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.

List in alphabetical order

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES

Rank		Country	Value		Date of Info
1	.	India	43.50		2006
2	.	Yemen	43.10		2003
3	.	Bangladesh	41.30		2007
4	.	Timor-Leste	40.60		2002
5	.	Niger	39.90		2006
6	.	Burundi	38.90		2000
7	.	Nepal	38.80		2006
8	.	Burkina Faso	37.40		2006
9	.	Madagascar	36.80		2004
10	.	Ethiopia	34.60		2005
11	.	Eritrea	34.50		2002
12	.	Chad	33.90		2004
13	.	Afghanistan	32.90		2004
14	.	Somalia	32.80		2006
15	.	Sudan	31.70		2006
16	.	Laos	31.60		2006
17	.	Pakistan	31.30		2001
18	.	Burma	29.60		2003
19	.	Djibouti	29.60		2006
20	.	Cambodia	28.80		2008
21	.	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	28.20		2007
22	.	Mali	27.90		2006
23	.	Angola	27.50		2001
24	.	Nigeria	26.70		2008
25	.	Maldives	25.70		2001
26	.	Comoros	25.00		2000
27	.	Central African Republic	21.80		2000
28	.	Sierra Leone	21.30		2008
29	.	Mozambique	21.20		2003
30	.	Sri Lanka	21.10		2007
31	.	Guinea	20.80		2008
32	.	Philippines	20.70		2003
33	.	Korea, North	20.60		2004
34	.	Togo	20.50		2008
35	.	Liberia	20.40		2007
36	.	Benin	20.20		2006
37	.	Vietnam	20.20		2008
38	.	Indonesia	19.60		2007
39	.	Haiti	18.90		2006
40	.	Papua New Guinea	18.10		2005
41	.	Rwanda	18.00		2005
42	.	Guatemala	17.70		2002
43	.	Namibia	17.50		2007
44	.	Guinea-Bissau	17.20		2008
45	.	Tanzania	16.70		2005
46	.	Cote d'Ivoire	16.70		2006
47	.	Mauritania	16.70		2008
48	.	Cameroon	16.60		2006
49	.	Lesotho	16.60		2005
50	.	Kenya	16.50		2003
51	.	Uganda	16.40		2006
52	.	Gambia, The	15.80		2006
53	.	Malawi	15.50		2006
54	.	Zambia	14.90		2007
55	.	Tajikistan	14.90		2005
56	.	Senegal	14.50		2005
57	.	Ghana	14.30		2008
58	.	Zimbabwe	14.00		2006
59	.	Sao Tome and Principe	13.10		2009
60	.	Bhutan	12.00		2008
61	.	Congo, Republic of the	11.80		2005
62	.	Solomon Islands	11.50		2007
63	.	Guyana	10.80		2007
64	.	Botswana	10.70		2000
65	.	Equatorial Guinea	10.60		2004
66	.	Syria	10.00		2006
67	.	Morocco	9.90		2004
68	.	Gabon	8.80		2001
69	.	China	8.70		2000
70	.	Honduras	8.60		2006
71	.	Azerbaijan	8.40		2006
72	.	Iraq	7.10		2006
73	.	Thailand	7.00		2006
74	.	Egypt	6.80		2008
75	.	Albania	6.60		2005
76	.	Ecuador	6.20		2004
77	.	Swaziland	6.10		2007
78	.	El Salvador	6.10		2003
79	.	Uruguay	6.00		2004
80	.	Libya	5.60		2007
81	.	Peru	5.40		2005
82	.	Saudi Arabia	5.30		2005
83	.	Mongolia	5.30		2005
84	.	Colombia	5.10		2005
85	.	Belize	4.90		2006
86	.	Kazakhstan	4.90		2006
87	.	Trinidad and Tobago	4.40		2000
88	.	Uzbekistan	4.40		2006
89	.	Nicaragua	4.30		2004
90	.	Bolivia	4.30		2008
91	.	Lebanon	4.20		2004
92	.	Armenia	4.20		2005
93	.	Ukraine	4.10		2000
94	.	Panama	3.90		2008
95	.	Cuba	3.90		2000
96	.	Venezuela	3.70		2007
97	.	Algeria	3.70		2005
98	.	Romania	3.50		2002
99	.	Turkey	3.50		2004
100	.	Dominican Republic	3.40		2007
101	.	Mexico	3.40		2006
102	.	Singapore	3.30		2000
103	.	Tunisia	3.30		2006
104	.	Moldova	3.20		2005
105	.	Kyrgyzstan	2.70		2006
106	.	Georgia	2.30		2005
107	.	Argentina	2.30		2005
108	.	Brazil	2.20		2007
109	.	Montenegro	2.20		2006
110	.	Jamaica	2.20		2007
111	.	Czech Republic	2.10		2002
112	.	Serbia	1.80		2006
113	.	Macedonia	1.80		2005
114	.	Bulgaria	1.60		2004
115	.	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.60		2006
116	.	Tuvalu	1.60		2007
117	.	Belarus	1.30		2005
118	.	United States	1.30		2002
119	.	Germany	1.10		2005
120	.	Chile	0.50		2008
121	.	Paraguay	NA		NA
122	.	Pitcairn Islands	NA		NA
123	.	Oman	NA		NA
124	.	Portugal	NA		NA
125	.	Norway	NA		NA
126	.	Qatar	NA		NA
127	.	New Zealand	NA		NA
128	.	Northern Mariana Islands	NA		NA
129	.	Poland	NA		NA
130	.	Paracel Islands	NA		NA
131	.	Palau	NA		NA
132	.	Puerto Rico	NA		NA
133	.	New Caledonia	NA		NA
134	.	Norfolk Island	NA		NA
135	.	Niue	NA		NA
136	.	Slovenia	NA		NA
137	.	Samoa	NA		NA
138	.	Saint Barthelemy	NA		NA
139	.	Slovakia	NA		NA
140	.	Sint Maarten	NA		NA
141	.	Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha	NA		NA
142	.	San Marino	NA		NA
143	.	Saint Lucia	NA		NA
144	.	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	NA		NA
145	.	Saint Kitts and Nevis	NA		NA
146	.	Russia	NA		NA
147	.	Saint Martin	NA		NA
148	.	Seychelles	NA		NA
149	.	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	NA		NA
150	.	Tonga	NA		NA
151	.	South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands	NA		NA
152	.	Switzerland	NA		NA
153	.	Svalbard	NA		NA
154	.	Spain	NA		NA
155	.	Tokelau	NA		NA
156	.	Spratly Islands	NA		NA
157	.	Suriname	NA		NA
158	.	Taiwan	NA		NA
159	.	South Africa	NA		NA
160	.	Sweden	NA		NA
161	.	South Sudan	NA		NA
162	.	British Indian Ocean Territory	NA		NA
163	.	Cape Verde	NA		NA
164	.	Belgium	NA		NA
165	.	Canada	NA		NA
166	.	Cayman Islands	NA		NA
167	.	Bouvet Island	NA		NA
168	.	Denmark	NA		NA
169	.	Dominica	NA		NA
170	.	Cyprus	NA		NA
171	.	Cook Islands	NA		NA
172	.	Dhekelia	NA		NA
173	.	Coral Sea Islands	NA		NA
174	.	Clipperton Island	NA		NA
175	.	Croatia	NA		NA
176	.	Cocos (Keeling) Islands	NA		NA
177	.	Christmas Island	NA		NA
178	.	Costa Rica	NA		NA
179	.	Curacao	NA		NA
180	.	France	NA		NA
181	.	French Polynesia	NA		NA
182	.	European Union	NA		NA
183	.	Faroe Islands	NA		NA
184	.	Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas)	NA		NA
185	.	Greece	NA		NA
186	.	Gibraltar	NA		NA
187	.	Estonia	NA		NA
188	.	Gaza Strip	NA		NA
189	.	French Southern and Antarctic Lands	NA		NA
190	.	Fiji	NA		NA
191	.	Finland	NA		NA
192	.	Wake Island	NA		NA
193	.	Virgin Islands	NA		NA
194	.	Turkmenistan	NA		NA
195	.	Turks and Caicos Islands	NA		NA
196	.	World	NA		NA
197	.	United States Pacific Island Wildlife Refuges	NA		NA
198	.	United Kingdom	NA		NA
199	.	Wallis and Futuna	NA		NA
200	.	West Bank	NA		NA
201	.	Western Sahara	NA		NA
202	.	United Arab Emirates	NA		NA
203	.	Vanuatu	NA		NA
204	.	Malta	NA		NA
205	.	Monaco	NA		NA
206	.	Navassa Island	NA		NA
207	.	Mauritius	NA		NA
208	.	Netherlands	NA		NA
209	.	Nauru	NA		NA
210	.	Marshall Islands	NA		NA
211	.	Montserrat	NA		NA
212	.	Micronesia, Federated States of	NA		NA
213	.	Malaysia	NA		NA
214	.	Mayotte	NA		NA
215	.	Greenland	NA		NA
216	.	Holy See (Vatican City)	NA		NA
217	.	Hong Kong	NA		NA
218	.	Isle of Man	NA		NA
219	.	Ireland	NA		NA
220	.	Hungary	NA		NA
221	.	Italy	NA		NA
222	.	Heard Island and McDonald Islands	NA		NA
223	.	Guam	NA		NA
224	.	Grenada	NA		NA
225	.	Israel	NA		NA
226	.	Iceland	NA		NA
227	.	Guernsey	NA		NA
228	.	Iran	NA		NA
229	.	Liechtenstein	NA		NA
230	.	Jan Mayen	NA		NA
231	.	Lithuania	NA		NA
232	.	Macau	NA		NA
233	.	Korea, South	NA		NA
234	.	Kuwait	NA		NA
235	.	Latvia	NA		NA
236	.	Kosovo	NA		NA
237	.	Jordan	NA		NA
238	.	Kiribati	NA		NA
239	.	Luxembourg	NA		NA
240	.	Jersey	NA		NA
241	.	Japan	NA		NA
242	.	Austria	NA		NA
243	.	Bahrain	NA		NA
244	.	Antigua and Barbuda	NA		NA
245	.	Brunei	NA		NA
246	.	Bermuda	NA		NA
247	.	Aruba	NA		NA
248	.	American Samoa	NA		NA
249	.	Australia	NA		NA
250	.	Barbados	NA		NA
251	.	Antarctica	NA		NA
252	.	Akrotiri	NA		NA
253	.	British Virgin Islands	NA		NA
254	.	Anguilla	NA		NA
255	.	Ashmore and Cartier Islands	NA		NA
256	.	Andorra	NA		NA
257	.	Bahamas, The	NA		NA

NOTE: The information regarding Children under the age of 5 years underweight 2012 on this page is re-published from the CIA World Factbook 2012. No claims are made regarding theaccuracy of Children under the age of 5 years underweight 2012 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Children under the age of 5 years underweight 2012 should be addressed to the CIA.