The State of the World's Children 2000

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Statistical Tables

Table 2: Nutrition

% of children (1990-99*) who are:
% of under-fives (1990-98*) suffering from:

underweight wasting stunting

Under-5
mortality
rank % of infants
with low
birthweight
1990-97* exclusively
breastfed
(0-3 months) breastfed with
complementary
food
(6-9 months) still
breastfeeding
(20-26 months) moderate
& severe severe moderate
& severe moderate
& severe Vitamin A
supplementation
coverage rate
(6-59 months)
1998 % of
households
consuming
iodized salt
1992-98*

Afghanistan 4 20 25 - - 48 - 25 52 - -

Albania 90 7 - - - - - - - - -

Algeria 88 9 48 29 21 13 3 9 18 - 92

Andorra 165 - - - - - - - - - -

Angola 2 19 12 70 49 42 14 6 53 - 10

Antigua and Barbuda 133 8 - - - 10x 4x 10x 7x - -

Argentina 126 7 - - - - - - - - 90

Armenia 104 7 21 34 - - - - - - -

Australia 175 6 - - - - - - - - -

Austria 175 6 - - - - - - - - -

Azerbaijan 80 6 53 75 - 10 2 3 22 - -

Bahamas 130 - - - - - - - - - -

Bahrain 133 6 - 69 - 9 2 5 10 - -

Bangladesh 48 50 52 69 90 56 21 18 55 95 78

Barbados 146 10 - - - 5x 1x 4x 7x - -

Belarus 110 - - - - - - - - - 37

Belgium 165 6 - - - - - - - - -

Belize 83 4 24 49 - 6 1 - - - 90

Benin 22 - 15 97 65 29 7 14 25 100 79

Bhutan 41 - - - - 38x - 4x 56x 87 82

Bolivia 57 5 61 80 32 10 2 2 26 73 90

Bosnia and Herzegovina 137 - - - - - - - - - -

Botswana 77 11 39 - - 17 5 11 29 - 27

Brazil 85 8 42 30 17 6 1 2 11 20 95

Brunei Darussalam 156 - - - - - - - - - -

Bulgaria 144 6 - - - - - - - - -

Burkina Faso 22 21 5 56 - 30 8 13 29 97 23

Burundi 17 - 89x 66x 73x 37 11 9 43 15 80

Cambodia 24 - 60 - 48 52 18 13 56 80 7

Cameroon 27 13 16 - 29 22 5 6 29 - 82

Canada 165 6 - - - - - - - - -

Cape Verde 65 9 18 - - 14 2 6 16 - 99

Central African Rep. 18 15 23 - - 27 8 7 34 - 65

Chad 13 - 2 81 62 39 14 14 40 0 55

Chile 148 5 77 17 - 1 - 0 2 - 97

China 79 9 64 - - 16 - - 34 - 83

Colombia 104 9 16 61 17 8 1 1 15 - 92

Comoros 53 8 5 87 45 26 8 8 34 - -

Congo 47 16 43x 95x 27x 17x 3x 4x 21x 93 -

Congo, Dem. Rep. 9 15 32 40 64 34 10 10 45 46 90

Cook Islands 104 1 - - - - - - - - -

Costa Rica 145 7 35 47 12 2 - - - - 89

Côte d'Ivoire 28 12 4 77 - 24 6 8 24 - -

Croatia 156 - 24 - - 1 - 1 1 - 70

Cuba 160 7 76 66 - 9 - 3 - - 45

Cyprus 156 - - - - - - - - - -

Czech Rep. 165 6 - - - 1 0 2 2 - -

Denmark 175 6 - - - - - - - - -

Djibouti 26 11 - - - 18 6 13 26 41 -

Dominica 133 10 - - - 5x 0x 2x 6x - -

Dominican Rep. 75 13 25 47 7 6 1 1 11 16 13

Ecuador 89 13 29 52 34 17x 0x 2x 34x 69 97

