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Last update: Feb 2011

Tracking progress toward MDG 1

Country	Children aged 0-59 months who are underweight by NCHS reference population				Progress towards the MDG
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Country	Moderate & severe (%) (2003-2009)	Year		AARR(%)	Progress towards the MDG
Afghanistan	39	2003-2004		3.7	On track
Albania	6	2008-2009		10.4	On track
Algeria	4	2006		6.1	On track
Andorra	-			-	-
Angola	16	2007		7.6	On track
Antiqua and Barbuda	-			-	-
Argentina	4	2005-2006		3.5	On track
Armenia	4	2005		-2	On track
Australia	-			-	-
Austria	-			-	-
Azerbaijan	10	2006		1.6	Insufficient
Bahamas	-			-	-
Bahrain	9	1995	x	-	-
Bangladesh	46	2007		2.3	Insufficient
Barbados	-			-	-
Belarus	1	2005		-	On track
Belgium	-			-	-
Belize	6	2006		-0.2	No progress
Benin	23	2006		2.2	Insufficient
Bhutan	19	1999	x	6.4	On track
Bolivia	6	2008		3.4	On track
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2	2005		18.2	On track
Botswana	14	2007		1.8	Insufficient
Brazil	5	2002-2003		3	On track
Brunei Darussalam	-			-	-
Bulgaria	-			-	-
Burkina Faso	31	2009		0.1	No progress
Burundi	35	2007		0.4	No progress
Cambodia	36	2005		4.2	On track
Cameroon	19	2006		-2.3	No progress
Canada	-			-	-
Cape Verde	9	2006		3	On track
Central African Republic	29	2006		-1.6	No progress
Chad	37	2004		0.7	Insufficient
Chile	1	2005		2.3	On track
China	7	2005		6.4	On track
Colombia	7	2005		2.7	On track
Comoros	25	2004		-3.7	No progress
Congo	14	2005		2.7	On track
Cook Islands	10	1997	x	-	-
Costa Rica	5	1996	x	-	-
Côte d'Ivoire	20	2006		1.8	Insufficient
Croatia	1	1995-1996	x	-	-
Cuba	4	2005		8.5	On track
Cyprus	-			-	-
Czech Republic	-			-	-
Dem. People's Republic of Korea	23	2004		-	-
Democratic Republic of the Congo	31	2007		0.8	Insufficient
Denmark	-			-	-
Djibouti	33	2007		-2.2	No progress
Dominica	-			-	-
Dominican Republic	4	2007		4.7	On track
Ecuador	9	2004		2.9	On track
Egypt	8	2008		2.4	Insufficient
El Salvador	9	2008		2.7	On track
Equatorial Guinea	19	2000	x	-	-
Eritrea	40	2002	x	0.7	Insufficient
Estonia	-			-	-
Ethiopia	38	2005		1.7	Insufficient
Fiji	-			-	-
Finland	-			-	-
France	-			-	-
Gabon	12	2000	x	-	-
Gambia	20	2006		2.1	Insufficient
Georgia	2	2005		6.3	On track
Germany	-			-	-
Ghana	17	2008		3.2	On track
Greece	-			-	-
Greneda	-			-	-
Guatemala	19	2008-2009		2.5	Insufficient
Guinea	26	2008		0.3	No progress
Guinea-Bissau	19	2006		4.1	On track
Guyana	12	2006		2.4	Insufficient
Haiti	22	2006		1.9	Insufficient
Holy See	-			-	-
Honduras	11	2005-2006		2.8	On track
Hungary	-			-	-
Iceland	-			-	-
India	48	2005-2006		0.9	Insufficient
Indonesia	28	2003		2.7	On track
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	5	2004		11.6	On track
Iraq	8	2006		0.6	Insufficient
Ireland	-			-	-
Israel	-			-	-
Italy	-			-	-
Jamaica	4	2004		5.8	On track
Japan	-			-	-
Jordan	4	2002	x	4.7	On track
Kazakhstan	4	2006		0.7	On track
Kenya	20	2008-2009		0.7	Insufficient
Kiribati	13	1999	x	-	-
Korea, Republic of	-			-	-
Kuwait	10	1996	x	-	-
Kyrgyzstan	3	2006		12.8	On track
Lao People's Democratic Republic	37	2006		1	Insufficient
Latvia	-			-	-
Lebanon	4	2004		-3.3	On track
Lesotho	20	2004		-2	No progress
Liberia	24	2007		1.5	Insufficient
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	5	1995	x	-	-
Liechtenstein	-			-	-
Lithuania	-			-	-
Luxembourg	-			-	-
Madagascar	42	2003-2004		-0.4	No progress
Malawi	21	2006		2.4	Insufficient
Malaysia	8	2005		7.6	On track
Maldives	30	2001	x	4.3	On track
Mali	32	2006		1.4	Insufficient
Malta	-			-	-
Marshall Islands	-			-	-
Mauritania	20	2009		2.2	Insufficient
Mauritius	15	1995	x	-	-
Mexico	5	2005		5.9	On track
Micronesia (Fed. States of)	15	1997	x	-	-
Monaco	-			-	-
Mongolia	6	2005		7	On track
Montenegro	3	2005		-	On track
Morocco	10	2003-2004		1.8	Insufficient
Mozambique	18	2008		2.9	On track
Myanmar	32	2003		1.2	Insufficient
Namibia	21	2006		1.5	Insufficient
Nauru	-			-	-
Nepal	45	2006		0.3	No progress
Netherlands	-			-	-
New Zealand	-			-	-
Nicaragua	7	2006-2007		4.3	On track
Niger	41	2009		0.2	No progress
Nigeria	29	2003		2.2	Insufficient
Niue	-			-	-
Norway	-			-	-
Occupied Palestinian Territory	3	2006		1.3	On track
Oman	18	1998	x	4.2	On track
Pakistan	38	2001-2002	x	1.7	Insufficient
Palau	-			-	-
Panama	8	1997	x	-1.2	No progress
Papua New Guinea	26	2005		0.8	Insufficient
Paraguay	4	2005		-0.1	On track
Peru	6	2009		3.2	On track
Philippines	26	2008		1	Insufficient
Poland	-			-	-
Portugal	-			-	-
Qatar	6	1995	x	-	-
Republic of Moldova	4	2005		-3.3	On track
Romania	3	2002	x	6	On track
Russian Federation	3	1995	x	-	-
Rwanda	23	2005		1.9	Insufficient
Saint Kitts and Nevis	-			-	-
Saint Lucia	-			-	-
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	-			-	-
Samoa	-			-	-
San Marino	-			-	-
São Tomé and Príncipe	9	2006		5.5	On track
Saudi Arabia	14	1996	x	-	-
Senegal	17	2005		1.1	Insufficient
Serbia	2	2005		-	On track
Seychelles	-			-	-
Sierra Leone	25	2008		0.3	No progress
Singapore	3	2000	x	-	On track
Slovakia	-			-	-
Slovenia	-			-	-
Solomon Islands	21	1989	x	-	-
Somalia	36	2006		-7	No progress
South Africa	12	2003		-2.6	No progress
Spain	-			-	-
Sri Lanka	27	2006-2007		2.4	Insufficient
Sudan	31	2006		0.6	Insufficient
Suriname	10	2006		4.8	On track
Swaziland	10	2008		1.2	Insufficient
Sweden	-			-	-
Switzerland	-			-	-
Syrian Arab Republic	10	2006		2.7	On track
Tajikistan	17	2005		-	-
TFYR Macedonia	2	2006		12.8	On track
Thailand	9	2005-2006		5.5	On track
Timor-Leste	49	2007		-2.3	No progress
Togo	21	2008		0.3	No progress
Tonga	-			-	-
Trinidad and Tobago	6	2000	x	1.3	Insufficient
Tunisia	3	2006		6.6	On track
Turkey	3	2008		9.2	On track
Turkmenistan	11	2005		1.7	Insufficient
Tuvalu	-			-	-
Uganda	20	2006		0.7	Insufficient
Ukraine	1	2002	x	-	-
United Arab Emirates	14	1995	x	-	-
United Kingdom	-			-	-
United Republic of Tanzania	22	2004		2.2	Insufficient
United States of America	2	1994-2002	x	-	-
Uruguay	5	2002	x	2.2	On track
Uzbekistan	5	2006		11.4	On track
Vanuatu	16	2007		0.9	Insufficient
Venezuela	5	2005		1.6	On track
Viet Nam	20	2006		4.1	On track
Yemen	46	2003		-3.6	No progress
Zambia	19	2007		1.6	Insufficient
Zimbabwe	16	2009		-1.5	No progress

