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Prevalence of nutritional stunting in children under 5 years of age

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Data on stunting were derived from the most recent DHS and WHO surveys [1-3]. To find countries, use the alphabetical categories above.

Height-for-age is a measure of nutritional stunting and is the best known indicator of the adverse outcomes associated with zinc deficiency in populations.

As a preliminary step in estimating the global prevalence of zinc deficiency, the risk of zinc deficiency can be estimated for each country based on existing values for the national prevalence of stunting in pre-school children.
A prevalence of stunting > 20% of the population is considered elevated and a public health concern.

       
         
Country  
Stunted % 
Year
Source
Afghanistan  
47.6
1997
[1]
Albania  
35.1
2000
[1]
Algeria  
19.1
2002
[1]
Angola  
45.2
2001
[1]
Argentina  
12.4
1996
[1]
Armenia  
12.9
2001
[1]
Australia  
na
1996
[1]
Azerbaijan  
13.3
2001
[1]
Bahrain  
9.7
1995
[1]
Bangladesh  
43.0
2004
[1]
Barbados  
7.0
1981
[1]
Benin  
30.7
2001
[1]
Bhutan  
40.0
1999
[1]
Bolivia  
26.7
2004
[1]
Bosnia and Herzegovina
9.7
2000
[1]
Botswana  
23.1
2000
[1]
Brazil  
10.5
1996
[1]
Burkina Faso  
38.8
2003
[1]
Burundi  
56.8
2000
[1]
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Country  
Stunted % 
Year
Source
Cambodia  
44.6
2000
[1]
Cameroon  
31.7
2004
[1]
Canada  
4.7
1970-72
[2]
Cape Verde  
16.2
1994
[1]
Central African Republic
28.4
1995
[1]
Chad  
40.9
2004
[4]
Chile  
1.4
2004
[1]
China  
14.2
2000
[1]
Colombia  
11.5
2005
[5]
Comoros  
42.3
2000
[1]
Congo  
27.5
1987
[1]
Costa Rica  
6.1
1996
[1]
Côte d'Ivoire  
25.1
1999
[1]
Croatia  
0.8
1996
[1]
Cuba  
4.6
2000
[1]
Czech Republic  
1.9
1991
[1]
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Country  
Stunted % 
Year
Source
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
38.6
2002
[1]
Democratic Republic of the Congo
38.1
2001
[1]
Djibouti  
25.7
1996
[1]
Dominican Republic  
8.9
2002
[1]
Ecuador  
26.4
1998
[1]
Egypt  
17.6
2005
[1]
El Salvador  
18.9
2003
[1]
Eritrea  
37.6
2002
[1]
Ethiopia  
46.5
2005
[6]
Fiji    
2.7
1993
[1]
Gabon  
20.7
2001
[1]
Gambia  
19.2
2000
[1]
Georgia  
11.7
1999
[1]
Ghana  
29.9
2003
[1]
Guatemala  
49.3
2002
[1]
Guinea  
26.1
1999
[1]
Guinea-Bissau  
30.5
2000
[1]
Guyana  
10.6
2000
[1]
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Country  
Stunted % 
Year
Source
Haiti  
22.7
2000
[1]
Honduras  
29.2
2001
[1]
Hungary  
2.9
1988
[1]
India  
44.9
1999
[1]
Indonesia  
42.2
2002
[1]
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
15.4
1998
[1]
Iraq  
22.1
2000
[1]
Italy  
2.7
1977
[1]
Jamaica  
4.4
1999
[1]
Japan  
5.6
1981
[1]
Jordan  
8.5
2002
[1]
Kazakhstan  
9.7
1999
[1]
Kenya  
30.3
2003
[1]
Kiribati  
28.3
1985
[1]
Kuwait  
3.2
1997
[1]
Kyrgyzstan  
24.8
1997
[1]
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Country  
Stunted % 
Year
Source
Lao People's Democratic Republic
42.4
2000
[1]
Lebanon  
12.2
1996
[1]
Lesotho  
38.2
2004
[7]
Liberia  
39.5
2000
[1]
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
15.1
1995
[1]
Madagascar  
47.7
2004
[1]
Malawi  
49
2000
[1]
Malaysia  
15.6
1999
[1]
Maldives  
24.8
2001
[1]
Mali  
38.2
2001
[1]
Mauritania  
34.5
2001
[1]
Mauritius  
9.7
1995
[1]
Mexico  
17.7
1999
[1]
Mongolia  
24.6
2000
[1]
Morocco  
18.1
2004
[1]
Mozambique  
41
2003
[1]
Myanmar  
32.2
2003
[1]
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Country  
Stunted % 
Year
Source
Namibia  
23.6
2000
[1]
Nepal  
50.5
2001
[1]
Netherlands  
0.8
1980
[1]
Nicaragua  
20.2
2001
[1]
Niger  
39.7
2000
[1]
Nigeria  
38.3
2003
[1]
Oman    
10.4
1998
[1]
Pakistan  
36.8
2001
[1]
Panama  
18.2
1997
[1]
Papua New Guinea  
43.2
1983
[1]
Paraguay  
13.9
1990
[1]
Peru  
25.4
2000
[1]
Philippines  
32.1
1998
[1]
Qatar  
8.1
1995
[1]
Romania  
10.1
2002
[1]
Russia  
12.7
1995
[2]
Rwanda  
42.6
2000
[1]
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Country  
Stunted % 
Year
Source
Saint Lucia  
10.8
1976
[1]
Samoa  
4.2
1999
[1]
Sao Tome and Principe
28.9
2000
[1]
Saudi Arabia  
16.2
1994
[1]
Senegal  
16.3
2005
[8]
Seychelles  
5.1
1988
[1]
Sierra Leone  
33.8
2000
[1]
Singapore  
2.2
2000
[1]
Solomon Islands  
27.3
1989
[1]
Somalia  
23.3
2000
[1]
South Africa  
24.9
1999
[1]
Sri Lanka  
13.9
2001
[1]
Sudan  
43.3
2000
[1]
Suriname  
9.8
2000
[1]
Swaziland  
30.2
2000
[1]
Syrian Arab Republic  
18.8
2000
[1]
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Country  
Stunted % 
Year
Source
Tajikistan  
36.2
2003
[1]
Thailand  
13.4
1995
[1]
The former state union Serbia and Montenegro
5.1
2000
[1]
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
6.9
1999
[1]
Timor-Leste  
49.4
2003
[1]
Togo  
21.7
1998
[1]
Tonga  
1.3
1986
[1]
Trinidad and Tobago  
3.6
2000
[1]
Tunisia  
12.3
2000
[1]
Turkey  
16
1998
[1]
Turkmenistan  
22.3
2000
[1]
Uganda  
39.1
2001
[1]
Ukraine  
2.7
2002
[1]
United Republic of Tanzania
37.1
2004
[9]
United States of America
1.1
2002
[1]
Uruguay  
9.5
1993
[1]
Uzbekistan  
21.1
2002
[1]
Vanuatu  
20.1
1996
[1]
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
12.8
2000
[1]
Vietnam  
36.5
2000
[1]
Yemen  
51.7
1997
[1]
Zambia  
46.8
2002
[1]
Zimbabwe    
26.5
1999
[1]
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References

