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Population, Health and Human Well-being — Children's Health: Stunting in children under 5--moderate and severe Units: Percent (%)

		1996-2005
World
World		30
		1996-2005
Region/Classification
Central America & Caribbean {1}		15
Middle East & North Africa {2}		24
South America {3}		15
Sub-Saharan Africa {4}		37
Developing Countries {5}		31
	ISO	1996-2005
Country
Afghanistan	AFG	54
Albania	ALB	34
Algeria	DZA	19
Angola	AGO	45
Argentina	ARG	4
Armenia	ARM	13
Azerbaijan	AZE	13
Bahrain {6}	BHR	10
Bangladesh	BGD	43
Benin	BEN	31
Bhutan	BTN	40
Bolivia	BOL	27
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	10
Botswana	BWA	23
Brazil	BRA	11
Burkina Faso	BFA	39
Burundi	BDI	57
Cambodia	KHM	45
Cameroon	CMR	32
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	21
Central African Rep	CAF	39
Chad	TCD	41
Chile	CHL	1
China	CHN	14
Colombia	COL	12
Comoros	COM	44
Congo	COG	26
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	38
Costa Rica	CRI	6
Croatia	HRV	1
Cuba	CUB	5
Djibouti	DJI	23
Dominican Rep	DOM	9
Ecuador	ECU	26
Egypt	EGY	18
El Salvador	SLV	19
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	39
Eritrea	ERI	38
Ethiopia	ETH	47
Gabon	GAB	21
Gambia	GMB	19
Georgia	GEO	12
Ghana	GHA	30
Guatemala	GTM	49
Guinea	GIN	35
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	30
Guyana	GUY	11
Haiti	HTI	23
Honduras	HND	29
India	IND	46
Iran, Islamic Rep	IRN	15
Iraq	IRQ	23
Jamaica	JAM	3
Jordan	JOR	9
Kazakhstan	KAZ	10
Kenya	KEN	30
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	37
Kuwait	KWT	24
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	25
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	42
Lebanon	LBN	11
Lesotho	LSO	38
Liberia	LBR	39
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya {7}	LBY	15
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	7
Madagascar	MDG	48
Malawi	MWI	48
Maldives	MDV	25
Mali	MLI	38
Mauritania	MRT	35
Mauritius {8}	MUS	10
Mexico	MEX	18
Moldova, Rep	MDA	8
Mongolia	MNG	20
Morocco	MAR	18
Mozambique	MOZ	41
Myanmar	MMR	32
Namibia	NAM	24
Nepal	NPL	51
Nicaragua	NIC	20
Niger	NER	40
Nigeria	NGA	38
Oman	OMN	10
Pakistan	PAK	37
Palestinian Territories		10
Panama	PAN	18
Paraguay	PRY	14
Peru	PER	24
Philippines	PHL	30
Qatar {9}	QAT	8
Romania	ROU	10
Russian Federation {10}	RUS	13
Rwanda	RWA	45
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	29
Saudi Arabia	SAU	20
Senegal	SEN	16
Serbia and Montenegro {11}	YUG	5
Sierra Leone	SLE	34
Singapore	SGP	2
Somalia	SOM	23
South Africa	ZAF	25
Sri Lanka	LKA	14
Sudan	SDN	43
Suriname	SUR	10
Swaziland	SWZ	30
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	18
Tajikistan	TJK	36
Tanzania	TZA	38
Thailand {12}	THA	13
Timor-Leste	TMP	49
Togo	TGO	22
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	4
Tunisia	TUN	12
Turkey	TUR	12
Turkmenistan	TKM	22
Uganda	UGA	39
Ukraine	UKR	3
United Arab Emirates {13}	ARE	17
United States	USA	1
Uruguay {14}	URY	8
Uzbekistan	UZB	21
Venezuela	VEN	13
Viet Nam	VNM	31
Yemen	YEM	53
Zambia	ZMB	50
Zimbabwe	ZWE	26

Footnotes

1 - Central America & Caribbean

Figure is for combined South America and Central America. Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

2 - Middle East & North Africa

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

3 - South America

Figure is for combined South America and Central America. Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

4 - Sub-Saharan Africa

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

5 - Developing Countries

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

6 - Bahrain

Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition, or refer to only part of a country.

7 - Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition, or refer to only part of a country.

8 - Mauritius

Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition, or refer to only part of a country.

9 - Qatar

Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition, or refer to only part of a country.

10 - Russian Federation

Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition, or refer to only part of a country.

11 - Serbia and Montenegro

Due to the cession in June 2006 of Montenegro from the State Union of Serbia and Montenego, and its subsequent admission to the UN on 28 June 2006, disaggregated data for Montenego and Serbia as separate States are not yet available. Aggregated data presented are for Serbia and Montenego pre-cession

12 - Thailand

Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition, or refer to only part of a country.

13 - United Arab Emirates

Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition, or refer to only part of a country.

14 - Uruguay

Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition, or refer to only part of a country.

Source

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). 2006. The State of the World's Children 2007: The Double Dividend of Gender Equality. Table 2. New York: UNICEF. Available online at: http://www.unicef.org/sowc07/.