Children and Hunger: A Reason to Migrate
Percentage of children under 5
who are stunted
Under-5 mortality rate
per 1,000 live births
Honduras: 29
Honduras: 26
Guatemala: 54.5
Guatemala: 35
El Salvador: 21
El Salvador: 17
Mexico: 15
Mexico: 17
Sources: FAO, Country Profile : Food Security Indicators, Mexico; World Bank, Nutrition
at a Glance fact sheets, Central America series. Data from 2008.
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