Children under the age of 5 years underweight 2023 Country Ranks Alphabetical


 SOURCE: 2023 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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RankCountryValueDate of Info
19 Afghanistan19.1%2018
102 Akrotiri02023
94 Albania1.5%201718
84 Algeria2.7%201819
102 American Samoa02023
102 Andorra02023
20 Angola19%201516
102 Anguilla02023
102 Antarctica02023
102 Antigua and Barbuda02023
92 Argentina1.7%201819
85 Armenia2.6%201516
102 Aruba02023
102 Ashmore and Cartier Islands02023
102 Australia02023
102 Austria02023
69 Azerbaijan4.9%2013
102 Bahamas The02023
102 Bahrain02023
15 Bangladesh22.6%2019
78 Barbados3.5%2012
102 Belarus02023
96 Belgium1%201415
71 Belize4.6%201516
26 Benin16.8%201718
102 Bermuda02023
102 Bhutan02023
79 Bolivia3.4%2016
93 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.6%2012
102 Botswana02023
102 Bouvet Island02023
102 Brazil02023
102 British Indian Ocean Territory02023
102 British Virgin Islands02023
102 Brunei02023
90 Bulgaria1.9%2014
27 Burkina Faso16.4%2019
19 Burma19.1%201718
9 Burundi27%201819
102 Cabo Verde02023
12 Cambodia24.1%2014
48 Cameroon11%201819
102 Canada02023
102 Cayman Islands02023
17 Central African Republic20.5%2019
7 Chad29.2%2019
100 Chile0.5%2014
86 China2.4%2013
102 Christmas Island02023
102 Clipperton Island02023
102 Cocos (Keeling) Islands02023
76 Colombia3.7%201516
25 Comoros16.9%2012
13 Congo Democratic Republic of the23.1%201718
42 Congo Republic of the12.3%201415
102 Cook Islands02023
102 Coral Sea Islands02023
82 Costa Rica2.9%2018
39 Cote d'Ivoire12.8%2016
102 Croatia02023
86 Cuba2.4%2019
102 Curacao02023
102 Cyprus02023
102 Czechia02023
102 Denmark02023
102 Dhekelia02023
6 Djibouti29.9%2012
102 Dominica02023
74 Dominican Republic4%2013
67 Ecuador5.2%201819
59 Egypt7%2014
68 El Salvador5%2014
64 Equatorial Guinea5.6%2011
102 Eritrea02023
101 Estonia0.4%201315
63 Eswatini5.8%2014
16 Ethiopia21.1%2019
102 European Union02023
102 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)02023
102 Faroe Islands02023
102 Fiji02023
102 Finland02023
102 France02023
102 French Polynesia02023
102 French Southern and Antarctic Lands02023
62 Gabon6.4%2012
46 Gambia The11.6%201920
88 Gaza Strip2.1%201920
88 Georgia2.1%2018
100 Germany0.5%201417
40 Ghana12.6%201718
102 Gibraltar02023
102 Greece02023
102 Greenland02023
102 Grenada02023
102 Guam02023
41 Guatemala12.4%201415
102 Guernsey02023
28 Guinea16.3%2018
21 Guinea-Bissau18.8%2019
55 Guyana8.2%2014
52 Haiti9.5%201617
102 Heard Island and McDonald Islands02023
102 Holy See (Vatican City)02023
58 Honduras7.1%201112
102 Hong Kong02023
102 Hungary02023
102 Iceland02023
3 India33.4%201618
24 Indonesia17.7%2018
73 Iran4.1%201011
75 Iraq3.9%2018
102 Ireland02023
102 Isle of Man02023
102 Israel02023
102 Italy02023
72 Jamaica4.4%2016
102 Jan Mayen02023
102 Japan02023
102 Jersey02023
81 Jordan3%2012
89 Kazakhstan2%2015
47 Kenya11.2%2014
60 Kiribati6.9%201819
53 Korea North9.3%2017
