Key: * includes Taiwan Province of China for FAO estimates;

** Serbia and Montenegro;

na not available;

- proportion less than 2%.

Notes: The underweight refers to children below five years of age (0-59 months), except: 0-35 months Benin, Eritrea, India, Kyrgyzstan, Mozambique, Nigeria, Togo and Uzbekistan; 0-71 months Chile, Congo, and Costa Rica; 6-59 months Dem. People's Rep. of Korea, Nepal and TFYR Macedonia; 3-35 months Bolivia and Mali; 12-71 months Croatia and Honduras; 3-59 months El Salvador and Guatemala;banner1.gif 6-35 months Afghanistan; 0-72 months China; 0-36 months Côte d'Ivoire; 0-48 months Guyana; 0-47 months Uganda.

Sources: Dietary energy supply (DES) and share of non-starchy food: FAO estimates; Poverty: World Development Indicators 2002, World Bank; Life expectancy at birth: World Development Indicators online database, World Bank, July 2002; Under-five mortality and child nutritional status: UNICEF online database, Sept. 2001.