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Nutritional status

Country	Year	Age	Underweight (moderate and severe, %)*	Underweight (severe, %)	Stunting (moderate and severe, %)*	Wasting (moderate and severe, %)*	Overweight (including obesity, %)*	Source
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Afghanistan	2003-2004	6-59 months	33	12	59	9	5	National Micronutrient Survey 2004, Tables 5.1-5.3.
Albania	2008-2009	0-59 months	5	2	19	9	23	DHS 2008-2009, Final report, Table 11.12, p. 175
Algeria	2006	0-59 months	3	1	15	4	13	MICS 2006, Preliminary report, Table NU.1, p. 38
Andorra
Angola	2007	6-59 months	16	7	29	8		National Nutrition Survey 2007, Table 5
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina	2005-2006	6-59 months	2	0	8	1	10	Encuesta Nacional de Nutrición y Salud 2005-06, Datos preliminares, Ministerio de Salud y Ambiente.
Armenia	2010	0-59 months	5	1	19	4	17	DHS 2010, Final report
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan	2006	0-59 months	8	2	25	7	14	DHS 2006, Final report, Table 12.1, p. 138
Bahamas
Bahrain	1995	0-59 months						Family Health Survey, Final Report, p.192.
Bangladesh	2011	0-59 months	36	10	41	16	2	DHS 2011, Preliminary report
Barbados
Belarus	2005	0-59 months	1	1	4	2	10	MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, Nov 2007
Belgium
Belize	2006	0-59 months	4	1	22	2	14	MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ May 2009
Benin	2006	0-59 months	18	5	43	8	11	DHS 2006, Final report, Table 12.1, p. 172
Bhutan	2010	0-59 months	13	3	34	6	8	MICS 2010, Preliminary report, Table NU.1
Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	2008	0-59 months	4	1	27	1	9	DHS 2008, Final report, Table 11.9.2, p. 213
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2005	0-59 months	1	0	10	4	26	MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, Nov 2007
Botswana	2007	0-59 months	11	4	31	7	11	Family Health Survey 2007, additional calculation by UNICEF HQ
Brazil	2006	0-59 months	2		7	2	7	MOH, PNDS 2006, Table 1, p. 255
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria							14
Burkina Faso	2010	0-59 months	26	7	35	11		Burkina Faso Annual Nutrition Survey 2010, Table 13, p. 27
Burundi	2010	0-59 months	29	8	58	6	3	DHS 2010
Cambodia	2010	0-59 months	28	7	40	11	2	CSES 2010
Cameroon	2011	0-59 months	15	5	33	6	6	DHS MICS Preliminary 2011
Canada
Cape Verde	2006	6-59 months						Questionário Unificado de Indicadores Básicos de Bem-Estar, INE, 2006, Tab 27
Central African Republic	2010	0-59 months	24	8	41	7	2	MICS Preliminary 2010
Chad	2010	0-59 months	30	13	39	16	3	MICS Preliminary 2010
Chile	2006	0-71 months					10	Ministerio de Salud. Departamento de Estadísticas de Salud. Anexo Salud2
China	2010	0-59 months	4	..	10	2	7	CDC 2010
Colombia	2010	0-59 months	3	1	13	1	5	DHS 2010, Final report, Table 11.10.1, p. 296
Comoros	2004	0-59 months					22	Enquête Intégrale Auprès des Ménages (EIM) 2004, Table 10, p. 19.
Congo	2005	0-59 months	11	3	30	8	9	DHS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ Jul 2008
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2010	0-59 months	24	8	43	9		MICS 2010, Final report, Table NU.1
Cook Islands	1997	0-59 months						South Pacific Islands Regional Millennium Development Goals Report 2004, Table 1.1, p. 24.
Costa Rica	2008-2009	0-59 months	1		6	1	8	National Nutrition Survey (ENN) 2008-2009, additional calculation by WHO
Côte d'Ivoire	2011	6-59 months	16	5	27	5		CIV_Enquête nutritionnelle nationale basee sur la methodologie SMART_2012
Croatia	1995-1996	12-71 months						Growth Monitoring of Pre-School Children 1997, UNICEF, Tables 1-3.
Cuba	2005	0-59 months						National Survey of the Nutrition and Food Hygiene Institute 2005
Cyprus
Czech Republic							4
Denmark
Djibouti	2010	6-59 months	23	5	31	10	10	SMART survey 2010, Tables 7.4.1-3, p. 36
Dominica
Dominican Republic	2007	0-59 months	3	0	10	2	8	DHS 2007, Final report, Table 6.1, p. 77
Ecuador	2004	0-59 months	6				5	CEPAR, ENDEMAIN 2004, Tables 12.9 & 12.11.