Egypt 68 10 53 37 - 12 3 6 25 - 0

El Salvador 97 11 16 76 68 11 1 1 23 - 91

Equatorial Guinea 20 - - - - - - - - - 20

Eritrea 45 13 66 45 60 44 17 16 38 86 80

Estonia 126 - - - - - - - - - -

Ethiopia 18 16 74 - 35 48 16 8 64 83 0

Fiji 120 12 - - - 8 1 8 3 - 31

Finland 175 4 - - - - - - - - -

France 175 5 - - - - - - - - -

Gabon 30 - 32 - - - - - - - -

Gambia 59 - - 8 58 26 5 - 30 - 0

Georgia 120 - - - - - - - - - -

Germany 175 - - - - - - - - - -

Ghana 49 8 37 - 66 27 8 11 26 90 10

Greece 162 6 - - - - - - - - -

Grenada 109 9 - - - - - - - - -

Guatemala 74 15 50 56 43 27 6 3 50 57 64

Guinea 14 13 52 - 15 - - 12 29 97 37

Guinea-Bissau 11 20 - - - 23x - - - - -

Guyana 60 15 - - - 12 - 12 10 - -

Haiti 36 15 3 83 25 28 8 8 32 60 10

Holy See - - - - - - - - - - -

Honduras 81 9 42 69 45 18 3 2 40 58 85

Hungary 149 9 - - - 2x 0x 2x 3x - -

Iceland 175 - - - - - - - - - -

India 49 33 51 31 67 53 21 18 52 25 70

Indonesia 71 8 52 - 65 34 8 13 42 66 62

Iran 100 10 66 - 41 16 3 7 19 35 94

Iraq 37 15 - - 25 23 6 10 31 89 10

Ireland 162 4 - - - - - - - - -

Israel 165 7 - - - - - - - - -

Italy 165 5 - - - - - - - - -

Jamaica 149 10 - - - 10 1 4 6 - 100

Japan 189 7 - - - - - - - - -

Jordan 93 10 15 68 12 5 1 2 8 - 95

Kazakhstan 83 9 12 61 21 8 2 3 16 - 53

Kenya 40 16 17 94 54 22 5 6 33 10 100

Kiribati 62 3 - - - 13x - 11x 28x - -

Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 104 - - - - 60 - 19 60 - 5

Korea, Rep. of 175 9 - - - - - - - - -

Kuwait 147 7 - - - 6x - 3x 12x - -

Kyrgyzstan 69 6 31 - 79 11 2 3 25 - 27

Lao People's Dem. Rep. 41 18 36 - 31 40 12 11 47 39 93

Latvia 126 - - - - - - - - - -

Lebanon 94 10 - - - 3 - 3 12 - 92

Lesotho 33 11 54 47 52 16 4 5 44 - 73

Liberia 6 - - 17 25 - - - - - -

Libya 117 7 - - 39 5 - 3 15 - 90

Liechtenstein 149 - - - - - - - - - -

Lithuania 120 - - - - - - - - - -

Luxembourg 175 - - - - - - - - - -

Madagascar 25 5 61 93 49 40 13 7 48 100 73

Malawi 7 20 11 78 68 30 9 7 48 34 58

Malaysia 153 8 - - - 19 1 - - - -

Maldives 56 13 8 - - 43 10 17 27 - -

Mali 5 16 13 33 60 40 17 23 30 93 9

Malta 162 - - - - - - - - - -

Marshall Islands 52 14 - - - - - - - 35 -

Mauritania 16 11 60 64 59 23 9 7 44 80 3

Mauritius 120 13 16 29 - 16 2 15 10 0 0

Mexico 97 7 38x 36x 21x 14x - 6x 22x 93 99

Micronesia, Fed. States of 117 9 - - - - - - - 50 -

Moldova, Rep. of 94 4 - - - - - - - - -

Monaco 175 - - - - - - - - - -

Mongolia 28 7 93 84 74 10 - 2 22 87 68

Morocco 67 9 31 33 20 9 2 2 23 75 -

Mozambique 10 20 38 87 58 26 9 8 36 - 62

Myanmar 44 24 - 78 75 39 13 - - 91 65