102 Korea South02023
102 Kosovo02023
81 Kuwait3%2014
91 Kyrgyzstan1.8%2018
16 Laos21.1%2017
102 Latvia02023
102 Lebanon02023
50 Lesotho10.5%2018
49 Liberia10.9%201920
45 Libya11.7%2014
102 Liechtenstein02023
102 Lithuania02023
102 Luxembourg02023
102 Macau02023
10 Madagascar26.4%2018
54 Malawi9%2019
35 Malaysia14.1%2019
32 Maldives14.8%201617
23 Mali18.1%2019
102 Malta02023
43 Marshall Islands11.9%2017
18 Mauritania19.2%2018
102 Mauritius02023
70 Mexico4.7%201819
102 Micronesia Federated States of02023
87 Moldova2.2%2012
102 Monaco02023
91 Mongolia1.8%2018
76 Montenegro3.7%201819
102 Montserrat02023
85 Morocco2.6%201718
30 Mozambique15.6%201415
38 Namibia13.2%2013
102 Nauru02023
102 Navassa Island02023
11 Nepal24.4%2019
102 Netherlands02023
102 New Caledonia02023
102 New Zealand02023
71 Nicaragua4.6%201112
5 Niger31.3%2019
22 Nigeria18.4%201920
102 Niue02023
102 Norfolk Island02023
97 North Macedonia0.9%201819
102 Northern Mariana Islands02023
102 Norway02023
47 Oman11.2%201617
13 Pakistan23.1%201718
102 Palau02023
81 Panama3%2019
8 Papua New Guinea27.8%200911
102 Paracel Islands02023
95 Paraguay1.3%2016
86 Peru2.4%2019
19 Philippines19.1%2018
102 Pitcairn Islands02023
99 Poland0.7%201012
101 Portugal0.4%201516
102 Puerto Rico02023
102 Qatar02023
102 Romania02023
102 Russia02023
56 Rwanda7.7%201920
102 Saint Barthelemy02023
102 Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha02023
102 Saint Kitts and Nevis02023
83 Saint Lucia2.8%2012
102 Saint Martin02023
102 Saint Pierre and Miquelon02023
102 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines02023
79 Samoa3.4%201920
102 San Marino02023
66 Sao Tome and Principe5.4%2019
102 Saudi Arabia02023
34 Senegal14.4%2019
96 Serbia1%2019
77 Seychelles3.6%2012
36 Sierra Leone13.5%2019
102 Singapore02023
102 Sint Maarten02023
102 Slovakia02023
102 Slovenia02023
29 Solomon Islands16.2%2015
14 Somalia23%2009
65 South Africa5.5%2017
102 South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands02023
102 South Sudan02023
102 Spain02023
102 Spratly Islands02023
17 Sri Lanka20.5%2016
4 Sudan33%2014
61 Suriname6.7%2018
102 Svalbard02023
102 Sweden02023
102 Switzerland02023
102 Syria02023
102 Taiwan02023
57 Tajikistan7.6%2017
33 Tanzania14.6%2018
56 Thailand7.7%2019
2 Timor-Leste37.5%2013
31 Togo15.2%2017
102 Tokelau02023
98 Tonga0.8%2019
69 Trinidad and Tobago4.9%2011
93 Tunisia1.6%2018
94 Turkey (Turkiye)1.5%201819
80 Turkmenistan3.1%2019
102 Turks and Caicos Islands02023
102 Tuvalu02023
51 Uganda10.4%2016
102 Ukraine02023
102 United Arab Emirates02023
102 United Kingdom02023
101 United States0.4%201718
102 United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges02023
91 Uruguay1.8%2018
82 Uzbekistan2.9%2017
45 Vanuatu11.7%2013
102 Venezuela02023
37 Vietnam13.4%2017
102 Virgin Islands02023
102 Wake Island02023
102 Wallis and Futuna02023
88 West Bank2.1%201920
102 World02023
1 Yemen39.9%2013
44 Zambia11.8%201819

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