Table 2: Nutrition

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  Under-5
mortality
rank		 % of infants
with low
birthweight
1995-99*		 % of children (1995-2000*) who are:
 % of under-fives (1995-2000*) suffering from:
 Vitamin A
supplementation
coverage rate
(6-59 months)
1998-2000*		 % of
households
consuming
iodized salt
1995-2000*
exclusively
breastfed
(0-3 months)		 breastfed with
complementary
food
(6-9 months)		 still breastfeeding
(20-23 months)		 underweight wasting stunting
moderate & severe severe moderate & severe moderate & severe
 
Afghanistan 4 20x 25 - - 48 - 25 52 - -
Albania 91 7x - - - - - - - - -
Algeria 87 9x 48 29 21 13 3 9 18 - 92
Andorra 161 - - - - - - - - - -
Angola 2 19x 12 70 49 42 14 6 53 - 10
Antigua and Barbuda 133 8x - - - 10x 4x 10x 7x - -
Argentina 123 7 - - - - - - - - 90
Armenia 101 9 21 34 - 3 1 3 8 - 70
Australia 175 6x - - - - - - - - -
Austria 175 6x - - - - - - - - -
Azerbaijan 81 6 26 49 - 10 2 3 22 - -
Bahamas 129 - - - - - - - - - -
Bahrain 142 6x 36 69 - 9 2 5 10 - -
Bangladesh 53 30 53 - - 56 21 18 55 73 55
Barbados 142 10 - - - 5x 1x 4x 7x - -
Belarus 109 - - - - - - - - - 37
Belgium 165 6x - - - - - - - - -
Belize 82 4 24x 49x - 6x 1x - - - 90x
Benin 24 - 15 97 65 29 7 14 25 100 79
Bhutan 45 - - - - 38x - 4x 56x 87 82
Bolivia 55 5 61 80 32 10 2 2 26 73 91
Bosnia and Herzegovina 137 - - - - - - - - - -
Botswana 69 11 39 - - 17 5 11 29 - 27x
Brazil 89 8 42 30 17 6 1 2 11 20 95
Brunei Darussalam 154 - - - - - - - - - -
Bulgaria 139 6x - - - - - - - - -
Burkina Faso 13 21x 5 56 - 36 14 18 31 97 23
Burundi 19 - 89x 66x 73x 37x 11x 9x 43x 15 80x
Cambodia 35 - 16 67 54 52 18 13 56 79 7
Cameroon 26 13x 16 - 29 22 5 6 29 - 83
Canada 165 6x - - - - - - - - -
Cape Verde 62 9x 57 64 - 14x 2x 6x 16x - 1
Central African Rep. 21 15x 23 - - 27 8 7 34 - 87
Chad 14 - 2 81 62 39 14 14 40 0 55
Chile 147 5 74 53 - 1 - 0 2 - 100
China 87 6 64x - - 10 - 3 17 - 91
Colombia 100 9 16 61 17 8 1 1 15 - 92
Comoros 54 8x 5 87 45 26 8 8 34 - -
Congo 44 16x 43x 86x 27x 17x 3x 4x 21x 93 -
Congo, Dem. Rep. 9 15x 32 40 64 34 10 10 45 46 90
Cook Islands 101 1x 19 - - - - - - - -
Costa Rica 146 7 35x 47x 12x 5 0 - 6 - 97
Côte d'Ivoire 22 12x 4 77 - 24x 6x 8x 24x - -
Croatia 154 5 24 - - 1 - 1 1 0 90
Cuba 158 7 76 66 - 6 - 4 - - 0
Cyprus 158 - - - - - - - - - -
Czech Rep. 175 6x - - - 1x 0x 2x 2x - -
Denmark 175 6x - - - - - - - - -
Djibouti 27 11x - - - 18 6 13 26 41 -
Dominica 137 8 - - - 5x 0x 2x 6x - -
Dominican Rep. 76 13 25 47 7 6 1 1 11 16 13
Ecuador 91 13x 29x 52x 34x 17x 0x 2x 34x 69 99
Egypt 73 10x 60 - - 12 3 6 25 - 84
El Salvador 83 13 21 77 40 12 1 1 23 - 91
Equatorial Guinea 23 - - - - - - - - - 20
Eritrea 46 13x 66 45 60 44 17 16 38 86 80
Estonia 129 - - - - - - - - - -
Ethiopia 19 16x 84 - 77 47 16 11 51 49 0
Fiji 123 12x - - - 8x 1x 8x 3x - 31x
Finland 175 4x - - - - - - - - -
France 175 5x - - - - - - - - -
Gabon 28 - 32 - - - - - - - -
Gambia 60 - - 8 58 26 5 - 30 - 9
Georgia 119 - - - - - - - - - -
Germany 175 - - - - - - - - - -
Ghana 48 8 36 70 57 25 5 10 26 90 28
Greece 161 6x - - - - - - - - -
Grenada 110 11 39 - - - - - - - -
Guatemala 68 15 47 76 45 24 5 3 46 57 49
Guinea 17 13 13 - - - - 12x 29x 97 37
Guinea-Bissau 12 20x - - - 23x - - - - -
Guyana 58 15 - - - 12 - 12 10 - -
Haiti 33 15x 3x 83x 25x 28 8 8 32 60 10x
Holy See - - - - - - - - - - -
Honduras 83 9x 42 69 45 25 4 1 39 58 80
Hungary 151 9x - - - 2x 0x 2x 3x - -
Iceland 175 - - - - - - - - - -
India 49 33x 51x 31x 67x 53x 21x 18x 52x 25 70
Indonesia 73 8 52 - 65 34 8 13 42 64 64
Iran 79 10 66 96 41 11 2 5 15 35 94
Iraq 34 15x - - 25 23 6 10 31 89 10
Ireland 161 4x - - - - - - - - -
Israel 165 7x - - - - - - - - -
Italy 165 5x - - - - - - - - -
Jamaica 149 11 - - - 5 - 3 6 - 100
Japan 187 7x - - - - - - - - -
Jordan 91 10 15 68 12 5 1 2 8 - 95
Kazakhstan 83 9 59 - - 8 2 3 16 - 53
Kenya 37 16x 17 94 54 22 5 6 33 10 100
Kiribati 63 3x - - - 13x - 11x 28x - -
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. 101 - 97 - - 60 - 19 60 - 5x
