Table 2.
Country ranking by prevalence and mean for the four outcomes among youngest child under two years of age.
| Severe Stunting | Stunting | HAZ Scores | Neonatal Mortality | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Country | % | Country | % | Country | Mean | Country | % |
| Ghana | 3.2 | Ghana | 11.8 | Ghana | −0.6 | Burundi | 1.61 |
| Gambia | 3.6 | Gambia | 16.5 | Cameroon | −0.8 | Kenya | 1.70 |
| Senegal | 5.1 | Senegal | 17.3 | Mali | −0.8 | Ghana | 1.85 |
| Mauritania | 5.7 | Mauritania | 20.3 | Chad | −0.9 | Zambia | 1.89 |
| Liberia | 5.8 | Kenya | 21.1 | Guinea | −0.9 | Senegal | 1.92 |
| Kenya | 6.6 | Mali | 21.6 | Kenya | −0.9 | Mauritania | 2.03 |
| Benin | 7.1 | Liberia | 23.5 | Mauritania | −0.9 | Tanzania | 2.13 |
| Malawi | 7.5 | Sierra Leone | 23.9 | Senegal | −0.9 | Cameroon | 2.31 |
| Uganda | 7.5 | Uganda | 24.2 | Uganda | −0.9 | Angola | 2.32 |
| Mali | 7.8 | Benin | 24.4 | Gambia | −1.0 | Gambia | 2.33 |
| Sierra Leone | 8.1 | Chad | 25.1 | Sierra Leone | −1.1 | Mali | 2.35 |
| Tanzania | 9.0 | Cameroon | 26.6 | Tanzania | −1.1 | Uganda | 2.38 |
| Nigeria | 11.1 | Tanzania | 26.7 | Benin | −1.2 | Malawi | 2.39 |
| Chad | 11.2 | Guinea | 27.3 | Liberia | −1.2 | Benin | 2.46 |
| Zambia | 11.7 | Nigeria | 29.4 | Malawi | −1.2 | Liberia | 2.59 |
| Cameroon | 12.3 | Malawi | 30.0 | Nigeria | −1.2 | Sierra Leone | 2.59 |
| Angola | 12.7 | Zambia | 30.9 | Angola | −1.3 | Chad | 2.67 |
| Guinea | 12.8 | Angola | 31.3 | Zambia | −1.3 | Guinea | 3.00 |
| Burundi | 16.0 | Burundi | 45.3 | Burundi | −1.8 | Nigeria | 3.18 |