TABLE 2. NUTRITION Early Exclusive Introduction Minimum Underweight Stunting Wasting Overweight Vitamin A initiation breast- to solid, acceptable Breast- (%) (%) (%) (%) supplemen- Adequately Low of breast- feeding semi-solid or diet 6–23 feeding tation, full iodized salt birthweight feeding <6 months soft foods 6–8 months at age 2 coverageΔ consumption Countries (%) (%) (%) months (%) (%) (%) moderate & severeɵ (%) (%) and areas 2009–2013* 2010–2015* 2010–2015* 2014 2009–2013* Gabon 14x 32 6 82 – 4 7 18 3 8 –α –f Gambia 10 52 47 47 8 42 16 25 12 3 27α 22 Georgia 7 69 55x 85x – 17x 1x 11x 2x 20x – 100 Germany 7 – – – – – 1x 1x 1x 4x – – Ghana 11 56 52 73 13 50 11 19 5 3 23α 35 Greece 10 – – – – – – – – – – – Grenada 9 – 39x – – – – – – – – – Guatemala 11 56x 53 – 51 57 13 47 1 5 19α –f Guinea 12x 17 21 43 4 66 19 31 10 4 –α –f Guinea-Bissau 11 34 53 71 – 51 17 28 6 2 98α 12 Guyana 14 49 23 81 30 41 9 12 6 5 – 10 Haiti 23 47 40 87 14 31 12 22 5 4 30α 3x,f Holy See – – – – – – – – – – – – Honduras 10 64 31 70 54 43 7 23 1 5 –α – Hungary 9 – – – – – – – – – – – Iceland 4 – – – – – – – – – – – India 28x 41x 46x 56x – 77x,y 29 39 15 – 61α 71 Indonesia 9x 49 42 91 37 55 20 36 14 12 84α 58 Iran (Islamic Republic of) 8 69 53 76 – 51 4 7 4 – – –f Iraq 13 43 20 36 – 23 9 23 7 12 – 29 Ireland 5 – – – – – – – – – – – Israel 8 – – – – – – – – – – – Italy 7 – – – – – – – – – – – Jamaica 11 65 24 55 – 31 3 6 3 8 – – Japan 10 – – – – – 3 7 2 2 – – Jordan 13x 19 23 92 33 13 3 8 2 5 – –f Kazakhstan 6 68 32 49 – 26 4 13 4 13 –α 85 Kenya 8 62 61 80 22 53 11 26 4 4 28α 93 Kiribati 8 – 69x – – 82x 15x – – – –α – Kuwait 8 – 12x – – 9x 3 6 2 9 – – Kyrgyzstan 6 83 41 85 36 23 3 13 3 7 –α 76x Lao People's Democratic 15 39 40 52 – 40 27 44 6 2 89α –f Republic Latvia 5 – – – – – – – – – – – Lebanon 12 41x 27x – – 11x 4x 17x 7x 17x – 71 Lesotho 11 53x 67 68x 11 30 10 33 3 7 67α 79 Liberia 14x 61 55 46 4 44 15 32 6 3 0α – Libya – – – – – – 6x 21x 7x 22x – – Liechtenstein – – – – – – – – – – – – Lithuania 5 – – – – – – – – – – – Luxembourg 7 – – – – – – – – – – – Madagascar 16 66 42 90 – 83 37x 49x 15x 6x 99α 50 Malawi 14 75 70 89 14 75 17 42 4 5 41α 62 Malaysia 11 – 29x – – – 13x 17x – – – – Maldives 11 64x 48x 91x – 68x 18x 20x 10x 7x –α 44x Mali 18 46x 38x 27x – 56x 28x 39x 15x 5x –α 74x Malta 7 – – – – – – – – – – – Marshall Islands 18x 73x 31x – – 53x – – – – –α – Mauritania 35 56 27 48 – 36 20 22 12 1 89α 7 Mauritius 14x – 21x – – – – – – – – – Mexico 9 39 14 95 – 14 3 14 2 9 –α 91x Micronesia (Federated 11 – 60x – – – – – – – –α – States of) Monaco 6 – – – – – – – – – – – Mongolia 5 71 47 95 – 53 2 11 1 11 79α 70 Montenegro 5 14 17 95 66 9 1 9 3 22 – 71x Morocco 15x 30 28 86x – 15x 3 15 2 11 –α 21x Mozambique 17 69 41 95 11 52 16 43 6 8 99α 25f Myanmar 9 76 24 76 – 65 23 35 8 3 94α 69 Namibia 16x 71 49 80 13 21 13 23 7 4 –α 57x Nauru 27x 76x 67x – – 65x 5x 24x 1x 3x – – Nepal 18 49 57 74 32 87 30 37 11 2 85α 80 Netherlands 6 – – – – – – – – – – – New Zealand 6 – – – – – – – – – – – THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2016 123