1.
 WHO Statistical Information System (WHOSIS). Includes data from ‘World Health Statistics 2006’ and ‘The World Health Report 2006 Edition’. World Health Organization 2006.http://www.who.int/en/. Accessed 11/2/06. 
2.
 WHO Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. http://www.who.int/gdgm/p-child_pdf/ Accessed 11/6/06.
3.
 Demographic and Health Surveys. Accessed 11/6/06. http://www.measuredhs.com/accesssurveys/search/start.cfm
4.
 Bandoumal O et al. 2004. Enquête Démographique et de Santé Tchad 2004. Calverton, Maryland, U.S.A. : INSEED et ORC Macro.
5.
 Ojeda G et al, 2005. Encuesta Nacional de Demografía y Salud 2005.  Bogotá, Colombia:  Asociación Probienestar de la Familia Colombiana Profamilia and ORC Macro.
6.
 Central Statistical Agency [Ethiopia] and ORC Macro. 2006.  Ethiopia Demographic and Healthy Survey 2005.  Addis Ababa, Ethiopa and Calverton, Maryland, USA:  Central Statistical Agency and ORC Macro. 2006
7.
 Ministry of Health and Social Welfare Maseru, Lesotho, Bureau of Statistics Maseru, Lesotho and ORC Macro Calverton, Maryland, USA. Lesotho Demographic Health Survey. 2004
8.
 Ndiaye S et al. 2006. Enquête Démographique et de Santé au Sénégal 2005. Calverton, Maryland, USA : Centre de Recherche pour le Développement Humain [Sénégal] et ORC Macro.
9.
 National Bureau of Statistics [Tanzania] and ORC Macro. 2005. Tanzania Demographic and Health Survey 2004-05. Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: National Bureau of Statistics and ORC Macro.



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