Egypt	2008	0-59 months	6	1	29	7	21	DHS 2008, Final report, Table 14.1, p. 185
El Salvador	2008	3 - 59 months	6	1	19	1	6	FESAL 2008. Tables 12.19-12.24, pp. 376-381
Equatorial Guinea	2004	0-59 months	11	?	35	3	8	Other, 2004
Eritrea	2002	0-59 months	35	13	44	15	2	DHS 2002, Re-analyzed by WHO Nov 2007
Estonia
Ethiopia	2011	0-59 months	29	9	44	10	2	DHS 2011
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon	2000	0-59 months	8	2	25	4	6	DHS 2000, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ Jul 2008
Gambia	2010	0-59 months	18	4	24	10	2	MICS 2010, Preliminary report, Table NU.1
Georgia	2009	0-59 months	1	1	11	2	20	National nutrition survey 2009, Tables 45 - 49, pp. 75 - 80
Germany							4
Ghana	2008	0-59 months	14	3	28	9	6	DHS 2008, Final report, Table 11.1, p. 181
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala	2008-2009	3-59 months	13		48	1	5	ENSMI 2008-09 final, additional calculation by WHO
Guinea	2008	0-59 months	21	7	40	8		Enquête Nationale sur l'état nutritionnel et le suivi des indicateurs de Survie de l'Enfant (ENENSE), Table 6.10a
Guinea-Bissau	2010	0-59 months	18	5	32	6	3	MICS 2010, Preliminary report, Table NU.1
Guyana	2009	0-59 months	11	2	18	5	6	DHS 2009
Haiti	2006	0-59 months	18	6	29	10	4	DHS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ Jul 2008
Holy See
Honduras	2005-2006	0-59 months	8	1	29	1	6	DHS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ Jul 2008
Hungary
Iceland
India	2005-2006	0-59 months	43	16	48	20	2	NFHS 2005-06, Final report, Table 10.1, p. 270
Indonesia	2010	0-59 months	18	5	36	13	14	IDN_Basic Health Research_2010
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	2004	0-59 months						Anthropometric and Nutrition Indicators Survey 2004
Iraq	2006	0-59 months	6	2	26	6	15	MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ Nov 2007
Ireland
Israel
Italy
Jamaica	2007	0-59 months	2		4	2		Jamaica Survey of Living Conditions 2007, Table D-1, Appendix
Japan
Jordan	2009	0-59 months	2	0	8	2	7	DHS 2009, Final report, Table 8.1, p. 82
Kazakhstan	2006	0-59 months	4	1	17	5	17	MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, Nov 2007
Kenya	2008-2009	0-59 months	16	4	35	7	5	DHS 2008-2009, Final report, Table 11.1, p. 143
Kiribati	1999	0-59 months						South Pacific Islands Regional Millennium Development Goals Report 2004, Table 1.1, p. 24.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	2009	0-59 months	19	4	32	5		MICS 2009, Final report, Table NU.1
Kuwait	1996	0-59 months					9	Kuwait Family Health Survey, Final Report, p. 192.
Kyrgyzstan	2006	0-59 months	2	0	18	3	11	MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, Nov 2007
Lao People's Democratic Republic	2006	0-59 months	31	9	48	7	1	MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ Jul 2008
Latvia
Lebanon	2004	0-59 months					17	PAPFAM 2004, Table 12, p. 34.
Lesotho	2009	0-59 months	13	2	39	4	7	DHS 2009, Final report, Table 11.1, p. 133
Liberia	2010	6-59 months	15	2	42	3	4	Food Security and Nutrition Survey 2010, Table 5.1, p. 81
Libya	1995	0-59 months	4		21	4	22	PAPCHILD, MCH Survey 1995, Re-analyzed by WHO Nov 2007
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar	2008-2009	0 - 59 months	36	?	50	15		DHS 2008-2009, Final report, Table 11.12, p. 203
Malawi	2010	0-59 months	13	3	47	4	9	DHS 2010, Final report
Malaysia	2006	0-59 months	13		17			Nutritional Status of Children below Five Years in Malaysia: Anthropometric Analyses from the Third National Health and Morbidity Survey III (NHMS, 2006).
