Children under the age of 5 years underweight

Children under the age of 5 years underweight gives the percent of children under five considered to be underweight. Underweight means weight-for-age is approximately 2 kg below for standard at age one, 3 kg below standard for ages two and three, and 4 kg below standard for ages four and five.

Rank	Country	%	Date of Information
1	Yemen	39.90	2013
2	Timor-Leste	37.50	2013
3	India	33.40	2016/18
4	Sudan	33.00	2014
5	Niger	31.30	2019
6	Djibouti	29.90	2012
7	Chad	29.20	2019
8	Papua New Guinea	27.80	2009/11
9	Burundi	27.00	2018/19
10	Madagascar	26.40	2018
11	Nepal	24.40	2019
12	Cambodia	24.10	2014
13	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	23.10	2017/18
14	Pakistan	23.10	2017/18
15	Somalia	23.00	2009
16	Bangladesh	22.60	2019
17	Ethiopia	21.10	2019
18	Laos	21.10	2017
19	Central African Republic	20.50	2019
20	Sri Lanka	20.50	2016
21	Mauritania	19.20	2018
22	Afghanistan	19.10	2018
23	Burma	19.10	2017/18
24	Philippines	19.10	2018
25	Angola	19.00	2015/16
26	Guinea-Bissau	18.80	2019
27	Nigeria	18.40	2019/20
28	Mali	18.10	2019
29	Indonesia	17.70	2018
30	Comoros	16.90	2012
31	Benin	16.80	2017/18
32	Burkina Faso	16.40	2019
33	Guinea	16.30	2018
34	Solomon Islands	16.20	2015
35	Mozambique	15.60	2014/15
36	Togo	15.20	2017
37	Maldives	14.80	2016/17
38	Tanzania	14.60	2018
39	Senegal	14.40	2019
40	Malaysia	14.10	2019
41	Sierra Leone	13.50	2019
42	Vietnam	13.40	2017
43	Namibia	13.20	2013
44	Cote d'Ivoire	12.80	2016
45	Ghana	12.60	2017/18
46	Guatemala	12.40	2014/15
47	Congo, Republic of the	12.30	2014/15
48	Marshall Islands	11.90	2017
49	Zambia	11.80	2018/19
50	Libya	11.70	2014
51	Vanuatu	11.70	2013
52	Gambia, The	11.60	2019/20
53	Kenya	11.20	2014
54	Oman	11.20	2016/17
55	Cameroon	11.00	2018/19
56	Liberia	10.90	2019/20
57	Lesotho	10.50	2018
58	Uganda	10.40	2016
59	Zimbabwe	9.70	2019
60	Haiti	9.50	2016/17
61	Korea, North	9.30	2017
62	Malawi	9.00	2019
63	Guyana	8.20	2014
64	Rwanda	7.70	2019/20
65	Thailand	7.70	2019
66	Tajikistan	7.60	2017
67	Honduras	7.10	2011/12
68	Egypt	7.00	2014
69	Kiribati	6.90	2018/19
70	Suriname	6.70	2018
71	Gabon	6.40	2012
72	Eswatini	5.80	2014
73	Equatorial Guinea	5.60	2011
74	South Africa	5.50	2017
75	Sao Tome and Principe	5.40	2019
76	Ecuador	5.20	2018/19
77	El Salvador	5.00	2014
78	Azerbaijan	4.90	2013
79	Trinidad and Tobago	4.90	2011
80	Mexico	4.70	2018/19
81	Belize	4.60	2015/16
82	Nicaragua	4.60	2011/12
83	Jamaica	4.40	2016
84	Iran	4.10	2010/11
85	Dominican Republic	4.00	2013
86	Iraq	3.90	2018
87	Colombia	3.70	2015/16
88	Montenegro	3.70	2018/19
89	Seychelles	3.60	2012
90	Barbados	3.50	2012
91	Bolivia	3.40	2016
92	Samoa	3.40	2019/20
93	Turkmenistan	3.10	2019
94	Jordan	3.00	2012
95	Kuwait	3.00	2014
96	Panama	3.00	2019
97	Costa Rica	2.90	2018
98	Uzbekistan	2.90	2017
99	Saint Lucia	2.80	2012
100	Algeria	2.70	2018/19
101	Armenia	2.60	2015/16
102	Morocco	2.60	2017/18
103	China	2.40	2013
104	Cuba	2.40	2019
105	Peru	2.40	2019
106	Moldova	2.20	2012
107	Gaza Strip	2.10	2019/20
108	Georgia	2.10	2018
109	West Bank	2.10	2019/20
110	Kazakhstan	2.00	2015
111	Bulgaria	1.90	2014
112	Kyrgyzstan	1.80	2018
113	Mongolia	1.80	2018
114	Uruguay	1.80	2018
115	Argentina	1.70	2018/19
116	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.60	2012
117	Tunisia	1.60	2018
118	Albania	1.50	2017/18
119	Turkey	1.50	2018/19
120	Paraguay	1.30	2016
121	Belgium	1.00	2014/15
122	Serbia	1.00	2019
124	Tonga	0.80	2019
125	Poland	0.70	2010/12
126	Chile	0.50	2014
127	Germany	0.50	2014/17
128	Estonia	0.40	2013/15
129	Portugal	0.40	2015/16
130	United States	0.40	2017/18