The State of the World's Children 2003
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Countries and territories Under-5 mortality rank % of infants with low birthweight
1995-2000* 		% of children (1995-2001*) who are: % of under-fives (1995-2001*) suffering from: Vitamin A supple-mentation coverage rate (6-59 months)
2000 		% of households consuming iodized salt
1997-2002*
  exclusively breastfed
(<6 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 - - - - 48 - 25 52 70 -
Albania 98 5 6 24 6 14 4 11 32 - 56
Algeria 75 7 13 38 22 6 1 3 18 - 69
Andorra 161 - - - - - - - - - -
Angola 3 - 11 77 37 - - - - 100 10x
Antigua and Barbuda 144 8 - - - 10x 4x 10x 7x - -
Argentina 130 7 - - - 5 1 3 12 - 90x
Armenia 93 9 30 51 13 3 0 2 13 - 84
Australia 164 7 - - - - - - - - -
Austria 178 7 - - - - - - - - -
Azerbaijan 48 10 7 39 16 17 4 8 20 - 41
Bahamas 138 - - - - - - - - - -
Bahrain 138 10 34k 65 41 9 2 5 10 - -
Bangladesh 58 30 46 - 87 48 13 10 45 85 70
Barbados 144 10 - - - 6x 1x 5x 7x - -
Belarus 125 5 - - - - - - - - 37x
Belgium 164 8 - - - - - - - - -
Belize 84 4 24k 54 23 6x 1x - - - 90x
Benin 24 15 38 66 62 23 5 8 31 96 72
Bhutan 52 15 - - - 19 3 3 40 93 82x
Bolivia 58 8 29 76 36 10 2 2 26 73 63
Bosnia and Herzegovina 136 4 - - - 4 1 6 10 - -
Botswana 42 11 34 57 11 13 2 5 23 - 66
Brazil 92 9 - 30 17 6 1 2 11 11 95x
Brunei Darussalam 164 - - - - - - - - - -
Bulgaria 138 9 - - - - - - - - -
Burkina Faso 12 18 6 49 87 34 12 13 37 93 23x
Burundi 14 16x 62 46 85 45 13 8 57 96 68
Cambodia 30 9 12 72 59 45 13 15 45 63 14
Cameroon 25 10 12 72 29 21 4 5 35 100 84
Canada 161 6 - - - - - - - - -
Cape Verde 88 13 57k 64 13 14x 2x 6x 16x - 0x
Central African Republic 19 13x 17 78 53 24 6 9 39 100 87
Chad 11 24 10 68 51 28 10 12 28 99 58
Chile 147 5 73k - - 1 - 0 2 - 100
China 85 6 67k - - 10 - 3 17 - 91
Colombia 118 7 32 58 25 7 1 1 14 - 92
Comoros 57 18 21 34 45 25 9 12 42 6 83
Congo 45 - 4k 94 13 14x 3x 4x 19x 100 -
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9 15 24 79 52 31 9 13 38 93 72
Cook Islands 118 1x 19k - - - - - - - -
Costa Rica 149 6 35x,k 47x 12x 5 0 2 6 - 97x
Côte d’Ivoire 20 17 10 54 42 21 5 8 25 16 31
Croatia 158 6 23 - - 1 - 1 1 - 90
Cuba 152 6 41 42 9 4 0 2 5 - 0
Cyprus 164 - - - - - - - - - -
Czech Republic 178 6 - - - 1x 0x 2x 2x - -
Denmark 189 6 - - - - - - - - -
Djibouti 28 - - - - 18 6 13 26 - -
Dominica 143 8x - - - 5x 0x 2x 6x - -
Dominican Republic 76 13 11 26 6 5 1 2 6 9 18
East Timor 36 - - - - - - - - - -
Ecuador 98 16 29x,k 52x 34x 15 2 - 27 25 99
Egypt 83 10 57 71 30 4 1 3 19 - 28
El Salvador 85 13 16 77 40 12 1 1 23 - 91x
Equatorial Guinea 26 - 24 - - - - - - - 20x
Eritrea 41 14 59 45 60 44 17 16 38 74 97
Estonia 147 5 - - - - - - - - -
Ethiopia 21 12 55 43 77 47 16 11 52 65 28
Fiji 121 12x - - - 8x 1x 8x 3x - 31x
Finland 178 6 - - - - - - - - -
France 164 6 - - - - - - - - -
Gabon 56 - 6 62 9 12 2 3 21 100 15
Gambia 35 14 26 37 54 17 4 9 19 87 8
Georgia 102 6 18k 12 12 3 0 2 12 - 8
Germany 178 7 - - - - - - - - -
Ghana 49 9 31 70 57 25 5 10 26 89 28
Greece 178 7 - - - - - - - - -
Grenada 110 11x 39k - - - - - - - -
Guatemala 72 12 39 76 45 24 5 3 46 - 49
Guinea 22 10 11 28 73 23 5 9 26 99 12
Guinea-Bissau 8 20 37 36 67 23 5 10 28 91 2