Maldives	2009	0-59 months	17	3	19	11	7	DHS 2009, Final report, Table 11.1, p. 118
Mali	2006	0-59 months	27	10	38	15		DHS 2006, Final report, Table 11.1, p. 175
Malta
Marshall Islands
Mauritania	2010	6-59 months	20	4	23	12		SMART survey 2010, Table 29, p. 51
Mauritius	1995	0-59 months						Survey on Nutrition in Mauritius and Rodrigues 1995, Final Report, Ministry of Health.
Mexico	2006	0-59 months	3		16	2	8	Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición 2006, p. 89, additional analysis by WHO
Micronesia (Federated States of)	1997	0-59 months						South Pacific Islands Regional Millennium Development Goals Report 2004, Table 1.1, p. 24.
Republic of Moldova	2005	0-59 months	3	1	10	5	9	DHS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ May 2009
Monaco
Mongolia	2010	0-59 months	5	2	16	2	14	MICS Summary Report 2010
Montenegro	2005	0-59 months	2	1	7	4	16	MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, Nov 2007
Morocco	2010-2011	0-59 months	3	..	15	2	11	ENPSF 2011
Mozambique	2011	0-59 months	15	4	43	6	7	MOZ_DHS 2011(Prelim)_2011
Myanmar	2009-2010	0-59 months	23	6	35	8	3	MICS 2009-2010, Final report, Table NU.1
Namibia	2006-2007	0-59 months	17	4	29	8	5	DHS 2006-07, Final report, Table 12.1, pp. 149-150
Nauru	2007	0-59 months	5	1	24	1	3	DHS 2007, Preliminary report, Table 11.3
Nepal	2011	0-59 months	29	8	41	11	1	DHS 2011
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua	2006-2007	0-59 months	6	1	22	1	6	ENDESA 2006-07, Final report, Table 9.6.1, p. 313
Niger	2011	6-59 months	39	12	51	12	4	Other, 2011
Nigeria	2008	0-59 months	23	9	41	14	11	DHS 2008, Final report, Table 11.1, p. 165
Niue
Norway
Oman	2009	0-59 months	9	1	10	7	2	OMN_National Health Survey for Protein Energy Malnutrition_2009
Pakistan	2011	0-59 months	32	12	44	15	6	Other, 2011 Preliminary
Palau
Panama	2008	0 - 60 months	4		19	1		Encuesta de Niveles de Vida 2008, Tables 2, 4, 6, pp. 14, 20, 27
Papua New Guinea	2005	6-59 months	18	5	43	5	3	National Micronutrient Survey 2005, Tables 3.1.1-3.1.6, pp. 12-19
Paraguay	2005	0-59 months	3		18	1	7	Análisis de la situación de salud infantil y antropometría en menores de 5 años. Paraguay EPH 2005. Marta Cristina Sanabria. Informe de consultoría. PNUD Paraguay
Peru	2011	0-59 months	4	1	20	0		DHS 2011
Philippines	2008	0 - 60 months	22		32	7	3	FNRI, 7th National Nutrition Survey 2008, p. 62
Poland
Portugal
Qatar	1995	0-71 months						National Nutritional Assessment 1996.
Romania	2002	0-59 months	4	1	13	4	8	National Nutrition Survey 2002, Re-analyzed by WHO Jan 2007
Russian Federation	1995	0-59 months						Russian Longitudinal Monitoring Survey 1995, UNC Chapel Hill.
Rwanda	2010	0-59 months	11	2	44	3	7	DHS 2010, Final report
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe	2008-2009	0-59 months	13	3	29	11	12	DHS 2008-2009, Final report, Table 11.1, p. 159
Saudi Arabia	1996	0-59 months					6	Family Health Survey 1996, Final Report, p. 191.
Senegal	2010-2011	0-59 months	18	5	27	10	3	DHS MICS 2010-2011
Serbia	2010	0-59 months	2	1	7	4	16	MICS 2010
Seychelles
Sierra Leone	2010	0-59 months	22	8	44	9	10	MICS 2010
Singapore	2000	0-59 months	3	0	4	4	3	WHO Database, citing National Healthcare Group Polyclinics Anthropometric Growth Charts for Singapore Preschool Children 2000.