Korea, Rep. of 175 9x - - - - - - - - -
Kuwait 147 7x - - - 6x - 3x 12x - -
Kyrgyzstan 67 6 31 - 79 11 2 3 25 0 27
Lao People's Dem. Rep. 42 18x 39 - 57 40x 12x 11x 47x 39 95
Latvia 129 - - - - - - - - - -
Lebanon 98 10x 41 47 5 3 0 3 12 - 92
Lesotho 31 11x 54 47 52 16 4 5 44 - 73
Liberia 5 - - 17 25 - - - - - -
Libya 123 7x - - 13 5 1 3 15 - 90x
Liechtenstein 149 - - - - - - - - - -
Lithuania 123 - - - - - - - - - -
Luxembourg 175 - - - - - - - - - -
Madagascar 24 5 61 93 49 40 13 7 48 100 73
Malawi 7 20x 11 78 68 30 9 7 48 34 58
Malaysia 154 9 - - - 18 1 - - - -
Maldives 55 13 8 - - 43 10 17 27 - -
Mali 5 16 13 33 60 40 17 23 30 93 9
Malta 161 - - - - - - - - - -
Marshall Islands 50 14 - - - - - - - 35 -
Mauritania 16 11x 60 64 59 23 9 7 44 80 3x
Mauritius 119 13 16x 29x - 16 2 15 10 0 0
Mexico 97 7 38x 36x 21x 8 1 2 18 93 97
Micronesia, Fed. States of 117 9x - - - - - - - 50 -
Moldova, Rep. of 94 4x - - - - - - - - -
Monaco 175 - - - - - - - - - -
Mongolia 57 7 93 84 74 10 - 2 22 87 68
Morocco 72 9x 31 33 20 9x 2x 2x 23x 75 -
Mozambique 10 12 38 87 58 26 9 8 36 - 62
Myanmar 39 24x - 78 75 39 13 - - 91 65
Namibia 65 16x 22x 65x 23x 26x 6x 9x 28x 83 59
Nauru 101 - - - - - - - - - -
Nepal 47 - 83 63 88 47 12 7 54 51 55
Netherlands 175 - - - - - - - - - -
New Zealand 165 6x - - - - - - - - -
Nicaragua 78 9 29 65 29 12 2 2 25 63 86
Niger 3 15x 1 - 47 50 20 21 41 82 64
Nigeria 15 16x 22 44 36 31 12 16 34 23 98
Niue - - - - - - - - - - -
Norway 187 4x - - - - - - - - -
Oman 142 8 31 - - 23 3 13 23 98 61
Pakistan 39 25x 16 31 56 26x - 11x 23x 1 19
Palau 94 8x 59 - - - - - - - -
Panama 110 10 32 38 21 7 - 1 14 - 95
Papua New Guinea 39 23x 75 74 66 30x 6x 6x 43x - -
Paraguay 98 5 7 59 15 5 - 1 11 - 83
Peru 73 11x 63 83 43 8 1 1 26 - 93
Philippines 83 9x 47 - 23 28 - 6 30 71 15
Poland 151 - - - - - - - - - -
Portugal 165 5x - - - - - - - - -
Qatar 142 - - - - 6 - 2 8 - -
Romania 117 7x - - - 6x 1x 3x 8x - -
Russian Federation 123 7 - - - 3 1 4 13 - 30x
Rwanda 18 17x 90x 68x 85x 27 11 9 42 75 95
Saint Kitts and Nevis 108 13 56 - - - - - - - 100
Saint Lucia 135 8 - - - - - - - - -
Saint Vincent/Grenadines 115 8x - - - - - - - - -
Samoa 112 6x - - - - - - - - -
San Marino 165 - - - - - - - - - -
Sao Tome and Principe 58 7x - - - 16 5 5 26 - -
Saudi Arabia 115 7x 31 60 30 14 3 11 20 - -
Senegal 37 4 16 69 50 22 - 7 23 0 9
Seychelles 139 10x - - - 6x 0x 2x 5x - -
Sierra Leone 1 11x - 94x 41x 29x - 9x 35x - 75
Singapore 187 7x - - - - - - - - -
Slovakia 151 - - - - - - - - - -
Slovenia 165 - - - - - - - - - -
Solomon Islands 112 20x - - - 21x 4x 7x 27x - -
Somalia 7 16x 1 11 7 26 7 12 14 90 -
South Africa 66 - 10 - - 9 1 3 23 - 62
Spain 165 4x - - - - - - - - -
Sri Lanka 135 25x 24x 60x 66x 34 - 14 18 - 47
Sudan 43 15x 14x 45x 44x 34x 11x 13x 33x 80 0
Suriname 94 13x - - - - - - - - -
Swaziland 51 10x 37 51 20 10x - 1x 30x - 26
Sweden 187 5x - - - - - - - - -
Switzerland 187 5x - - - - - - - - -
Syria 101 7 - 50x - 13 4 9 21 - 40
Tajikistan 61 - - - - - - - - - 20x
Tanzania 30 14x 41 - - 27 8 6 42 80 74
TFYR Macedonia 112 - 45 8 10 - - - - - 100x
Thailand 101 6 4 71 27 19x - 6x 16x 4 50
Togo 28 20x 15 - 77 25 7 12 22 - 73
Tonga 123 2x - - - - - - - - -
Trinidad and Tobago 133 10x 10x 39x 16x 7x 0x 4x 5x - -
Tunisia 101 8x 12x - 16x 4 0 1 8 - 98
Turkey 77 8 9 38 21 8 1 8 16 - 18
Turkmenistan 64 5x 54 - - - - - - - 0
Tuvalu 71 3x - - - - - - - - -
Uganda 32 13 70 64 40 26 7 5 38 95 69
Ukraine 129 - - - - - - - - - 4x
United Arab Emirates 154 6x - 52 29 14 3 15 17 - -
United Kingdom 165 7x - - - - - - - - -
United States 158 7x - - - 1x 0x 1x 2x - -
Uruguay 139 8x - - - 5 1 1 8 - -
Uzbekistan 70 - 4 - 35 19 5 12 31 - 17
Vanuatu 79 7x - - - 20x - - 19x - -
Venezuela 119 9x 7 50 31 5x 1x 3x 13x - 90
Viet Nam 89 17x 29 86 30 39 7 11 34 99 89
Yemen 36 19x 25 79 41 46 15 13 52 100 39
Yugoslavia 119 - 6 35 13 2 0 2 7 25 63
Zambia 11 13x 11 - 39 24 5 4 42 91 90
Zimbabwe 51 10 16x 93x 26x 15 3 6 32 - 80x
                       
