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08Inequalities in maternal and child health
Children under height for age, poorest 20% (% children under age 5)Excel

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

Source :
Macro International. 2007. Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) website download or direct correspondence on DHS reports. [http://www.measuredhs.com/]. June 2007. Calverton, MD.