health2023

Deaths from protein-energy malnutrition among individuals aged <5 years per 100,000 people

Name: Deaths from protein-energy malnutrition among individuals aged <5 years per 100,000 people
Creator: Our World in Data
Keywords: health, deaths per 100,000 people, deaths, from, protein, energy, malnutrition, among, individuals, aged, years, per, 100, 000, people

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•204 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

9.7deaths per 100,000 people

Median: 1.9deaths per 100,000 people

Countries Covered

204

with available data

Highest

Niger

117.3deaths per 100,000 people

Lowest

New Zealand

0.0deaths per 100,000 people

Top 5 Countries

1Niger117.3deaths per 100,000 people

2Zimbabwe97.1deaths per 100,000 people

3South Sudan66.2deaths per 100,000 people

4Eritrea65.9deaths per 100,000 people

5Nigeria61.7deaths per 100,000 people

By Region

Africa18.2deaths per 100,000 people(9 countries)

Other13.4deaths per 100,000 people(124 countries)

South America4.8deaths per 100,000 people(7 countries)

Asia4.3deaths per 100,000 people(26 countries)

North America3.9deaths per 100,000 people(4 countries)

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.0deaths per 100,000 people)High (117.3deaths per 100,000 people)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 9.7deaths per 100,000 people)

Africa (9)

Other (124)

South America (7)

Asia (26)

North America (4)

