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. 2011 Aug;73(3):436–446. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.05.042
Country Stunted
Wasted
Underweight
Male Female Male Female Male Female
Burkina Faso 39.5 35.3 18.4 17.2 39.4 36.2
Cameroon 31.5 29.8 4.8 5.3 17.1 19.0
DR Congo 39.2 33.7 9.9 7.8 29.9 26.6
Ethiopia 44.9 43.5 10.5 9.5 36.9 36.3
Ghana 30.4 25.1 6.5 6.9 20.9 20.2
Guinea 34.9 31.5 10.0 8.5 25.5 23.4
Kenya 32.7 25.9 6.3 3.6 22.3 16.8
Lesotho 35.5 32.0 4.2 3.3 17.3 18.5
Liberia 34.4 29.6 6.0 5.9 21.7 21.6
Malawi 49.3 44.4 4.4 4.4 21.2 22.1
Mali 32.4 31.0 14.1 11.5 30.2 29.4
Niger 51.3 46.6 11.3 9.5 44.5 42.3
Rwanda 45.6 43.9 4.3 3.6 22.7 22.2
Senegal 15.1 15.5 8.1 6.6 15.0 17.5
Sierra Leone 33.8 29.1 8.5 8.1 26.5 21.7
Swaziland 24.2 20.4 2.8 1.6 6.5 6.3
Zambia 40.5 35.0 5.2 3.8 19.6 16.9
Zimbabwe 28.0 24.8 5.5 5.1 15.1 14.9
Total 36.5 32.9 8.1 7.0 25.2 23.9