Region	Children aged 0-59 months who are underweight by NCHS reference population			Progress towards the MDG
Region	Moderate & severe (%) (2003-2009)	Year	AARR(%)	Progress towards the MDG
AFRICA	24		1.1	Insufficient
Sub-Saharan Africa	27		1.3	Insufficient
Eastern and Southern Africa	25		1.3	Insufficient
West and Central Africa	28		1.3	Insufficient
Middle East and North Africa	14		0.8	Insufficient
ASIA	31		1.5	Insufficient
South Asia	47		1.1	Insufficient
East Asia and Pacific	11		3.7	On track
Latin America and Caribbean	7		3.3	On track
CEE/CIS	5		8.6	On track

Developing countries	26		1.6	Insufficient
Least developed countries	33		1.6	Insufficient
World	26		1.5	Insufficient

On track: AARR is 2.6% or more or latest available estimate of underweight prevalence (from 2000 or later) is 5% or less, regardless of AARR Insufficient: AARR is between 0.6% and 2.5%, inclusive No progress: AARR is 0.5% or less Countries in each region are sorted from best to worst first by category, then by AARR and then by latest prevalence. x: Indicates that the data year was outside the range of 2003–2009. AARR: average annual reduction rate (of underweight prevalence) MDG: Millennium Development Goal NCHS: National Center for Health Statistics (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)