Guyana 64 14 - - - 12 - 12 10 - -
Haiti 38 28x 24 73 30 17 4 5 23 32 11
Holy See - - - - - - - - - - -
Honduras 88 6 42k 69 45 25 4 2 39 60 80
Hungary 152 9 - - - 2x 0x 2x 3x - -
Iceland 189 4 - - - - - - - - -
India 54 26 37k 44 66 47 18 16 46 22 49
Indonesia 77 9 42 81 65 26 8 - - 71 64
Iran (Islamic Republic of) 81 7 66k 96 41 11 2 5 15 - 94
Iraq 33 23 - - 25 16 - - 22 - 40
Ireland 164 4x - - - - - - - - -
Israel 164 8 - - - - - - - - -
Italy 164 6 - - - - - - - - -
Jamaica 125 11 - - - 4 - 4 3 - 100
Japan 178 7x - - - - - - - - -
Jordan 94 10 11 68 12 5 1 2 8 - 88
Kazakhstan 61 6 36 73 17 4 0 2 10 - 20
Kenya 40 9 5 67 24 23 7 6 37 90 91
Kiribati 67 3x - - - 13x - 11x 28x 61 -
Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 73 - 97k - - 60 - 19 60 96 -
Korea, Republic of 178 - - - - - - - - - -
Kuwait 151 7 12k 26 9 10 3 11 24 - -
Kyrgyzstan 71 6 24 77 21 11 2 3 25 - 27
Lao People’s Democratic Republic 49 - 23 10 47 40 13 15 41 58 76
Latvia 121 5 - - - - - - - - -
Lebanon 95 6 27k 35 11 3 0 3 12 - 87
Lesotho 34 - 16 47 52 16 4 5 44 17 69
Liberia 5 - 73k - 28 20x - 3x 37x 83 -
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 130 7x - - 23 5 1 3 15 - 90x
Liechtenstein 149 - - - - - - - - - -
Lithuania 152 4 - - - - - - - - -
Luxembourg 178 4 - - - - - - - - -
Madagascar 32 15 41 82 43 33 11 14 49 58 76
Malawi 15 13x 44 93 77 25 6 6 49 54 49
Malaysia 158 9 - - - 18 1 - - - -
Maldives 58 12 10 85 - 30 7 13 25 93 44
Mali 6 16 8 33 60 43 - - - 70 9x
Malta 178 7 - - - - - - - - -
Marshall Islands 70 14x - - - - - - - 83 -
Mauritania 15 - 28k 78 57 32 10 13 35 81 2
Mauritius 130 13 16x,k 29x - 16 2 15 10 - 0x
Mexico 102 9 38x,k 36x 21x 8 1 2 18 - 90
Micronesia(Federated States of) 114 9x - - - - - - - 72 -
Moldova, Republic of 95 7 - - - 3 - 3 10 - 33
Monaco 178 - - - - - - - - - -
Mongolia 61 6 51 54 57 13 3 6 25 87 68
Morocco 78 9x 31k 33 20 9x 2x 2x 23x - -
Mozambique 12 13 30 87 58 26 9 8 36 92 62x
Myanmar 43 16 11 66 59 36 9 10 37 67 46
Namibia 69 15x 14x 65x 23x 24 5 9 24 81 63
Nauru 98 - - - - - - - - - -
Nepal 55 21 69 66 92 48 13 10 51 82 63
Netherlands 164 - - - - - - - - - -
New Zealand 164 6 - - - - - - - - 83
Nicaragua 79 13 22 65 29 12 2 2 25 - 86
Niger 2 12 1 56 61 40 14 14 40 92 44
Nigeria 15 9 17 - 35 27 11 12 46 79 98
Niue - - - - - - - - - - -
Norway 189 5 - - - - - - - - -
Occupied Palestinian Territory 114 9 29k 78 11 3 0 1 8 16 37
Oman 146 8 31k - - 24 4 13 23 - 61
Pakistan 43 21x 16k 31 56 38 13 - - 95 19x
Palau 102 8x 59k - - - - - - - -
Panama 110 10 25 38 21 7 - 1 14 - 95
Papua New Guinea 53 - 59 74 66 35x - - - - -
Paraguay 98 9 7k 59 15 5 - 1 11 - 83
Peru 85 10 71 76 49 7 1 1 25 - 93
Philippines 88 18 37 57 23 28 - 6 30 90 22
Poland 152 6 - - - - - - - - -
Portugal 164 7 - - - - - - - - -
Qatar 138 10 12k 48 21 6 - 2 8 - -
Romania 121 9 - - - 6x 1x 3x 8x - -
Russian Federation 121 7 - - - 3 1 4 13 - 30x
Rwanda 15 12x 84 79 71 24 5 7 43 59 82
Saint Kitts and Nevis 114 13x 56k - - - - - - - 100
Saint Lucia 130 8x - - - 14x - 6x 11x - -
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 110 10 - - - - - - - - -
Samoa 110 - - - - - - - - - -
San Marino 164 - - - - - - - - - -
Sao Tome and Principe 63 7x 56 - - 16 5 5 26 3 41
Saudi Arabia 105 3 31k 60 30 14 3 11 20 - -
