90		2004
102		Chile	0.50		2008
85		China	3.40		2010
NA		Christmas Island	NA		NA
NA		Clipperton Island	NA		NA
NA		Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
85		Colombia	3.40		2010
23		Comoros	25.00		2000
19		Congo, Democratic Republic of the	28.20		2007
55		Congo, Republic of the	11.80		2005
NA		Cook Islands	NA		NA
NA		Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
100		Costa Rica	1.10		2009
15		Cote d'Ivoire	29.40		2007
NA		Croatia	NA		NA
85		Cuba	3.40		2000
NA		Curacao	NA		NA
NA		Cyprus	NA		NA
94		Czech Republic	2.00		2007
NA		Denmark	NA		NA
NA		Dhekelia	NA		NA
14		Djibouti	29.80		2012
NA		Dominica	NA		NA
85		Dominican Republic	3.40		2007
72		Ecuador	6.20		2004
68		Egypt	6.80		2008
69		El Salvador	6.60		2008
60		Equatorial Guinea	10.60		2004
6		Eritrea	34.50		2002
NA		Estonia	NA		NA
16		Ethiopia	29.20		2011
NA		European Union	NA		NA
NA		Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
NA		Faroe Islands	NA		NA
76		Fiji	5.30		2004
NA		Finland	NA		NA
NA		France	NA		NA
NA		French Polynesia	NA		NA
NA		French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
70		Gabon	6.50		2012
41		Gambia, The	15.80		2006
NA		Gaza Strip	NA		NA
100		Georgia	1.10		2009
100		Germany	1.10		2006
47		Ghana	14.30		2008
NA		Gibraltar	NA		NA
NA		Greece	NA		NA
NA		Greenland	NA		NA
NA		Grenada	NA		NA
NA		Guam	NA		NA
51		Guatemala	13.00		2009
NA		Guernsey	NA		NA
39		Guinea	16.30		2012
36		Guinea-Bissau	16.60		2008
59		Guyana	11.10		2009
30		Haiti	18.90		2006
NA		Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
NA		Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
64		Honduras	8.60		2006
NA		Hong Kong	NA		NA
NA		Hungary	NA		NA
NA		Iceland	NA		NA
2		India	43.50		2006
32		Indonesia	18.60		2010
78		Iran	4.60		2004
66		Iraq	7.10		2006
NA		Ireland	NA		NA
NA		Isle of Man	NA		NA
NA		Israel	NA		NA
NA		Italy	NA		NA
87		Jamaica	3.20		2010
NA		Jan Mayen	NA		NA
NA		Japan	NA		NA
NA		Jersey	NA		NA
95		Jordan	1.90		2009
83		Kazakhstan	3.70		2011
38		Kenya	16.40		2009
NA		Kiribati	NA		NA
31		Korea, North	18.80		2009
NA		Korea, South	NA		NA
NA		Kosovo	NA		NA
93		Kuwait	2.20		2012
91		Kyrgyzstan	2.70		2006
12		Laos	31.60		2006
NA		Latvia	NA		NA
81		Lebanon	4.20		2004
50		Lesotho	13.50		2010
27		Liberia	20.40		2007
75		Libya	5.60		2007
NA		Liechtenstein	NA		NA
NA		Lithuania	NA		NA
NA		Luxembourg	NA		NA
NA		Macau	NA		NA
96		Macedonia	1.80		2005
5		Madagascar	36.80		2004
49		Malawi	13.80		2010
52		Malaysia	12.90		2006
34		Maldives	17.80		2009
21		Mali	27.90		2006
NA		Malta	NA		NA
NA		Marshall Islands	NA		NA
29		Mauritania	19.50		2012
NA		Mauritius	NA		NA
90		Mexico	2.80		2012
NA		Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
87		Moldova	3.20		2005
NA		Monaco	NA		NA
76		Mongolia	5.30		2005
93		Montenegro	2.20		2006
NA		Montserrat	NA		NA
88		Morocco	3.10		2011
42		Mozambique	15.60		2011
35		Namibia	17.50		2007
77		Nauru	4.80		2007
NA		Navassa Island	NA		NA
17		Nepal	29.10		2011
NA		Netherlands	NA		NA
NA		New Caledonia	NA		NA
NA		New Zealand	NA		NA
74		Nicaragua	5.70		2007
4		Niger	39.90		2006
24		Nigeria	24.40		2011
NA		Niue	NA		NA
NA		Norfolk Island	NA		NA
NA		Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
NA		Norway	NA		NA
64		Oman	8.60		2009
13		Pakistan	30.90		2011
NA		Palau	NA		NA
82		Panama	3.90		2008
33		Papua New Guinea	18.10		2005
NA		Paracel Islands	NA		NA
85		Paraguay	3.40		2005
79		Peru	4.50		2008
28		Philippines	20.20		2011
NA		Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
NA		Poland	NA		NA
NA		Portugal	NA		NA
NA		Puerto Rico	NA		NA
NA		Qatar	NA		NA
84		Romania	3.50		2002
NA		Russia	NA		NA
56		Rwanda	11.70		2011
NA		Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
NA		Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
NA		Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
NA		Saint Lucia	NA		NA
NA		Saint Martin	NA		NA
NA		Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
NA		Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
NA		Samoa	NA		NA
NA		San Marino	NA		NA
46		Sao Tome and Principe	14.40		2009
76		Saudi Arabia	5.30		2005
46		Senegal	14.40		2012
97		Serbia	1.60		2010
NA		Seychelles	NA		NA
32		Sierra Leone	18.60		2010
86		Singapore	3.30		2000
NA		Sint Maarten	NA		NA
NA		Slovakia	NA		NA
NA		Slovenia	NA		NA
57		Solomon Islands	11.50		2007
9		Somalia	32.80		2006
63		South Africa	8.70		2008
NA		South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
10		South Sudan	32.50		2006
NA		Spain	NA		NA
NA		Spratly Islands	NA		NA
26		Sri Lanka	21.60		2009
11		Sudan	31.70		2006
73		Suriname	5.80		2010
NA		Svalbard	NA		NA
73		Swaziland	5.80		2010
NA		Sweden	NA		NA
NA		Switzerland	NA		NA
62		Syria	10.10		2009
NA		Taiwan	NA		NA
44		Tajikistan	15.00		2007
40		Tanzania	16.20		2010
67		Thailand	7.00		2006
1		Timor-Leste	45.30		2010
37		Togo	16.50		2010
NA		Tokelau	NA		NA
NA		Tonga	NA		NA
80		Trinidad and Tobago	4.40		2000
86		Tunisia	3.30		2006
84		Turkey	3.50		2004
61		Turkmenistan	10.50		2000
NA		Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
97		Tuvalu	1.60		2007
48		Uganda	14.10		2011
101		Ukraine	0.90		2002
NA		United Arab Emirates	NA		NA
NA		United Kingdom	NA		NA
99		United States	1.30		2004
NA		United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
79		Uruguay	4.50		2011
80		Uzbekistan	4.40		2006
56		Vanuatu	11.70		2007
89		Venezuela	2.90		2009
54		Vietnam	12.00		2011
NA		Virgin Islands	NA		NA
NA		Wake Island	NA		NA
NA		Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
93		West Bank	2.20		2007
NA		Western Sahara	NA		NA
NA		World	NA		NA
3		Yemen	43.10		2003
45		Zambia	14.90		2007
62		Zimbabwe	10.10		2011

NOTE: The information regarding Children under the age of 5 years underweight 2015 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2015. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Children under the age of 5 years underweight 2015 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Children under the age of 5 years underweight 2015 should be addressed to the CIA.