Namibia 62 16 22 65 23 26 6 9 28 83 59

Nauru 104 - - - - - - - - - -

Nepal 51 - 83 63 88 47 16 11 48 90 93

Netherlands 175 - - - - - - - - - -

New Zealand 165 6 - - - - - - - - -

Nicaragua 77 9 29 65 29 12 2 2 25 63 86

Niger 3 15 1 - 47 50 20 21 41 82 64

Nigeria 15 16 2 52 43 36 12 9 43 - 98

Niue - - - - - - - - - - -

Norway 189 4 - - - - - - - - -

Oman 140 8 28 85 64 23 3 13 23 98 65

Pakistan 33 25 16 31 56 38 13 - - 1 19

Palau 97 8 - - - - - - - - -

Panama 133 8 32 38 21 7 1 1 9 - 92

Papua New Guinea 45 23 75 74 66 30x 6x 6x 43x - -

Paraguay 100 5 7 59 15 4 1 0 17 - 79

Peru 73 11 63 83 43 8 1 1 26 - 93

Philippines 81 9 47 - 23 28 - 6 30 80 15

Poland 149 - - - - - - - - - -

Portugal 156 5 - - - - - - - - -

Qatar 140 - - - - 6 - 2 8 - -

Romania 117 7 - - - 6 1 3 8 - -

Russian Federation 115 6 - - - 3 1 4 13 - 30

Rwanda 21 17 90 68 85 27 11 9 42 75 95

Saint Kitts and Nevis 90 9 - - - - - - - - -

Saint Lucia 130 8 - - - - - - - - -

Saint Vincent/Grenadines 120 8 - - - - - - - - -

Samoa 110 6 - - - - - - - - -

San Marino 165 - - - - - - - - - -

Sao Tome and Principe 61 7 - - - 16 5 5 26 - -

Saudi Arabia 113 7 - - - - - - - - -

Senegal 38 4 16 69 50 22 - 7 23 0 9

Seychelles 140 10 - - - 6x 0x 2x 5x - -

Sierra Leone 1 11 - 94 41 29 - 9 35 - 75

Singapore 175 7 - - - - - - - - -

Slovakia 153 - - - - - - - - - -

Slovenia 175 - - - - - - - - - -

Solomon Islands 113 20 - - - 21x 4x 7x 27x - -

Somalia 8 16 - - - - - - - 90 -

South Africa 58 - - - - 9 1 3 23 - 40

Spain 165 4 - - - - - - - - -

Sri Lanka 137 25 24 60 66 34 - 14 18 - 47

Sudan 43 15 14x 45x 44x 34 11 13 33 80 0

Suriname 94 13 - - - - - - - - -

Swaziland 53 10 37 51 20 10x - 1x 30x - 26

Sweden 189 5 - - - - - - - - -

Switzerland 175 5 - - - - - - - - -

Syria 102 7 - 50 - 13 4 9 21 - 40

Tajikistan 62 - - - - - - - - - 20

Tanzania 32 14 41 93 53 27 8 6 42 80 74

TFYR Macedonia 110 - 8 - - - - - - - 100

Thailand 90 6 4 71 27 19 - 6 16 4 50

Togo 30 20 15 - 77 25 7 12 22 - 73

Tonga 120 2 - - - - - - - - -

Trinidad and Tobago 140 10 - - - 7x 0x 4x 5x - -

Tunisia 102 8 12 - 16 9 - 4 23 - 98

Turkey 85 8 9 38 - 10 3 - - - 18

Turkmenistan 66 5 54 - - - - - - - 0

Tuvalu 71 3 - - - - - - - - -

Uganda 35 13 70 64 40 26 7 5 38 95 69

Ukraine 126 - - - - - - - - - 4

United Arab Emirates 153 6 - 52 - 14 3 15 17 - -

United Kingdom 165 7 - - - - - - - - -

United States 160 7 - - - 1 0 1 2 - -

Uruguay 137 8 - - - 5 1 1 8 - -

Uzbekistan 70 - 4 - 35 19 5 12 31 - 0

Vanuatu 76 7 - - - 20x - - 19x - -

Venezuela 115 9 - - - 5 1 3 13 - 65

Viet Nam 85 17 - - - 41 9