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

		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

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/.