Prevalence of underweight, weight for age

percent of boys under 5, 1970–2015

Country	1970	1971	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015
Afghanistan																																			32.70
Albania																															19.60	17.14	14.68	12.22	9.76	7.30	7.13	6.95	6.78	6.60
Algeria																							9.80	10.60	11.40	12.20	10.82	9.44	8.06	6.68	5.30	9.00	12.70	9.70	6.70	3.70	3.61	3.53	3.44	3.36	3.27	3.19	3.10
Angola																											38.20	36.44	34.68	32.92	31.16	29.40	27.27	25.13	23.00	20.87	18.73	16.60
Argentina																																				2.40
Armenia																													2.80	2.85	2.90	3.00	3.10	3.20	3.30	3.40	3.66	3.92	4.18	4.44	4.70
Azerbaijan																															13.20	12.45	11.70	10.95	10.20	9.45	8.70	8.16	7.61	7.07	6.53	5.99	5.44	4.90
Bangladesh																						63.10	63.50	59.00	60.80	57.40	56.40	51.90	53.70	53.30	41.40	46.10	43.10	40.60	42.80	38.90	39.30	40.20	38.85	37.50	36.15	34.80	34.10	33.40	32.30
Barbados												5.00	4.92	4.84	4.76	4.68	4.60	4.52	4.44	4.35	4.27	4.19	4.11	4.03	3.95	3.87	3.79	3.71	3.63	3.55	3.47	3.39	3.31	3.23	3.15	3.06	2.98	2.90	2.82	2.74	2.66	2.58	2.50
Belarus																																				1.50
Belize																																					4.00	4.34	4.68	5.02	5.36	5.70
Benin																											29.90	28.62	27.34	26.06	24.78	23.50	23.34	23.18	23.02	22.86	22.70
Bhutan																														16.70	16.01	15.32	14.63	13.94	13.26	12.57	11.88	11.19	10.50	11.95	13.40
Bolivia																				10.40	11.34	12.28	13.22	14.16	15.10	12.83	10.55	8.28	6.00	6.02	6.04	6.06	6.08	6.10	5.86	5.62	5.38	5.14	4.90
Bosnia and Herzegovina																															5.10	4.62	4.13	3.65	3.17	2.68	2.20	2.13	2.07	2.00	1.93	1.87	1.80
Botswana																															10.30	10.56	10.81	11.07	11.33	11.59	11.84	12.10
Brazil																				5.30	5.23	5.16	5.09	5.01	4.94	4.87	4.80	4.72	4.63	4.55	4.47	4.38	4.30	3.88	3.46	3.04	2.62	2.20
Brunei																																								10.80
Bulgaria																																			1.30
Burkina Faso																								31.70	32.28	32.87	33.45	34.03	34.62	35.20	35.60	36.00	36.40	36.80	37.70	38.60	39.50	35.37	31.23	27.10	27.70
Burma (Myanmar)																															31.70	31.50	31.30	31.10	29.75	28.40	27.05	25.70	24.35	23.00
Burundi																		32.60	33.08	33.55	34.03	34.51	34.98	35.46	35.94	36.42	36.89	37.37	37.85	38.32	38.80	38.12	37.44	36.76	36.08	35.40	34.72	34.04	33.36	32.68	32.00
Cambodia																											47.00	45.38	43.75	42.13	40.50	38.36	36.22	34.08	31.94	29.80	29.33	28.87	28.40	28.60	28.80	27.45	26.10	24.75	23.40
Cameroon																						17.60	17.96	18.31	18.67	19.03	19.39	19.74	20.10	19.30	18.50	17.70	16.90	16.10	15.30	17.10	18.90	18.28	17.66	17.04	16.42	15.80
Canada		1.80
Central African Republic																									25.20	25.02	24.83	24.65	24.47	24.28	24.10	25.18	26.27	27.35	28.43	29.52	30.60	29.48	28.35	27.23	26.10
Chad																												35.90	34.07	32.23	30.40	31.55	32.70	33.85	35.00	34.58	34.17	33.75	33.33	32.92	32.50	32.00	31.50	31.00	30.50	30.00
Chile																																							0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60	0.60
China																					13.10	13.45	13.80	13.07	12.33	11.60	10.13	8.67	7.20	7.25	7.30	7.25	7.20	6.37	5.53	4.70	4.70	4.70	4.70	4.70	3.50
