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Underweight prevalence by background information according to the WHO Child Growth Standards

Country	Underweight prevalence (WHO)2003-2009*	Gender (%)			Residence (%)			Source
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Country	Underweight prevalence (WHO)2003-2009*	Male	Female	Ratio of female to male	Urban	Rural	Ratio of rural to urban	Source
Afghanistan	33y	33y	33y	1y	-	-	-	Other, 2004
Albania	5	6	5	0.8	5	6	1.2	DHS, 2008-2009
Algeria	3	3	3	1.0	3	4	1.4	MICS, 2006
Andorra	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Angola	16y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2007
Antigua and Barbuda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Argentina	2.3y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2005-2006
Armenia	4	3	5	1.9	4	4	1.0	DHS, 2005
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Azerbaijan	8	8	7	0.9	4	12	3.1	DHS, 2006
Bahamas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bahrain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bangladesh	41	40	42	1.1	33	43	1.3	DHS, 2007
Barbados	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belarus	1	2	1	0.7	1	2	1.7	MICS, 2005
Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belize	4	3	5	1.5	2	6	2.9	MICS, 2006
Benin	18	21	16	0.8	15	21	1.4	DHS, 2006
Bhutan	14x	17x	12x	0.7x	-	-	-	Other, 1999
Bolivia	4	5	4	0.8	3	6	2.3	DHS, 2008
Bosnia Herzegovina	1	2	1	0.5	2	1	0.7	MICS, 2005
Botswana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil	2	2	2	1.1	2	2	0.8	Other, 2006
Brunei Darussalam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Burkina Faso	26	27	25	0.9	-	-	-	Other, 2009
Burundi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cambodia	29	28	29	1.0	21	30	1.4	Other, 2008
Cameroon	16	18	14	0.8	9	22	2.4	MICS, 2006
Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cape Verde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Central Africa Rep.	24	27	22	0.8	22	26	1.2	MICS, 2006
Chad	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
China	6	7	7	1.0	3	8	2.7	Other, 2005
Colombia	5	5	4	0.9	4	7	1.8	DHS, 2005
Comoros	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Congo	11	12	11	0.9	8	15	2.0	DHS, 2005
Congo, Dem. Rep.: Zaire	25	28	23	0.8	19	29	1.6	DHS, 2007
Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Costa Rica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cote d'Ivoire	16	18	14	0.8	9	20	2.2	MICS, 2006
Croatia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cuba	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cyprus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Djibouti	31y	33y	29y	0.9y	22y	35y	1.6y	Other, 2007
Dominica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominican Republic	3	3	3	1.2	3	4	1	DHS, 2007
Ecuador	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2004
Egypt	6	7	5	0.7	6	6	1.0	DHS, 2008
El Salvador	6y	5y	6y	1.1y	4y	7y	2y	Other, 2008
Equatorial Guinea	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2004
Eritrea	35x	36x	33x	0.9x	23x	40x	1.7x	DHS, 2002
Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ethiopia	33	34	32	1.0	17	35	2.0	DHS, 2005
Fiji	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
France	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gabon	8x	10x	7x	0.7x	7x	12x	1.8x	DHS, 2000
Gambia	16	16	15	0.9	11	18	1.7	MICS, 2006
Georgia	1	1	1	0.8	1	1	1.6	Other, 2009
Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ghana	14	15	12	0.8	11	16	1.5	DHS, 2008
Greece	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grenada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guinea	21	22	20	0.9	15	23	1.5	Other, 2008
Guinea-Bissau	15	15	15	1.0	10	17	1.7	MICS, 2006
Guyana	11	12	9	0.7	7	12	1.7	pDHS, 2009
Haiti	18	19	17	0.9	12	20	1.7	DHS, 2006
Holy See	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Honduras	8	8	8	1.0	4	11	2.4	DHS, 2005-2006
Hungary	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
India	43	42	43	1.0	33	46	1.4	NFHS, 2005-2006
Indonesia	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2007
Iran	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iraq	6	7	6	0.9	6	7	1.1	MICS, 2006
Ireland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Italy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaica	2	2	3	1.4	-	-	-	Other, 2007
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jordan	2	2	2	1.3	2	2	1.3	DHS, 2009
Kazakhstan	4	4	4	0.9	3	5	1.7	MICS, 2006
Kenya	16	17	15	0.9	10	17	1.7	DHS, 2008-2009
Kiribati	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Korea, DPR	21y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2004
Korea, Republic of	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kuwait	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrgystan	2	3	2	0.7	2	2	0.9	MICS, 2006
Lao PDR	31	32	30	0.9	20	34	1.7	MICS, 2006
Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lesotho	13	16	11	0.7	12	13	1.1	pDHS, 2009
Liberia	19	21	18	0.9	17	20	1.2	DHS, 2007
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	4x	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 1995
Liechtenstein	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luxembourg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Macedonia	2	1	2	1.4	1	2	1.0	MICS, 2006
Madagascar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malawi	15	17	14	0.8	14	15	1.1	MICS, 2006
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maldives	26x	26x	26x	1x	-	-	-	MICS, 2001
Mali	27	28	25	0.9	20	29	1.5	DHS, 2006
