Percentage of Children Underweight - Sept. 30, 2022

This ranking shows the percentage of children who are underweight, reflecting nutritional status and public health conditions among children.

Sep 30, 2022 %
1st
  Yemen
39.9
2nd
  India
33.4
3rd
  Sudan
33
4th
  Niger
31.3
5th
  Chad
29.2
6th
  Burundi
27
7th
  Madagascar
26.4
8th
  Nepal
24.4
9th
  Cambodia
24.1
10th
  DR Congo
23.1
10th
  Pakistan
23.1
11th
  Bangladesh
22.6
12th
  Laos
21.1
12th
  Ethiopia
21.1
13th
  Sri Lanka
20.5
14th
  Myanmar
19.1
14th
  Philippines
19.1
15th
  Angola
19
16th
  Nigeria
18.4
17th
  Mali
18.1
18th
  Indonesia
17.7
19th
  Benin
16.8
20th
  Burkina Faso
16.4
21st
  Guinea
16.3
22nd
  Mozambique
15.6
23rd
  Togo
15.2
24th
  Tanzania
14.6
25th
  Senegal
14.4
26th
  Malaysia
14.1
27th
  Sierra Leone
13.5
28th
  Vietnam
13.4
29th
  Ivory Coast
12.8
30th
  Ghana
12.6
31st
  Guatemala
12.4
32nd
  Botswana
11.8
32nd
  Zambia
11.8
33rd
  Oman
11.2
33rd
  Kenya
11.2
34th
  Cameroon
11
35th
  Uganda
10.4
35th
  Syria
10.4
36th
  Haiti
9.5
37th
  Malawi
9
38th
  Thailand
7.7
38th
  Rwanda
7.7
39th
  Tajikistan
7.6
40th
  Honduras
7.1
41st
  Egypt
7
42nd
  South Africa
5.5
43rd
  Saudi Arabia
5.3
44th
  Ecuador
5.2
45th
  El Salvador
5
46th
  Azerbaijan
4.9
47th
  Mexico
4.7
48th
  Nicaragua
4.6
49th
  Ukraine
4.1
50th
  Dominican Republic
4
51st
  Colombia
3.7
52nd
  Romania
3.5
53rd
  Japan
3.4
53rd
  Bolivia
3.4
54th
  Singapore
3.3
55th
  Kuwait
3
55th
  Jordan
3
55th
  Panama
3
56th
  Costa Rica
2.9
56th
  Uzbekistan
2.9
56th
  Venezuela
2.9
57th
  Algeria
2.7
58th
  Morocco
2.6
59th
  China
2.4
59th
  Peru
2.4
60th
  Brazil
2.2
61st
  Czech Republic
2.1
62nd
  Kazakhstan
2
63rd
  Bulgaria
1.9
64th
  Uruguay
1.8
65th
  Argentina
1.7
66th
  Tunisia
1.6
67th
  Turkey
1.5
68th
  Belarus
1.3
68th
  Paraguay
1.3
69th
  Serbia
1
69th
  Netherlands
1
69th
  Belgium
1
70th
  South Korea
0.7
70th
  Poland
0.7
71st
  Chile
0.5
71st
  Germany
0.5
72nd
  United States
0.4
72nd
  Portugal
0.4
73rd
  Australia
0.2
73rd
  Greece
0.2