Colombia																	9.00	8.78	8.56	8.33	8.11	7.89	7.67	7.44	7.22	7.00	6.58	6.16	5.74	5.32	4.90	5.02	5.14	5.26	5.38	5.50	5.10	4.70	4.30	3.90	3.50
Comoros																											25.70	26.28	26.85	27.43	28.00	27.07	26.13	25.20	24.27	23.33	22.40	21.47	20.53	19.60	18.67	17.73	16.80
Congo (Brazzaville)																																				12.90	12.97	13.03	13.10	13.17	13.23	13.30
Congo (Kinshasa)																																36.50	35.48	34.47	33.45	32.43	31.42	30.40	29.33	28.27	27.20	26.70	26.20	25.70
Costa Rica																																							0.60
Czech Republic																																2.50
Djibouti																																	27.70	28.80	29.90	31.00	32.10	31.95	31.80	31.65	31.50	31.35	31.20
Dominican Republic																	11.40	10.98	10.56	10.14	9.72	9.30	8.50	7.70	6.90	6.10	5.30	4.98	4.65	4.33	4.00	4.30	4.60	4.32	4.04	3.76	3.48	3.20	3.32	3.43	3.55	3.67	3.78	3.90
Ecuador																																			6.50	6.58	6.65	6.73	6.80	6.88	6.95	7.03	7.10
Egypt																			11.70	11.77	11.83	11.90	10.25	8.60	10.10	11.60	10.28	8.96	7.64	6.32	5.00	6.73	8.47	10.20	8.40	6.60	7.10	7.60	8.10	8.03	7.97	7.90	7.83	7.77	7.70
El Salvador																			11.60	10.92	10.24	9.56	8.88	8.20	8.54	8.88	9.22	9.56	9.90	9.30	8.70	8.10	7.50	6.90	6.82	6.74	6.66	6.58	6.50
Equatorial Guinea																												15.40	15.87	16.33	16.80	15.43	14.05	12.68	11.30	10.40	9.50	8.60	7.70	6.80	5.90
Eritrea																										39.40	38.90	38.40	37.90	37.40	36.90	36.40	35.90	36.18	36.45	36.73	37.00	37.28	37.55	37.83	38.10
Ethiopia																															44.40	42.82	41.24	39.66	38.08	36.50	35.57	34.63	33.70	32.77	31.83	30.90	28.87	26.83	24.80
Fiji																																			4.90
Gabon																															10.10	9.92	9.73	9.55	9.37	9.18	9.00	8.82	8.63	8.45	8.27	8.08	7.90
Gambia																															16.50	16.53	16.57	16.60	16.63	16.67	16.70	16.98	17.25	17.53	17.80	17.63	17.47	17.30
Georgia																																				2.60	2.28	1.95	1.63	1.30
Germany																																				0.90
Ghana																			24.80	25.24	25.68	26.12	26.56	27.00	25.95	24.90	23.85	22.80	21.75	20.70	20.68	20.65	20.63	20.60	18.80	17.00	15.20	15.45	15.70	15.60	15.50	15.40	13.83	12.27	10.70
Greece																																		0.30
Guatemala																		29.00	28.16	27.33	26.49	25.65	24.81	23.98	23.14	22.30	22.40	22.50	22.60	22.70	21.13	19.57	18.00	17.41	16.83	16.24	15.66	15.07	14.49	13.90	13.77	13.63	13.50	13.37	13.23	13.10
Guinea																														21.30	21.82	22.33	22.85	23.37	23.88	24.40	23.15	21.90	20.98	20.06	19.14	18.22	17.30
Guinea Bissau																															22.30	21.62	20.93	20.25	19.57	18.88	18.20	17.20	16.20	17.65	19.10
Guyana																															13.60	13.23	12.87	12.50	12.13	11.77	11.40	11.87	12.33	12.80
Haiti																									25.30	23.70	22.10	20.50	18.90	17.30	15.70	16.48	17.27	18.05	18.83	19.62	20.40	19.08	17.77	16.45	15.13	13.82	12.50
Honduras																											18.30	17.26	16.22	15.18	14.14	13.10	12.26	11.42	10.58	9.74	8.90	8.70	8.50	8.30	8.10	7.90	7.70
Hungary															2.90
India																							52.40	51.34	50.29	49.23	48.17	47.11	46.06	45.00	44.73	44.46	44.19	43.91	43.64	43.37	43.10	41.46	39.83	38.19	36.55	34.91	33.28	31.64	30.00
Indonesia																				36.40	35.47	34.53	33.60	32.23	30.87	29.50	29.20	28.90	28.60	24.40	25.70	24.40	25.20	25.50	20.70	26.90	23.80	20.70	20.30	19.90	19.50	19.83	20.17	20.50
Iraq																															13.90	12.87	11.83	10.80	9.77	8.73	7.70	8.04	8.38	8.72	9.06	9.40
Ivory Coast																									23.70	21.95	20.20	18.45	16.70	16.96	17.23	17.49	17.75	18.01	18.28	18.54	18.80	30.30	28.00	25.70	23.40	21.10	18.80
Jamaica																									5.40	5.00	6.70	3.70	4.10	2.20	4.50	5.50	2.50	3.20	3.90	3.10	2.30	1.90	3.00	3.40	3.80	3.30	2.80
Japan																																									3.50
Jordan																					5.20	5.01	4.83	4.64	4.46	4.27	4.09	3.90	3.92	3.94	3.96	3.98	4.00	3.66	3.31	2.97	2.63	2.29	1.94	1.60	2.20	2.80	3.40
Kazakhstan																										8.70	7.48	6.25	5.03	3.80	4.03	4.26	4.49	4.71	4.94	5.17	5.40	4.98	4.55	4.13	3.70
Kenya																								22.40	21.92	21.44	20.96	20.48	20.00	19.80	19.60	19.50	19.40	19.30	18.97	18.63	18.30	17.97	17.63	17.30
Kiribati																																								17.20
Kuwait																																2.50	2.60	2.80	2.90	2.90	2.10	3.10	2.80	2.00	1.90	2.40	2.10	3.10	3.50
Kyrgyzstan																												10.70	9.83	8.97	8.10	7.23	6.37	5.50	4.63	3.77	2.90	3.50	4.10	4.70	4.37	4.03	3.70
Laos																															38.40	37.42	36.43	35.45	34.47	33.48	32.50	31.36	30.22	29.08	27.94	26.80
Lebanon																											3.80	4.00	4.20	4.40	4.60	4.80	5.00	5.20	5.40
Lesotho																															17.40	17.38	17.35	17.33	17.30	17.04	16.78	16.52	16.26	16.00
Liberia																															27.60	26.79	25.97	25.16	24.34	23.53	22.71	21.90	21.05	20.20	19.35	18.50	17.65	16.80
Libya																										4.60	4.74	4.88	5.03	5.17	5.31	5.45	5.59	5.73	5.88	6.02	6.16	6.30
Macedonia (F.Y.R.O.M.)																														2.10	1.92	1.74	1.56	1.38	1.20	1.70	1.67	1.63	1.60	1.57	1.53	1.50
Madagascar																							38.30	38.60	38.90	39.20	39.50	39.80	39.71	39.63	39.54	39.46	39.37	39.29	39.20
Malawi																							26.30	25.89	25.48	25.06	24.65	24.24	23.83	23.41	23.00	22.18	21.35	20.53	19.70	18.45	17.20	15.77	14.33	12.90	15.20
Malaysia																																					13.20
Maldives																									33.20	39.97	46.73	53.50	46.50	39.50	32.50	25.50	24.61	23.73	22.84	21.95	21.06	20.18	19.29	18.40
Mali																		30.90	31.82	32.74	33.67	34.59	35.51	36.43	37.36	38.28	39.20	37.68	36.16	34.64	33.12	31.60	31.22	30.84	30.46	30.08	29.70
Mauritania																					44.60	43.41	42.22	41.03	39.84	38.65	37.46	36.27	35.08	33.89	32.70	31.40	30.10	28.80	27.50	26.20	24.90	23.60	17.80	20.47	23.13	25.80	21.80
Mexico																				14.60	13.71	12.82	11.93	11.04	10.16	9.27	8.38	7.49	6.60	6.31	6.03	5.74	5.45	5.16	4.88	4.59	4.30	4.05	3.80	3.55	3.30	3.05	2.80
Moldova																																				3.00	2.87	2.74	2.61	2.49	2.36	2.23	2.10
Mongolia																														11.30	12.60	10.78	8.95	7.13	5.30	5.30	5.30	5.30	5.30	5.30	5.30
Montenegro																																				2.80	2.59	2.38	2.16	1.95	1.74	1.53	1.31	1.10
Morocco																		12.50	11.68	10.86	10.04	9.22	8.40	8.36	8.32	8.28	8.24	8.20	8.58	8.97	9.35	9.73	10.12	10.50	9.58	8.65	7.73	6.80	5.88	4.95	4.03	3.10
Mozambique																												30.80	29.43	28.07	26.70	25.33	23.97	22.60	22.20	21.80	21.40	21.00	20.60	19.57	18.53	17.50
Namibia																							23.40	23.13	22.85	22.58	22.30	22.03	21.75	21.48	21.20	20.81	20.43	20.04	19.66	19.27	18.89	18.50	17.93	17.37	16.80	16.23	15.67	15.10
Nepal						61.30	60.44	59.59	58.73	57.87	57.01	56.16	55.30	54.44	53.59	52.73	51.87	51.01	50.16	49.30	48.44	47.59	46.73	45.87	45.01	44.16	43.30	41.05	38.80	39.97	41.13	42.30	41.38	40.46	39.54	38.62	37.70	36.12	34.54	32.96	31.38	29.80
Netherlands											2.20
Nicaragua																								10.20	10.38	10.56	10.74	10.92	11.10	10.20	9.30	8.40	7.37	6.33	5.30	5.45	5.60
Niger																							42.10	42.75	43.40	44.05	44.70	45.35	46.00	45.35	44.70	44.27	43.83	43.40	42.97	42.53	42.10	41.53	40.97	40.40	39.83	39.27	38.70
Nigeria																					37.00	36.39	35.78	35.18	34.57	33.96	33.35	32.75	32.14	31.53	30.92	30.32	29.71	29.10	28.63	28.15	27.68	27.20	28.60	27.27	25.93	24.60	28.75	32.90	21.30
North Korea																																	19.20	19.14	19.09	19.03	18.97	18.91	18.86	18.80	17.70	16.60	15.50
Oman																									13.90	13.46	13.02	12.58	12.14	11.70	11.42	11.14	10.86	10.58	10.30	10.02	9.74	9.46	9.18	8.90
Pakistan																						40.30	38.27	36.23	34.20	33.83	33.46	33.09	32.71	32.34	31.97	31.60	31.58	31.56	31.54	31.52	31.50	31.48	31.46	31.44	31.42	31.40	34.10
Panama																												6.70	6.35	5.99	5.64	5.28	4.93	4.57	4.22	3.86	3.51	3.15	2.80
Papua New Guinea														26.20	25.96	25.73	25.49	25.25	25.02	24.78	24.55	24.31	24.07	23.84	23.60	23.36	23.13	22.89	22.65	22.42	22.18	21.95	21.71	21.47	21.24	21.00	22.33	23.67	25.00	26.33	27.67	29.00
Paraguay																					2.20	2.23	2.25	2.28	2.31	2.34	2.36	2.39	2.42	2.45	2.47	2.50	2.53	2.55	2.58	2.61	2.64	2.66	2.69	2.72	2.75	2.77	2.80
Peru																						9.70	9.04	8.38	7.72	7.06	6.40	6.10	5.80	5.50	5.20	5.36	5.52	5.68	5.84	6.00	5.50	5.00	4.50	4.90	4.80	4.10	3.70	3.50	3.30
Philippines																																		20.30	20.42	20.54	20.66	20.78	20.90	20.63	20.37	20.10	19.75	19.40
Romania																														4.00	4.50	4.50	4.00
Rwanda																							25.30	24.94	24.58	24.21	23.85	23.49	23.13	22.76	22.40	21.70	21.00	20.30	19.60	18.90	17.70	16.50	15.30	14.10	12.90
Saint Thomas and Principe																															11.50	12.14	12.78	13.41	14.05	14.69	15.33	15.96	16.60
Saudi Arabia																																				6.10
Senegal																	19.30	19.84	20.39	20.93	21.47	22.01	22.56	23.10	22.87	22.64	22.41	22.19	21.96	21.73	21.50	20.08	18.66	17.24	15.82	14.40	15.28	16.17	17.05	17.93	18.82	19.70	15.50	18.10	13.80
Serbia																																				2.20	2.06	1.92	1.78	1.64	1.50
Sierra Leone																															28.20	28.70	29.20	29.70	30.20	30.70	28.53	26.37	24.20	23.40	22.60	21.47	20.33	19.20
Singapore					13.60	13.22	12.83	12.45	12.06	11.68	11.29	10.91	10.52	10.14	9.75	9.37	8.98	8.60	8.22	7.83	7.45	7.06	6.68	6.29	5.91	5.52	5.14	4.75	4.37	3.98	3.60
Solomon Islands	19.50	19.43	19.35	19.28	19.21	19.13	19.06	18.98	18.91	18.84	18.76	18.69	18.62	18.54	18.47	18.39	18.32	18.25	18.17	18.10
Somalia																																					34.20	31.00	27.80	24.60
South Africa																																			13.60
South Korea																																		1.20	1.16	1.11	1.07	1.03	0.99	0.94	0.90
South Sudan																																					35.90	34.53	33.15	31.78	30.40
Sri Lanka																		31.00	30.31	29.62	28.92	28.23	27.54	26.85	26.15	25.46	24.77	24.08	23.38	22.69	22.00	21.97	21.94	21.91	21.89	21.86	21.83	21.80	21.70	21.60	22.97	24.33	25.70
Sudan																								31.70	32.91	34.13	35.34	36.56	37.77	38.99	40.20	38.18	36.17	34.15	32.13	30.12	28.10
Suriname																															12.60	11.83	11.07	10.30	9.53	8.77	8.00	7.55	7.10	6.65	6.20
Swaziland																															9.50	8.97	8.43	7.90	7.37	6.83	6.30	6.40	6.50	6.60	6.70
Syria																								12.50	12.53	12.55	12.58	12.60	12.63	12.65	12.68	12.70	12.46	12.22	11.98	11.74	11.50	11.50	11.50	11.50
Tajikistan																																				16.40	16.15	15.90	12.45	9.00	10.53	12.07	13.60
Tanzania																						27.00	27.28	27.56	27.84	28.12	28.40	26.87	25.33	23.80	22.64	21.48	20.32	19.16	18.00	17.76	17.52	17.28	17.04	16.80	17.80	14.20
Thailand																		18.70	18.08	17.46	16.84	16.22	15.59	14.97	14.35	13.73	13.11	12.49	11.87	11.25	10.63	10.01	9.38	8.76	8.14	7.52	6.90	7.40	7.90	8.40	8.90	9.40	9.90
Timor Leste																																	43.00	44.90	46.80	48.70	50.60	52.50	49.65	46.80	44.85	42.90	40.95	39.00
Togo																			22.60	22.89	23.18	23.47	23.76	24.05	24.34	24.63	24.92	25.21	25.50	25.25	25.00	24.75	24.50	24.25	24.00	23.75	23.50	22.00	20.50	19.45	18.40	18.08	17.75	17.43	17.10
Tonga																																											2.10
Trinidad and Tobago																		4.70	4.68	4.65	4.63	4.61	4.58	4.56	4.54	4.52	4.49	4.47	4.45	4.42	4.40
Tunisia					15.50	15.06	14.61	14.17	13.73	13.29	12.84	12.40	11.96	11.51	11.07	10.63	10.19	9.74	9.30	9.08	8.87	8.65	8.43	8.22	8.00	7.64	7.28	6.93	6.57	6.21	5.85	5.49	5.13	4.78	4.42	4.06	3.70	3.62	3.53	3.45	3.37	3.28	3.20
Turkey																								9.50	9.00	8.50	8.00	7.50	7.00	6.35	5.70	5.05	4.40	3.75	3.10	2.96	2.81	2.67	2.52	2.38	2.23	2.09	1.94	1.80
Turkmenistan																																					3.20
Uganda																			20.40	20.89	21.37	21.86	22.34	22.83	23.31	23.80	23.24	22.68	22.12	21.56	21.00	20.53	20.07	19.60	19.13	18.67	18.20	17.64	17.08	16.52	15.96	15.40
Ukraine																															4.80
United States																						0.60	0.68	0.76	0.84	0.92	1.00	1.08	1.16	1.24	1.32	1.40	1.60	1.50	1.40	1.30	1.23	1.15	1.08	1.00	0.83	0.67	0.50
Uruguay																														6.10	6.03	5.97	5.90	6.50	6.70	6.50	6.30	6.10	5.78	5.45	5.13	4.80
Uzbekistan																											16.80	15.30	13.80	12.30	10.80	9.30	7.80	7.00	6.20	5.40	4.60
Vanuatu																																						14.10
Vietnam																								38.00	36.98	35.97	34.95	33.93	32.92	31.90	26.60	25.25	23.90	25.10	24.10	22.90	22.20	23.20	20.50	16.15	11.80
West Bank and Gaza																																						2.20	2.80	3.40	4.00
Yemen																						31.20	34.20	37.20	40.20	43.20	46.20	49.20	48.38	47.57	46.75	45.93	45.12	44.30	43.40	42.50	41.60	40.70	39.80	38.90	38.00	37.10	39.00	40.90
Zambia																							22.40	22.08	21.75	21.43	21.10	21.47	21.83	22.20	22.93	23.67	24.40	22.90	21.40	19.90	18.40	16.90	16.78	16.67	16.55	16.43	16.32	16.20
Zimbabwe																			8.70	9.52	10.33	11.15	11.97	12.78	13.60	13.40	13.20	13.00	12.80	12.60	13.02	13.43	13.85	14.27	14.68	15.10	14.85	14.60	14.35	14.10	11.50	11.75	12.00	12.25	12.50

Prevalence of underweight, male, is the percentage of boys under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO’s new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Bank

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