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands	2007	0-59 months	12	2	33	4	3	DHS 2007, Preliminary report, Table 11.3
Somalia	2006	0-59 months	32	12	42	13	5	MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ Nov 2007
South Africa	2008	0-59 months	9		24	5		National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS) 2008, additional calculation by WHO
South Sudan	2010	0-59 months	28	12	31	23		MICS 2010
Spain
Sri Lanka	2006-2007	0 - 59 months	21	4	17	15	1	DHS 2006-2007, Final report, Table 11.1, p. 159
State of Palestine	2006	0-59 months						Palestinian Family Health Survey 2006, Preliminary Report, Tables 20-22, pp. 52-54.
Sudan	2010	0-59 months	32	13	35	16		SHHS 2010
Suriname	2006	0-59 months	7	1	11	5	4	MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ Jul 2008
Swaziland	2010	0-59 months	6	1	31	1	11	MICS 2010
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Republic	2009	0-59 months	10		28	12	18	PAPFAM 2009, additional calculation by WHO
Tajikistan	2007	0-59 months	15	6	39	7		LSMS 2007, Table 2.1, p. 13
United Republic of Tanzania	2010	0-59 months	16	4	42	5	6	DHS 2010, Final report, Table 11.1, p. 165
Thailand	2005-2006	0-59 months	7	1	16	5	8	MICS 2005-06, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ Nov 2007
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2011	0-59 months	1	0	5	2	16	MICS Preliminary 2011
Timor-Leste	2009-2010	0-59 months	45	15	58	19	6	DHS 2009-2010, Final report, Table 12.1, p. 149
Togo	2010	0-59 months	17	4	30	5	2	MICS 2010
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago	2000	0-59 months					5	MICS 2000, Reanalyzed by UNICEF HQ.
Tunisia	2006	0-59 months	3		9	3	9	MICS 2006, additional calculation by WHO
Turkey	2008	0 - 59 months	2	0	12	1		DHS 2008, Final report, Table E.1, p. 258
Turkmenistan	2005	0-59 months	8	2	19	7		MICS 2005, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ, Nov 2007
Tuvalu	2007	0-59 months	2	0	10	3	6	DHS 2007, Preliminary report, Table 10
Uganda	2011	0-59 months	14	3	33	5	3	pDHS 2011
Ukraine	2002	6-39 months						National Micronutrients Survey 2004.
United Arab Emirates	1995	0-59 months						Family Health Survey 1995, Final Report, p. 190.
United Kingdom
United States	1999-2002	24-59 months	1	0	3	0	8	WHO Database citing Hedley AA et al, "Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity among US Children, Adolescents and Adults 1999-2002" JAMA 2004, 291:2847-50.
Uruguay	2002	0-59 months	5	2	15	2	9	SISVEN - Ministerio de Salud Pública 2002, with additional analysis by WHO
Uzbekistan	2006	0-59 months	4	1	19	4	13	MICS 2006, Re-analyzed by UNICEF HQ Nov 2007
Vanuatu	2007	0-59 months					5	MICS 2007, Final report, Table NU.1, p. 22
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	2007	0-59 months	4		16	5	6	INN, SISVAN 2007, additional calculation by WHO
Viet Nam	2011	0-59 months	12	2	23	4		MICS 2010-2011
Yemen	2003	0-59 months	43	19	58	15	5	Family Health Survey 2003, Re-analyzed by WHO May 2009
Zambia	2007	0-59 months	15	3	45	5	8	DHS 2007, Final report, Table 11.1, p. 162
Zimbabwe	2010-2011	0-59 months	10	2	32	3	6	DHS 2010-2011

Country	Underweight (moderate and severe, %)*	Underweight (severe, %)	Footnote	Stunting (moderate and severe, %)*	Wasting (moderate and severe, %)*	Overweight (including obesity, %)*
Sub-Saharan Africa	21	7		40	9	7
Eastern and Southern Africa	18	5		40	7	5
West and Central Africa	23	8		39	12	9
Middle East and North Africa	8	-		20	9	12
South Asia	33	14		39	16	3
East Asia and the Pacific	6	4	**	12	4	5
Latin America and the Caribbean	3	-		12	2	7
CEE/CIS	2	-		12	1	16
Industrialized countries	2	-		7	2	15
Least developed countries	23	7		38	10	4
World	16	10	**	26	8	7

Notes:

* Regional averages for underweight (moderate and severe), stunting (moderate and severe), wasting (moderate and severe) and overweight (including obesity) are estimated using statistical modelling of data from the UNICEF and WHO Joint Global Nutrition Database, 2011 revision (completed July 2012). The severe underweight indicator was not included in this exercise; regional averages for this indicator are based on a population-weighted average calculated by UNICEF.

** Excludes China.