social2023
Child underweight
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
1,218.8deaths
Median: 28.0deaths
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
India
50,992.7deaths
Lowest
San Marino
0.0deaths
Top 5 Countries
1India50,992.7deaths
2Nigeria47,371.4deaths
3Pakistan15,157.5deaths
4Niger12,396.1deaths
5Democratic Republic of the Congo11,409.5deaths
By Region
Africa7,332.5deaths(9 countries)
Asia3,360.1deaths(26 countries)
Other735.4deaths(124 countries)
North America489.1deaths(4 countries)
South America272.3deaths(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0deaths)High (50,992.7deaths)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 1,218.8deaths)
Africa (9)
Asia (26)
Other (124)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 50,992.7deaths |
| 2 | Nigeria | 47,371.4deaths |
| 3 | Pakistan | 15,157.5deaths |
| 4 | Niger | 12,396.1deaths |
| 5 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 11,409.5deaths |
| 6 | Ethiopia | 6,509.7deaths |
| 7 | Chad | 5,442.2deaths |
| 8 | Indonesia | 5,204.2deaths |
| 9 | Angola | 3,871.6deaths |
| 10 | Bangladesh | 3,822.1deaths |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 3,770.6deaths |
| 12 | Cote d'Ivoire | 3,670.2deaths |
| 13 | Mozambique | 3,591.8deaths |
| 14 | Cameroon | 3,310.0deaths |
| 15 | Madagascar | 3,309.3deaths |
| 16 | United Republic of Tanzania | 3,139.9deaths |
| 17 | Philippines | 3,095.7deaths |
| 18 | Mali | 2,699.0deaths |
| 19 | Guinea | 2,612.1deaths |
| 20 | Myanmar | 2,425.4deaths |
| 21 | Kenya | 2,392.2deaths |
| 22 | Burkina Faso | 2,346.7deaths |
| 23 | Uzbekistan | 2,328.9deaths |
| 24 | Burundi | 2,321.1deaths |
| 25 | Uganda | 2,294.7deaths |
| 26 | Egypt | 2,253.2deaths |
| 27 | Somalia | 2,223.4deaths |
| 28 | South Africa | 2,194.6deaths |
| 29 | South Sudan | 2,192.1deaths |
| 30 | Central African Republic | 2,092.4deaths |
| 31 | Yemen | 2,010.5deaths |
| 32 | Benin | 1,628.0deaths |
| 33 | Zambia | 1,524.5deaths |
| 34 | Sierra Leone | 1,464.1deaths |
| 35 | People's Republic of China | 1,421.6deaths |
| 36 | Haiti | 1,236.5deaths |
| 37 | Zimbabwe | 1,202.0deaths |
| 38 | Papua New Guinea | 1,149.7deaths |
| 39 | Eritrea | 1,031.6deaths |
| 40 | Mexico | 1,016.7deaths |
| 41 | Sudan | 1,010.1deaths |
| 42 | Rwanda | 977.1deaths |
| 43 | Ghana | 973.7deaths |
| 44 | Guatemala | 838.2deaths |
| 45 | Nepal | 806.1deaths |
| 46 | Brazil | 789.1deaths |
| 47 | Cambodia | 696.9deaths |
| 48 | Malawi | 670.2deaths |
| 49 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 638.9deaths |
| 50 | Liberia | 637.7deaths |
| 51 | Togo | 621.1deaths |
| 52 | Senegal | 612.9deaths |
| 53 | Tajikistan | 591.5deaths |
| 54 | Vietnam | 503.2deaths |
| 55 | Azerbaijan | 479.9deaths |
| 56 | Peru | 465.4deaths |
| 57 | Iraq | 417.9deaths |
| 58 | Bolivia | 376.5deaths |
| 59 | Ecuador | 364.0deaths |
| 60 | Turkmenistan | 328.8deaths |
| 61 | North Korea | 301.5deaths |
| 62 | Republic of the Congo | 292.4deaths |
| 63 | Mauritania | 241.4deaths |
| 64 | Guinea-Bissau | 237.0deaths |
| 65 | Algeria | 236.7deaths |
| 66 | Colombia | 228.1deaths |
| 67 | Venezuela | 224.6deaths |
| 68 | Republic of The Gambia | 221.8deaths |
| 69 | Kazakhstan | 221.8deaths |
| 70 | Lesotho | 206.7deaths |
| 71 | Morocco | 189.8deaths |
| 72 | Namibia | 189.5deaths |
| 73 | Saudi Arabia | 179.7deaths |
| 74 | Russian Federation | 178.3deaths |
| 75 | Timor-Leste | 169.8deaths |
| 76 | Thailand | 142.3deaths |
| 77 | Kyrgyzstan | 134.9deaths |
| 78 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 117.0deaths |
| 79 | Eswatini | 110.9deaths |
| 80 | Botswana | 106.0deaths |
| 81 | Türkiye | 101.8deaths |
| 82 | Malaysia | 97.3deaths |
| 83 | United States of America | 96.2deaths |
| 84 | Djibouti | 85.9deaths |
| 85 | Romania | 79.8deaths |
| 86 | Syrian Arab Republic | 72.8deaths |
| 87 | Dominican Republic | 67.2deaths |
| 88 | Comoros | 66.8deaths |
| 89 | Jordan | 64.7deaths |
| 90 | Nicaragua | 61.2deaths |
| 91 | Honduras | 58.3deaths |
| 92 | Tunisia | 56.8deaths |
