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| Population, Health and Human Well-being Children's Health: Underweight children under 5--moderate and severe Units: Percent (%) |
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| 1996-2005 | ||
| World | ||
| World | 25 | |
| 1996-2005 | ||
| Region/Classification | ||
| Central America & Caribbean {1} | 7 | |
| Middle East & North Africa {2} | 16 | |
| South America {3} | 7 | |
| Sub-Saharan Africa {4} | 28 | |
| Developing Countries {5} | 27 | |
| ISO | 1996-2005 | |
| Country | ||
| Afghanistan | AFG | 39 |
| Albania | ALB | 14 |
| Algeria | DZA | 10 |
| Angola | AGO | 31 |
| Argentina | ARG | 4 |
| Armenia | ARM | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | AZE | 7 |
| Bahrain {6} | BHR | 9 |
| Bangladesh | BGD | 48 |
| Benin | BEN | 23 |
| Bhutan | BTN | 19 |
| Bolivia | BOL | 8 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | BIH | 4 |
| Botswana | BWA | 13 |
| Brazil | BRA | 6 |
| Burkina Faso | BFA | 38 |
| Burundi | BDI | 45 |
| Cambodia | KHM | 45 |
| Cameroon | CMR | 18 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | CIV | 17 |
| Central African Rep | CAF | 24 |
| Chad | TCD | 37 |
| Chile | CHL | 1 |
| China | CHN | 8 |
| Colombia | COL | 7 |
| Comoros | COM | 25 |
| Congo | COG | 15 |
| Congo, Dem Rep | COD | 31 |
| Costa Rica | CRI | 5 |
| Croatia | HRV | 1 |
| Cuba | CUB | 4 |
| Djibouti | DJI | 27 |
| Dominican Rep | DOM | 5 |
| Ecuador | ECU | 12 |
| Egypt | EGY | 6 |
| El Salvador | SLV | 10 |
| Equatorial Guinea | GNQ | 19 |
| Eritrea | ERI | 40 |
| Ethiopia | ETH | 38 |
| Gabon | GAB | 12 |
| Gambia | GMB | 17 |
| Georgia | GEO | 3 |
| Ghana | GHA | 22 |
| Guatemala | GTM | 23 |
| Guinea | GIN | 26 |
| Guinea-Bissau | GNB | 25 |
| Guyana | GUY | 14 |
| Haiti | HTI | 17 |
| Honduras | HND | 17 |
| India | IND | 47 |
| Indonesia | IDN | 28 |
| Iran, Islamic Rep | IRN | 11 |
| Iraq | IRQ | 12 |
| Jamaica | JAM | 4 |
| Jordan | JOR | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | KAZ | 4 |
| Kenya | KEN | 20 |
| Korea, Dem People's Rep | PRK | 23 |
| Kuwait | KWT | 10 |
| Kyrgyzstan | KGZ | 11 |
| Lao People's Dem Rep | LAO | 40 |
| Lebanon | LBN | 4 |
| Lesotho | LSO | 20 |
| Liberia | LBR | 26 |
| Libyan Arab Jamahiriya {7} | LBY | 5 |
| Macedonia, FYR | MKD | 6 |
| Madagascar | MDG | 42 |
| Malawi | MWI | 22 |
| Malaysia | MYS | 11 |
| Maldives | MDV | 30 |
| Mali | MLI | 33 |
| Mauritania | MRT | 32 |
| Mauritius {8} | MUS | 15 |
| Mexico | MEX | 8 |
| Moldova, Rep | MDA | 4 |
| Mongolia | MNG | 7 |
| Morocco | MAR | 10 |
| Mozambique | MOZ | 24 |
| Myanmar | MMR | 32 |
| Namibia | NAM | 24 |
| Nepal | NPL | 48 |
| Nicaragua | NIC | 10 |
| Niger | NER | 40 |
| Nigeria | NGA | 29 |
| Oman | OMN | 18 |
| Pakistan | PAK | 38 |
| Palestinian Territories | 5 | |
| Panama | PAN | 8 |
| Paraguay | PRY | 5 |
| Peru | PER | 8 |
| Philippines | PHL | 28 |
| Qatar {9} | QAT | 6 |
| Romania | ROU | 3 |
| Russian Federation {10} | RUS | 3 |
| Rwanda | RWA | 23 |
| Sao Tome & Principe | STP | 13 |
| Saudi Arabia | SAU | 14 |
| Senegal | SEN | 17 |
| Serbia and Montenegro {11} | YUG | 2 |
| Sierra Leone | SLE | 27 |
| Singapore | SGP | 3 |
| Somalia | SOM | 26 |
| South Africa | ZAF | 12 |
| Sri Lanka | LKA | 29 |
| Sudan | SDN | 41 |
| Suriname | SUR | 13 |
| Swaziland | SWZ | 10 |
| Syrian Arab Rep | SYR | 7 |
| Tanzania | TZA | 22 |
| Thailand {12} | THA | 18 |
| Timor-Leste | TMP | 46 |
| Togo | TGO | 25 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | TTO | 6 |
| Tunisia | TUN | 4 |
| Turkey | TUR | 4 |
| Turkmenistan | TKM | 12 |
| Uganda | UGA | 23 |
| Ukraine | UKR | 1 |
| United Arab Emirates {13} | ARE | 14 |
| United States | USA | 2 |
| Uruguay {14} | URY | 5 |
| Uzbekistan | UZB | 8 |
| Venezuela | VEN | 5 |
| Viet Nam | VNM | 27 |
| Yemen | YEM | 46 |
| Zambia | ZMB | 20 |
| Zimbabwe | ZWE | 17 |
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| 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/. |