Malta	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marshall Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mauritania	14y	16y	13y	0.8y	-	-	-	Other, 2009
Mauritius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mexico	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2005
Micronesia (Federated States of)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moldova	3	3	3	1.2	2	4	2.0	DHS, 2005
Monaco	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mongolia	5	5	5	1.0	5	6	1.2	MICS, 2005
Montenegro	2	2	1	0.5	2	1	0.7	MICS, 2005
Morocco	9	9	8	0.9	6	12	2.1	DHS, 2003-2004
Mozambique	18	21	16	0.8	14	20	1.5	MICS, 2008
Myanmar	30	31	28	0.9	25	31	1.3	MICS, 2003
Namibia	17	18	16	0.9	12	19	1.7	DHS, 2006-2007
Nauru	5	7	3	0.9	-	-	-	DHS, 2007
Nepal	39	38	40	1.1	23	41	1.8	DHS, 2006
Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Zealand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nicaragua	6	6	4	0.7	4	7	1.7	Other, 2006-2007
Niger	34y	35y	32y	0.9y	-	-	-	Other, 2009
Nigeria	24	26	23	0.9	19	27	1.4	DHS, 2003
Niue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Occupied Palestinian Territory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oman	11x	12x	11x	0.9x	-	-	-	Other, 1998
Pakistan	31x	32x	31x	1x	29x	33x	1.1x	Other, 2001-2002
Palau	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Panama	4y	3y	5y	1.9y	-	-	-	Other, 2008
Papua New Guinea	18y	-	-	-	12y	20y	1.6y	Other, 2005
Paraguay	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2005
Peru	4	5	4	0.8	2	8	3.1	DHS, 2009
Philippines	22y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2008
Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Qatar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Romania	4x	4x	3x	0.7x	3x	4x	1.3x	Other, 2002
Russian Federation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rwanda	18	18	17	0.9	12	18	1.6	DHS, 2005
Saint Kitts and Nevis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Lucia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Vincent and Grenadines	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Samoa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
San Marino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sao Tome and Principe	13	16	11	0.7	12	14	1.1	pDHS, 2008-2009
Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Senegal	14	13	14	1.0	7	17	2.4	DHS, 2005
Serbia	1	2	1	0.5	1	1	1.1	MICS, 2005
Seychelles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	21	24	19	0.8	16	23	1.5	DHS, 2008
Singapore	3x	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2000
Slovakia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Soloman Islands	12	10	13	1.3	8	12	1.5	DHS, 2007
Somalia	32	33	30	0.9	20	38	1.9	MICS, 2006
South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sri Lanka	21	22	20	0.9	-	-	-	DHS, 2006-2007
Sudan	27	28	26	0.9	21	30	1.4	Other, 2006
Suriname	7	8	7	0.9	7	8	1.1	MICS, 2006
Swaziland	7	-	-	-	7	8	1.2	Other, 2008
Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Switzerland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syria	9	10	7	0.8	9	9	1.0	MICS, 2006
Tajikistan	15	16	14	0.9	12	16	1.3	Other, 2007
Tanzania	17	18	15	0.9	12	18	1.4	DHS, 2004-2005
Thailand	7	7	7	1.0	5	8	1.7	MICS, 2005-2006
Timor Leste	49	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2007
Togo	21	21	21	1.0	-	-	-	Other, 2008
Tonga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trinidad & Tobago	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tunisia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turkey	2	-	-	-	1	3	2.1	DHS, 2008
Turkmenistan	8	9	7	0.8	7	9	1.2	MICS, 2005
Tuvalu	2	2	1	0.6	-	-	-	DHS, 2007
Uganda	16	17	14	0.8	11	17	1.6	DHS, 2006
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United Arab Emirates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United States	1.1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 1999-2002
Uruguay	5.4x	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2002
Uzbekistan	4	4	4	1.0	4	4	0.9	MICS, 2006
Vanuatu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Venezuela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yemen	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2003
Zambia	15	17	13	0.8	13	15	1.2	DHS, 2007
Zimbabwe	12y	13y	11y	0.8y	9y	13y	1.4y	Other, 2009
* Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading. p: preliminary x: 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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages. y: 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. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages. DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys MICS: Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys; NFHS: National Family Health Survey (India) WHO: World Health Organization

Country	Underweight prevalence (WHO) 2003-2009*	Household wealth quintile (%)						Source
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Country	Underweight prevalence (WHO) 2003-2009*	Poorest 20%	Poorer 20%	Middle 20%	Richer 20%	Richest 20%	Ratio of poorest to richest	Source
Afghanistan	33y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2004
Albania	5	8	4	6	5	4	2.2	DHS, 2008-2009
Algeria	3	5	4	3	2	2	2.4	MICS, 2006
Andorra	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Angola	16y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2007
Antigua and Barbuda	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Argentina	2.3y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2005-2006
Armenia	4	5	3	3	6	3	1.4	DHS, 2005
Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Austria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Azerbaijan	8	15	9	6	3	2	7.0	DHS, 2006
Bahamas	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bahrain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bangladesh	41	51	46	41	38	26	1.9	DHS, 2007
Barbados	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belarus	1	2	1	1	2	0	6.7	MICS, 2005
Belgium	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Belize	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS, 2006
Benin	18	25	21	20	15	10	2.4	DHS, 2006
Bhutan	14x	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 1999
Bolivia	4	8	5	3	2	2	3.8	DHS, 2008
Bosnia Herzegovina	1	2	2	0	1	3	0.5	MICS, 2005
Botswana	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Brazil	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2006
Brunei Darussalam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Bulgaria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Burkina Faso	26	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2009
Burundi	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cambodia	29	35	34	30	28	19	1.8	Other, 2008
Cameroon	16	30	17	15	7	5	6.2	MICS, 2006
Canada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cape Verde	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Central Africa Rep.	24	25	27	26	25	17	1.5	MICS, 2006
Chad	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Chile	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
China	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2005
Colombia	5	8	5	3	3	2	3.5	DHS, 2005
Comoros	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Congo	11	16	13	12	8	5	3.1	DHS, 2005
Congo, Dem. Rep.: Zaire	25	27	29	28	25	15	1.8	DHS, 2007
Cook Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Costa Rica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cote d'Ivoire	16	21	20	19	9	6	3.4	MICS, 2006
Croatia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cuba	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Cyprus	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Czech Republic	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Denmark	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Djibouti	31y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2007
Dominica	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Dominican Republic	3	5	4	2	2	1	4	DHS, 2007
Ecuador	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2004
Egypt	6	8	6	6	5	5	1.4	DHS, 2008
El Salvador	6y	12	4y	3y	4y	1y	12.9y	Other, 2008
Equatorial Guinea	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2004
Eritrea	35x	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS, 2002
Estonia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ethiopia	33	36	39	33	30	25	1.5	DHS, 2005
Fiji	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Finland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
France	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Gabon	8x	15x	10x	8x	4x	4x	4x	DHS, 2000
Gambia	16	21	17	16	12	10	2.0	MICS, 2006
Georgia	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2009
Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Ghana	14	19	17	13	8	9	2.2	DHS, 2008
Greece	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Grenada	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guatemala	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Guinea	21	24	22	21	19	19	1.3	Other, 2008
Guinea-Bissau	15	17	16	19	13	8	2.1	MICS, 2006
Guyana	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	pDHS, 2009
Haiti	18	22	23	22	13	6	3.6	DHS, 2006
Holy See	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Honduras	8	16	10	6	3	2	8.1	DHS, 2005-2006
Hungary	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iceland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
India	43	57	49	41	34	20	2.9	NFHS, 2005-2006
Indonesia	18	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2007
Iran	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Iraq	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS, 2006
Ireland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Israel	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Italy	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jamaica	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2007
Japan	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Jordan	2	3	2	1	2	0	26.0	DHS, 2009
Kazakhstan	4	5	4	4	4	2	2.8	MICS, 2006
Kenya	16	25	17	16	10	9	2.8	DHS, 2008-2009
Kiribati	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Korea, DPR	21y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2004
Korea, Republic of	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kuwait	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Kyrgystan	2	2	2	3	3	2	0.8	MICS, 2006
Lao PDR	31	38	31	34	26	14	2.7	MICS, 2006
Latvia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lebanon	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lesotho	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	pDHS, 2009
Liberia	19	21	21	22	16	13	1.6	DHS, 2007
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	4x	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 1995
Liechtenstein	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Lithuania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Luxembourg	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Macedonia	2	3	1	2	1	0	5.3	MICS, 2006
Madagascar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Malawi	15	18	15	16	15	12	1.6	MICS, 2006
Malaysia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Maldives	26x	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS, 2001
Mali	27	31	29	30	26	17	1.8	DHS, 2006
Malta	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Marshall Islands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mauritania	14y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2009
Mauritius	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mexico	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2005
Micronesia (Federated States of)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Moldova	3	5	5	2	3	1	8.2	DHS, 2005
Monaco	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Mongolia	5	7	6	4	4	3	2.8	MICS, 2005
Montenegro	2	4	2	1	1	1	4.1	MICS, 2005
Morocco	9	15	9	7	7	3	4.5	DHS, 2003-2004
Mozambique	18	24	24	20	13	8	3.1	MICS, 2008
Myanmar	30	-	-	-	-	-	-	MICS, 2003
Namibia	17	22	21	16	13	7	3.1	DHS, 2006-2007
Nauru	5	7	2	7	7	3	2.7	DHS, 2007
Nepal	39	47	46	42	31	19	2.5	DHS, 2006
Netherlands	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
New Zealand	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Nicaragua	6	9	6	6	3	1	6.6	Other, 2006-2007
Niger	34y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2009
Nigeria	24	32	30	25	23	12	2.8	DHS, 2003
Niue	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Norway	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Occupied Palestinian Territory	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Oman	11x	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 1998
Pakistan	31x	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2001-2002
Palau	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Panama	4y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2008
Papua New Guinea	18y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2005
Paraguay	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2005
Peru	4	9	5	2	2	1	13.1	DHS, 2009
Philippines	22y	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2008
Poland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Portugal	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Qatar	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Romania	4x	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2002
Russian Federation	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Rwanda	18	24	42	36	23	7	3.5	DHS, 2005
Saint Kitts and Nevis	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Lucia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Saint Vincent and Grenadines	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Samoa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
San Marino	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sao Tome and Principe	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	pDHS, 2008-2009
Saudi Arabia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Senegal	14	21	18	16	5	5	4.2	DHS, 2005
Serbia	1	4	1	1	0	1	3.5	MICS, 2005
Seychelles	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sierra Leone	21	22	26	23	20	12	1.8	DHS, 2008
Singapore	3x	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2000
Slovakia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Slovenia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Soloman Islands	12	14	12	13	9	10	1.4	DHS, 2007
Somalia	32	42	42	36	23	14	3.0	MICS, 2006
South Africa	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Spain	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sri Lanka	21	29	25	22	18	11	2.6	DHS, 2006-2007
Sudan	27	31	33	30	23	17	1.9	Other, 2006
Suriname	7	9	7	6	7	5	1.8	MICS, 2006
Swaziland	7	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2008
Sweden	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Switzerland	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Syria	9	10	9	9	7	7	1.5	MICS, 2006
Tajikistan	15	17	15	15	15	13	1.3	Other, 2007
Tanzania	17	-	-	-	-	-	-	DHS, 2004-2005
Thailand	7	11	7	8	5	3	3.3	MICS, 2005-2006
Timor Leste	49	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2007
Togo	21	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2008
Tonga	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Trinidad & Tobago	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Tunisia	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Turkey	2	4	1	1	1	1	8.4	DHS, 2008
Turkmenistan	8	8	11	9	11	2	3.2	MICS, 2005
Tuvalu	2	1	1	2	4	0	-	DHS, 2007
Uganda	16	21	16	17	17	8	2.5	DHS, 2006
Ukraine	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United Arab Emirates	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United States	1.1x	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 1999-2002
Uruguay	5.4x	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2002
Uzbekistan	4	5	4	4	4	3	1.5	MICS, 2006
Vanuatu	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Venezuela	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Vietnam	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Yemen	43	-	-	-	-	-	-	Other, 2003
Zambia	15	16	16	16	13	11	1.5	DHS, 2007
Zimbabwe	12y	16y	12y	12y	12y	7y	2.3y	Other, 2009
* Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading. p: preliminary x: 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. Such data are not included in the calculation of regional and global averages. y: 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. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages.; DHS: Demographic and Health Surveys MICS: Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys; NFHS: National Family Health Survey (India) WHO: World Health Organization