| 93 | Argentina | 48.8deaths |
| 94 | Equatorial Guinea | 46.9deaths |
| 95 | Libya | 46.0deaths |
| 96 | Sri Lanka | 44.2deaths |
| 97 | Panama | 43.3deaths |
| 98 | Gabon | 42.5deaths |
| 99 | El Salvador | 41.7deaths |
| 100 | Mongolia | 40.8deaths |
| 101 | Lebanon | 39.9deaths |
| 102 | Paraguay | 28.1deaths |
| 103 | Armenia | 28.0deaths |
| 104 | Ukraine | 27.4deaths |
| 105 | State of Palestine | 21.5deaths |
| 106 | Poland | 17.1deaths |
| 107 | Fiji | 16.7deaths |
| 108 | Oman | 15.9deaths |
| 109 | Cuba | 15.3deaths |
| 110 | Japan | 14.4deaths |
| 111 | United Arab Emirates | 14.1deaths |
| 112 | Bulgaria | 13.7deaths |
| 113 | Taiwan, Province of China | 12.3deaths |
| 114 | Slovakia | 11.3deaths |
| 115 | Guyana | 11.1deaths |
| 116 | Bhutan | 10.8deaths |
| 117 | Kuwait | 10.8deaths |
| 118 | Vanuatu | 10.6deaths |
| 119 | Georgia | 10.5deaths |
| 120 | Chile | 9.1deaths |
| 121 | Solomon Islands | 8.7deaths |
| 122 | Moldova, Republic of | 8.6deaths |
| 123 | Czech Republic | 7.7deaths |
| 124 | United Kingdom | 7.6deaths |
| 125 | France | 7.0deaths |
| 126 | Suriname | 6.1deaths |
| 127 | Albania | 6.0deaths |
| 128 | Kiribati | 5.9deaths |
| 129 | Canada | 5.5deaths |
| 130 | Sao Tome and Principe | 5.4deaths |
| 131 | Belarus | 5.4deaths |
| 132 | Samoa | 4.9deaths |
| 133 | Serbia | 4.8deaths |
| 134 | Cape Verde | 4.7deaths |
| 135 | Italy | 4.6deaths |
| 136 | Germany | 4.0deaths |
| 137 | Spain | 3.8deaths |
| 138 | Hungary | 3.7deaths |
| 139 | Jamaica | 3.6deaths |
| 140 | Costa Rica | 3.5deaths |
| 141 | Mauritius | 3.5deaths |
| 142 | Belize | 3.1deaths |
| 143 | South Korea | 2.7deaths |
| 144 | Croatia | 2.6deaths |
| 145 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.3deaths |
| 146 | Maldives | 2.2deaths |
| 147 | Qatar | 2.2deaths |
| 148 | Netherlands | 2.1deaths |
| 149 | Uruguay | 2.0deaths |
| 150 | Israel | 1.9deaths |
| 151 | Singapore | 1.8deaths |
| 152 | Portugal | 1.5deaths |
| 153 | Marshall Islands | 1.5deaths |
| 154 | Greece | 1.4deaths |
| 155 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.4deaths |
| 156 | Latvia | 1.3deaths |
| 157 | Slovenia | 1.3deaths |
| 158 | Puerto Rico | 1.3deaths |
| 159 | Guam | 1.2deaths |
| 160 | Belgium | 1.2deaths |
| 161 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 1.2deaths |
| 162 | Lithuania | 1.2deaths |
| 163 | Bahrain | 1.2deaths |
| 164 | Australia | 1.1deaths |
| 165 | New Zealand | 0.9deaths |
| 166 | Bahamas | 0.9deaths |
| 167 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.8deaths |
| 168 | Denmark | 0.8deaths |
| 169 | Ireland | 0.8deaths |
| 170 | Sweden | 0.8deaths |
| 171 | Montenegro | 0.7deaths |
| 172 | Estonia | 0.7deaths |
| 173 | Tonga | 0.7deaths |
| 174 | Seychelles | 0.7deaths |
| 175 | Nauru | 0.6deaths |
| 176 | Grenada | 0.5deaths |
| 177 | Switzerland | 0.5deaths |
| 178 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.5deaths |
| 179 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.5deaths |
| 180 | Finland | 0.4deaths |
| 181 | Saint Lucia | 0.3deaths |
| 182 | Barbados | 0.3deaths |
| 183 | Tuvalu | 0.3deaths |
| 184 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.3deaths |
| 185 | Austria | 0.3deaths |
| 186 | American Samoa | 0.3deaths |
| 187 | Norway | 0.2deaths |
| 188 | Palau | 0.1deaths |
| 189 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.1deaths |
| 190 | Cyprus | 0.1deaths |
| 191 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1deaths |
| 192 | Dominica | 0.1deaths |
| 193 | Greenland | 0.1deaths |
| 194 | Malta | 0.1deaths |
| 195 | Cook Islands | 0.1deaths |
| 196 | Iceland | 0.1deaths |
| 197 | Luxembourg | 0.0deaths |
| 198 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.0deaths |
| 199 | Niue | 0.0deaths |
| 200 | Tokelau | 0.0deaths |
| 201 | Bermuda | 0.0deaths |
| 202 | Andorra | 0.0deaths |
| 203 | Monaco | 0.0deaths |
| 204 | San Marino | 0.0deaths |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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