Development Works Number 6, December 2012 | Page 6
Countries Making the Fastest Gains Against Child Malnutrition
Top 15 countries
with fastest progress
(annual % decrease in stunting)
-8%
-6%
-4%
Uzbekistan
Angola
China
Kyrgyzstan
Turkmenistan
DPR Korea
Brazil
Mauritania
Eritrea
Vietnam
Mexico
Bangladesh
Nepal
Indonesia
Cambodia
-2%
6.7%
6.6%
6.3%
6.3%
6.3%
5.6%
5.5%
4.6%
4.4%
4.3%
3.1%
2.9%
2.6%
2.6%
2.5%
0%
2%
4%
6%
Average annual rate of reduction in child stunting (%), ~1990-2010
Source: Save the Children, State of the World’s Mothers 2012, using data from WHO, UNICEF, and national surveys.
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