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03Human and income poverty: developing countries
Children underweight for age (% under age 5)Excel

HDI Rank Country 1996-2005 1
1 Iceland ..
2 Norway ..
3 Australia ..
4 Canada ..
5 Ireland ..
6 Sweden ..
7 Switzerland ..
8 Japan ..
9 Netherlands ..
10 France ..
11 Finland ..
12 United States 2
13 Spain ..
14 Denmark ..
15 Austria ..
16 United Kingdom ..
17 Belgium ..
18 Luxembourg ..
19 New Zealand ..
20 Italy ..
21 Hong Kong, China (SAR) ..
22 Germany ..
23 Israel ..
24 Greece ..
25 Singapore 3
26 Korea (Republic of) ..
27 Slovenia ..
28 Cyprus ..
29 Portugal ..
30 Brunei Darussalam ..
31 Barbados 6 2 3
32 Czech Republic 1
33 Kuwait 10
34 Malta ..
35 Qatar 6 2
36 Hungary 2
37 Poland ..
38 Argentina 4
39 United Arab Emirates 14 2
40 Chile 1
41 Bahrain 9 2
42 Slovakia ..
43 Lithuania ..
44 Estonia ..
45 Latvia ..
46 Uruguay 5 2
47 Croatia 1
48 Costa Rica 5
49 Bahamas ..
50 Seychelles 6 2 3
51 Cuba 4
52 Mexico 8
53 Bulgaria ..
54 Saint Kitts and Nevis ..
55 Tonga ..
56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 5 2
57 Antigua and Barbuda 10 2 3
58 Oman 18
59 Trinidad and Tobago 6
60 Romania 3
61 Saudi Arabia 14
62 Panama 8
63 Malaysia 11
64 Belarus ..
65 Mauritius 15 2
66 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4
67 Russian Federation 3
68 Albania 14
69 Macedonia (TFYR) 6
70 Brazil 6
71 Dominica 5 2 3
72 Saint Lucia 14 2 3
73 Kazakhstan 4
74 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 5
75 Colombia 7
76 Ukraine 1
77 Samoa ..
78 Thailand 18 2
79 Dominican Republic 5
80 Belize 6 2 3
81 China 8
82 Grenada ..
83 Armenia 4
84 Turkey 4
85 Suriname 13
86 Jordan 4
87 Peru 8
88 Lebanon 4
89 Ecuador 12
90 Philippines 28
91 Tunisia 4
92 Fiji 8 2 3
93 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines ..
94 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 11
95 Paraguay 5
96 Georgia 3
97 Guyana 14
98 Azerbaijan 7
99 Sri Lanka 29
100 Maldives 30
101 Jamaica 4
102 Cape Verde 14 2 3
103 El Salvador 10
104 Algeria 10
105 Viet Nam 27
106 Occupied Palestinian Territories 5
107 Indonesia 28
108 Syrian Arab Republic 7
109 Turkmenistan 12
110 Nicaragua 10
111 Moldova 4
112 Egypt 6
113 Uzbekistan 8
114 Mongolia 7
115 Honduras 17
116 Kyrgyzstan 11
117 Bolivia 8
118 Guatemala 23
119 Gabon 12
120 Vanuatu 20 2 3
121 South Africa 12
122 Tajikistan ..
123 Sao Tome and Principe 13
124 Botswana 13
125 Namibia 24
126 Morocco 10
127 Equatorial Guinea 19
128 India 47
129 Solomon Islands 21 2 3
130 Lao People's Democratic Republic 40
131 Cambodia 45
132 Myanmar 32
133 Bhutan 19
134 Comoros 25
135 Ghana 22
136 Pakistan 38
137 Mauritania 32
138 Lesotho 20
139 Congo 15
140 Bangladesh 48
141 Swaziland 10
142 Nepal 48
143 Madagascar 42
144 Cameroon 18
145 Papua New Guinea 35 2 3
146 Haiti 17
147 Sudan 41
148 Kenya 20
149 Djibouti 27
150 Timor-Leste 46
151 Zimbabwe 17
152 Togo 25
153 Yemen 46
154 Uganda 23
155 Gambia 17
156 Senegal 17
157 Eritrea 40
158 Nigeria 29
159 Tanzania (United Republic of) 22
160 Guinea 26
161 Rwanda 23
162 Angola 31
163 Benin 23
164 Malawi 22
165 Zambia 20
166 Côte d'Ivoire 17
167 Burundi 45
168 Congo (Democratic Republic of the) 31
169 Ethiopia 38
170 Chad 37
171 Central African Republic 24
172 Mozambique 24
173 Mali 33
174 Niger 40
175 Guinea-Bissau 25
176 Burkina Faso 38
177 Sierra Leone 27

Notes :
† Denotes indicators used to calculate the human poverty index (HPI-1). For further details, see Technical note 1.
1 - Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified.
2 - Data refer to a year or period other than that specified, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country.
3 - UNICEF (United Nations Children’s Fund). 2005. State of the World's Children 2006. New York.

Source :
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund). 2006. State of the World's Children 2007. New York.