Senegal 30 12 24k 64 49 18 4 8 19 93 31
Seychelles 137 10x - - - 6x 0x 2x 5x - -
Sierra Leone 1 22 4 53 51 27 9 10 34 77 23
Singapore 189 8 - - - 14x - 4x 11x - -
Slovakia 152 7 - - - - - - - - -
Slovenia 178 6 - - - - - - - - -
Solomon Islands 114 - - - - 21x 4x 7x 27x - -
Somalia 7 - 9 13 8 26 7 17 23 100 -
South Africa 66 - 6 46 - 12 2 3 25 - 62
Spain 164 6 - - - - - - - - -
Sri Lanka 130 17 54k - 62 29 - 14 14 - 88
Sudan 46 - 13x 45x 44x 17 7 - - 99 1
Suriname 95 11 9 25 11 - - - - - -
Swaziland 27 - 24 60 25 10 2 1 30 - 54
Sweden 193 4 - - - - - - - - -
Switzerland 164 6 - - - - - - - - -
Syrian Arab Republic 105 6 - 50x - 13 4 9 21 7 40
Tajikistan 64 13 14 35 35 - - - - - 20
Tanzania, United Republic of 23 11 32 64 48 29 7 5 44 45 67
Thailand 105 7 4k 71 27 19x - 6x 16x - 74
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 109 6 37 8 10 6 1 4 7 - 100
Togo 29 13 18 65 65 25 7 12 22 100 67
Tonga 125 2x - - - - - - - - -
Trinidad and Tobago 125 - 2 - - 7x - 4x 4x - 1
Tunisia 108 5 12x,k - 16x 4 1 2 12 - 97
Turkey 79 15 7 34 21 8 1 2 16 - 64
Turkmenistan 51 5 13 71 27 12 2 6 22 - 75
Tuvalu 74 3x - - - - - - - - -
Uganda 36 13 65 75 50 23 5 4 39 42 95
Ukraine 125 6 - 46 10 3 1 6 15 - 5
United Arab Emirates 152 - 34k 52 29 14 3 15 17 - -
United Kingdom 161 8 - - - - - - - - -
United States 158 8 - - - 1x 0x 1x 2x - -
Uruguay 138 - - - - 5 1 1 8 - -
Uzbekistan 68 6 16 45 36 19 5 12 31 - 19
Vanuatu 81 7x - - - 20x - - 19x - -
Venezuela 120 6 7k 50 31 5 1 3 14 - 90
Viet Nam 88 9 31k 52 21 33 6 6 36 61 40
Yemen 46 26 18 79 41 46 15 13 52 95 39
Yugoslavia 130 5 11k 33 11 2 0 4 5 - 73
Zambia 10 11 11k - 39 25 - 4 59 86 54
Zimbabwe 38 10 33 90 35 13 2 6 27 - 93

REGIONAL SUMMARIES
Sub-Saharan Africa 12 27 63 50 29 9 10 40 77 67
Middle East and North Africa 11 41 68 30 14 4 6 22 - 53
South Asia 26 36 42 67 46 17 15 45 42 53
East Asia and Pacific 8 54 - - 17 - 4 21 - 80
Latin America and Caribbean 9 - 48 25 8 1 2 16 - 81
CEE/CIS and Baltic States 9 13 42 21 7 2 4 16 - 39
Industrialized countries 7 - - - - - - - - -
Developing countries 14 39 54 52 27 10 8 32 56 68
Least developed countries 18 34 63 63 36 10 11 43 78 54
World 14 39 54 52 27 10 8 32 56 67

Definitions of the indicators Main data sources
 
Low birthweight - Less than 2,500 grams. Low birthweight - UNICEF, Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS), Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS) and World Health Organization (WHO).
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. Breastfeeding - DHS, MICS and UNICEF.
Wasting - Moderate and severe - below minus two standard deviations from median weight for height of reference population. Underweight, wasting and stunting - DHS, MICS, WHO and UNICEF.
Stunting - Moderate and severe - below minus two standard deviations from median height for age of reference population. Salt iodization - MICS, DHS and UNICEF.
Vitamin A - Percentage of children aged 6-59 months who have received at least one high dose of vitamin A capsules in 2000. Vitamin A - UNICEF field offices and WHO.
 
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.
k Refers to exclusive breastfeeding for less than 4 months.
* Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading.