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

		2000-2007
World
World {1}		28
		2000-2007
Region/Classification
Middle East & North Africa {2}		26
Sub-Saharan Africa {3}		38
Developing Countries {4}		30
Least Developed Countries {5}		40
	ISO	2000-2007
Country
Afghanistan {6}	AFG	54
Albania	ALB	22
Algeria	DZA	11
Angola	AGO	45
Argentina {7}	ARG	4
Armenia	ARM	13
Azerbaijan	AZE	21
Bahrain {8}	BHR	10
Bangladesh	BGD	36
Belarus	BLR	3
Belize	BLZ	18
Benin	BEN	38
Bhutan {9}	BTN	40
Bolivia	BOL	27
Bosnia and Herzegovina	BIH	7
Botswana	BWA	23
Burkina Faso	BFA	35
Burundi	BDI	53
Cambodia	KHM	37
Cameroon	CMR	30
Côte d'Ivoire	CIV	34
Central African Rep	CAF	38
Chad	TCD	41
Chile {10}	CHL	1
China	CHN	11
Colombia {11}	COL	12
Comoros	COM	44
Congo	COG	26
Congo, Dem Rep	COD	38
Costa Rica {12}	CRI	6
Croatia {13}	HRV	1
Cuba	CUB	5
Djibouti	DJI	33
Dominican Rep	DOM	7
Ecuador	ECU	23
Egypt	EGY	18
El Salvador {14}	SLV	19
Equatorial Guinea	GNQ	39
Eritrea	ERI	38
Ethiopia	ETH	47
Gabon	GAB	21
Gambia	GMB	22
Georgia	GEO	10
Ghana	GHA	22
Guatemala {15}	GTM	49
Guinea	GIN	35
Guinea-Bissau	GNB	41
Guyana	GUY	14
Haiti	HTI	24
Honduras	HND	25
India	IND	38
Iran, Islamic Rep {16}	IRN	15
Iraq	IRQ	21
Jamaica	JAM	3
Jordan	JOR	9
Kazakhstan	KAZ	13
Kenya	KEN	30
Korea, Dem People's Rep	PRK	37
Kuwait {17}	KWT	24
Kyrgyzstan	KGZ	14
Lao People's Dem Rep	LAO	40
Lebanon	LBN	11
Lesotho	LSO	38
Liberia	LBR	39
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya {18}	LBY	15
Macedonia, FYR	MKD	9
Madagascar	MDG	48
Malawi	MWI	46
Maldives	MDV	25
Mali	MLI	34
Mauritania	MRT	35
Mauritius {19}	MUS	10
Mexico	MEX	13
Moldova, Rep	MDA	8
Mongolia	MNG	21
Montenegro	MNE	5
Morocco	MAR	18
Mozambique	MOZ	41
Myanmar	MMR	32
Namibia	NAM	24
Nepal	NPL	43
Nicaragua	NIC	17
Niger	NER	50
Nigeria	NGA	38
Oman {20}	OMN	10
Pakistan	PAK	37
Palestinian Territories		10
Panama {21}	PAN	18
Paraguay	PRY	14
Peru	PER	30
Philippines	PHL	30
Qatar {22}	QAT	8
Romania	ROU	10
Russian Federation {23}	RUS	13
Rwanda	RWA	45
Sao Tome & Principe	STP	23
Saudi Arabia {24}	SAU	20
Senegal	SEN	16
Serbia	SRB	6
Sierra Leone	SLE	40
Singapore	SGP	2
Somalia	SOM	38
South Africa {25}	ZAF	25
Sri Lanka {26}	LKA	14
Sudan	SDN	43
Suriname	SUR	8
Swaziland	SWZ	24
Syrian Arab Rep	SYR	22
Tajikistan	TJK	27
Tanzania	TZA	38
Thailand	THA	12
Timor-Leste	TMP	54
Togo	TGO	24
Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	4
Tunisia	TUN	12
Turkey	TUR	12
Turkmenistan	TKM	15
Uganda	UGA	32
Ukraine	UKR	3
United Arab Emirates {27}	ARE	17
United States {28}	USA	1
Uruguay	URY	11
Uzbekistan	UZB	15
Venezuela	VEN	12
Viet Nam	VNM	36
Yemen	YEM	53
Zambia	ZMB	39
Zimbabwe	ZWE	29

Footnotes

1 - World

World total calculated by UNICEF.

2 - Middle East & North Africa

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

3 - Sub-Saharan Africa

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

4 - Developing Countries

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

5 - Least Developed Countries

Regional total calculated by UNICEF.

6 - Afghanistan

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. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

7 - Argentina

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. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

8 - 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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

9 - Bhutan

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. Such data are not included in the calculationof regional and global averages.

10 - Chile

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. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

11 - Colombia

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. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

12 - Costa Rica

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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

13 - Croatia

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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

14 - El Salvador

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. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

15 - Guatemala

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. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

16 - Iran, Islamic Rep

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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

17 - Kuwait

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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

18 - 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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

19 - 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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

20 - Oman

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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

21 - Panama

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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

22 - 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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

23 - 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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

24 - Saudi Arabia

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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

25 - South Africa

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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

26 - Sri Lanka

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. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

27 - 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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

28 - United States

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. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.

Source

United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF). 2008. The State of the World's Children 2009: Maternal and Newborn Health. Table 2. New York: UNICEF. Available online at: http://www.unicef.org/sowc09/index.php.