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	Niger	117.3deaths per 100,000 people
2	Zimbabwe	97.1deaths per 100,000 people
3	South Sudan	66.2deaths per 100,000 people
4	Eritrea	65.9deaths per 100,000 people
5	Nigeria	61.7deaths per 100,000 people
6	Kiribati	56.7deaths per 100,000 people
7	Chad	49.5deaths per 100,000 people
8	Sao Tome and Principe	46.4deaths per 100,000 people
9	Haiti	45.6deaths per 100,000 people
10	Afghanistan	44.6deaths per 100,000 people
11	Namibia	43.7deaths per 100,000 people
12	Sierra Leone	43.2deaths per 100,000 people
13	Burundi	41.9deaths per 100,000 people
14	Mali	38.9deaths per 100,000 people
15	Benin	37.3deaths per 100,000 people
16	Eswatini	35.1deaths per 100,000 people
17	Somalia	34.8deaths per 100,000 people
18	Guinea	32.6deaths per 100,000 people
19	Botswana	32.1deaths per 100,000 people
20	Djibouti	31.1deaths per 100,000 people
21	South Africa	30.8deaths per 100,000 people
22	Liberia	30.6deaths per 100,000 people
23	Central African Republic	29.7deaths per 100,000 people
24	Papua New Guinea	28.8deaths per 100,000 people
25	Madagascar	27.9deaths per 100,000 people
26	Guinea-Bissau	25.8deaths per 100,000 people
27	Lesotho	25.1deaths per 100,000 people
28	Zambia	24.4deaths per 100,000 people
29	Timor-Leste	23.8deaths per 100,000 people
30	Mozambique	21.9deaths per 100,000 people
31	Cote d'Ivoire	21.7deaths per 100,000 people
32	Ghana	21.4deaths per 100,000 people
33	Cameroon	20.6deaths per 100,000 people
34	Ethiopia	20.5deaths per 100,000 people
35	Angola	20.4deaths per 100,000 people
36	Democratic Republic of the Congo	19.9deaths per 100,000 people
37	Republic of The Gambia	19.5deaths per 100,000 people
38	Togo	18.8deaths per 100,000 people
39	Burkina Faso	18.5deaths per 100,000 people
40	Guyana	18.3deaths per 100,000 people
41	Bangladesh	18.1deaths per 100,000 people
42	Uganda	16.8deaths per 100,000 people
43	Comoros	16.7deaths per 100,000 people
44	United Republic of Tanzania	15.8deaths per 100,000 people
45	Rwanda	15.4deaths per 100,000 people
46	Nepal	14.4deaths per 100,000 people
47	Venezuela	14.3deaths per 100,000 people
48	Bolivia	14.2deaths per 100,000 people
49	Mauritania	14.0deaths per 100,000 people
50	Malawi	13.8deaths per 100,000 people
51	Senegal	13.4deaths per 100,000 people
52	Lao People's Democratic Republic	12.8deaths per 100,000 people
53	Micronesia, Federated States of	11.9deaths per 100,000 people
54	Ecuador	11.2deaths per 100,000 people
55	Republic of the Congo	11.1deaths per 100,000 people
56	Guatemala	10.9deaths per 100,000 people
57	Nauru	10.6deaths per 100,000 people
58	Pakistan	10.6deaths per 100,000 people
59	Colombia	10.6deaths per 100,000 people
60	Yemen	10.0deaths per 100,000 people
61	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	7.9deaths per 100,000 people
62	Cape Verde	7.7deaths per 100,000 people
63	Peru	7.7deaths per 100,000 people
64	Nicaragua	7.6deaths per 100,000 people
65	Philippines	7.5deaths per 100,000 people
66	Suriname	7.1deaths per 100,000 people
67	Panama	6.8deaths per 100,000 people
68	Tuvalu	6.7deaths per 100,000 people
69	Indonesia	6.6deaths per 100,000 people
70	Kenya	6.5deaths per 100,000 people
71	Equatorial Guinea	6.4deaths per 100,000 people
72	India	6.2deaths per 100,000 people
73	Belize	5.5deaths per 100,000 people
74	Gabon	5.3deaths per 100,000 people
75	Fiji	5.1deaths per 100,000 people
76	American Samoa	5.1deaths per 100,000 people
77	Marshall Islands	5.1deaths per 100,000 people
78	Paraguay	5.0deaths per 100,000 people
79	Dominican Republic	4.8deaths per 100,000 people
80	Mexico	4.5deaths per 100,000 people
81	Saint Kitts and Nevis	4.4deaths per 100,000 people
82	Sudan	4.3deaths per 100,000 people
83	Cambodia	4.3deaths per 100,000 people
84	Solomon Islands	4.1deaths per 100,000 people
85	Palau	4.1deaths per 100,000 people
86	El Salvador	3.6deaths per 100,000 people
87	Myanmar	3.6deaths per 100,000 people
88	Samoa	3.3deaths per 100,000 people
89	Saint Lucia	3.3deaths per 100,000 people
90	Tonga	3.2deaths per 100,000 people
91	Antigua and Barbuda	3.2deaths per 100,000 people
92	Vanuatu	3.1deaths per 100,000 people
93	Niue	3.0deaths per 100,000 people
94	Tokelau	2.4deaths per 100,000 people
95	Virgin Islands, U.S.	2.2deaths per 100,000 people
96	Jamaica	2.1deaths per 100,000 people
97	Maldives	2.1deaths per 100,000 people
98	Iraq	2.1deaths per 100,000 people
99	Honduras	2.1deaths per 100,000 people
100	Tunisia	2.1deaths per 100,000 people
101	Dominica	2.0deaths per 100,000 people
102	Grenada	1.9deaths per 100,000 people
103	Northern Mariana Islands	1.9deaths per 100,000 people
104	Brazil	1.8deaths per 100,000 people
105	Seychelles	1.7deaths per 100,000 people
106	Bahamas	1.6deaths per 100,000 people
107	Egypt	1.6deaths per 100,000 people
108	Guam	1.6deaths per 100,000 people
109	Azerbaijan	1.6deaths per 100,000 people
110	Trinidad and Tobago	1.5deaths per 100,000 people
111	Libya	1.4deaths per 100,000 people
112	Puerto Rico	1.3deaths per 100,000 people
113	Bhutan	1.3deaths per 100,000 people
114	Mauritius	1.3deaths per 100,000 people
115	Kazakhstan	1.2deaths per 100,000 people
116	Thailand	1.1deaths per 100,000 people
117	Chile	1.0deaths per 100,000 people
118	North Korea	1.0deaths per 100,000 people
119	Türkiye	1.0deaths per 100,000 people
120	Barbados	0.9deaths per 100,000 people
121	Syrian Arab Republic	0.8deaths per 100,000 people
122	Argentina	0.8deaths per 100,000 people
123	Kyrgyzstan	0.7deaths per 100,000 people
124	Albania	0.7deaths per 100,000 people
125	Algeria	0.7deaths per 100,000 people
126	Malaysia	0.6deaths per 100,000 people
127	Morocco	0.6deaths per 100,000 people
128	Uruguay	0.6deaths per 100,000 people
129	Sri Lanka	0.5deaths per 100,000 people
130	Taiwan, Province of China	0.5deaths per 100,000 people
131	Saudi Arabia	0.5deaths per 100,000 people
132	Turkmenistan	0.4deaths per 100,000 people
133	Oman	0.4deaths per 100,000 people
134	Jordan	0.4deaths per 100,000 people
135	Lebanon	0.4deaths per 100,000 people
136	Bahrain	0.4deaths per 100,000 people
137	Cuba	0.4deaths per 100,000 people
138	Romania	0.4deaths per 100,000 people
139	Uzbekistan	0.4deaths per 100,000 people
140	Islamic Republic of Iran	0.3deaths per 100,000 people
141	United Arab Emirates	0.3deaths per 100,000 people
142	State of Palestine	0.3deaths per 100,000 people
143	Mongolia	0.3deaths per 100,000 people
144	People's Republic of China	0.3deaths per 100,000 people
145	Greenland	0.3deaths per 100,000 people
146	Vietnam	0.2deaths per 100,000 people
147	France	0.2deaths per 100,000 people
148	United States of America	0.2deaths per 100,000 people
149	Costa Rica	0.2deaths per 100,000 people
150	Czech Republic	0.2deaths per 100,000 people
151	Cook Islands	0.2deaths per 100,000 people
152	Montenegro	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
153	Tajikistan	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
154	Moldova, Republic of	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
155	Slovakia	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
156	Bermuda	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
157	Bulgaria	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
158	Serbia	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
159	Hungary	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
160	Georgia	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
161	Russian Federation	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
162	Qatar	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
163	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
164	Belarus	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
165	Ukraine	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
166	Croatia	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
167	Canada	0.1deaths per 100,000 people
168	Poland	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
169	Japan	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
170	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
171	Luxembourg	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
172	Armenia	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
173	Slovenia	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
174	Brunei Darussalam	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
175	Estonia	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
176	Portugal	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
177	Australia	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
178	Kuwait	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
179	Italy	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
180	Latvia	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
181	Denmark	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
182	Israel	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
183	Switzerland	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
184	Lithuania	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
185	Belgium	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
186	Norway	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
187	Netherlands	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
188	South Korea	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
189	Sweden	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
190	Spain	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
191	Iceland	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
192	Germany	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
193	Cyprus	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
194	United Kingdom	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
195	Andorra	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
196	Ireland	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
197	San Marino	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
198	Monaco	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
199	Singapore	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
200	Finland	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
201	Malta	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
202	Austria	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
203	Greece	0.0deaths per 100,000 people
204	New Zealand	0.0deaths per 100,000 people

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Data Source

This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).

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