Regional summaries
Sub-Saharan Africa   15 34 60 52 31 10 10 37 54 64
Middle East and North Africa   11 42 60 31 17 5 8 24 70 68
South Asia   31 46 32 66 49 21 17 48 27 62
East Asia and Pacific   8 57 - - 19 - 6 24 - 81
Latin America and Caribbean   9 37 47 23 9 1 2 17 52 88
CEE/CIS and Baltic States   7 - - - 7 2 6 16 - 26
Industrialized countries   6 - - - - - - - - -
Developing countries   17 44 46 51 29 12 10 33 44 72
Least developed countries   18 42 62 59 40 13 12 45 70 51
World   16 44 46 51 28 11 10 32 44 70

Definitions of the indicators


Low birthweight — Less than 2,500 grams.
Underweight — Moderate and severe — below minus two standard deviations from median weight for age of reference population; severe — below minus three standard deviations from median weight for age of reference population.
Wasting — Moderate and severe — below minus two standard deviations from median weight for height of reference population.
Stunting — Moderate and severe — below minus two standard deviations from median height for age of reference population.
Vitamin A — Percentage of children aged 6-59 months who have received a high dose of vitamin A capsules within the last six months.

Main data sources


Low birthweight — World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.
Breastfeeding — Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and UNICEF.
Underweight, wasting and stunting — Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF.
Salt iodization — Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), DHS and UNICEF.
Vitamin A — MICS, DHS and UNICEF field offices.

Notes


- Data not available.
x Indicates data that 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.
* Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading.