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* Nicaragua 8 68 32 – – 43 6x 23x 2x 6x 4α 97x Niger 27x 53 23 – 6 50 38 43 19 3 95α 19 Nigeria 15 33 17 67 10 35 20 33 8 2 80α 80 Niue – – – – – – – – – – – – Norway 5 – – – – – – – – – – – Oman 10 71 33 90 – 48 10 14 8 4 – –f Pakistan 32x 18 38 66 15 56 32 45 11 5 96α 69 Palau 7 – – – – – – – – – – – Panama 8 47 22 61 – 34 4x 19x 1x – – – Papua New Guinea 11x – 56x – – 72x 28 50 14 14 –α – Paraguay 6 47x 24x – – 14x 3 11 3 12 – 93y Peru 7 55 68 82 – 55y 3 15 1 – – 88 Philippines 21x 50 34x 90x – 41 20 30 8 5 83α 45x Poland 6 – – – – – – – – – – – Portugal 9 – – – – – – – – – – – Qatar 8 34 29 50 – 32 – – – – – – Republic of Korea 4x – – – – – 1 3 1 7 – – Republic of Moldova 6 61 36 62 – 12 2 6 2 5 – 44 Romania 8 12x 16x – – – 4x 13x 4x 8x – 74x Russian Federation 6 – – – – – – – – – – –f Rwanda 7 71 87 79 17 87 9 38 2 8 95α 87x,f Saint Kitts and Nevis 10 – – – – – – – – – – –f Saint Lucia 10 50 – – – – 3 3 4 6 – 46 Saint Vincent and 11 – – – – – – – – – – – the Grenadines Samoa 10 88x 51x – – 74x – – – – – – San Marino 10 – – – – – – – – – – – Sao Tome and Principe 10 38 74 74 – 24 9 17 4 2 –α 65 Saudi Arabia 9 – – – – 30x 5x 9x 12x 6x – – Senegal 19 30 33 63 8 41 13 19 6 1 89α 43 Serbia 6 51 13 97 72 9 2 6 4 14 – 32x Seychelles – – – – – – – – – – – – Sierra Leone 11 54 32 63 7 48 18 38 9 9 8α 63 Singapore 10 – – – – – 3x 4x 4x 3x – – Slovakia 8 – – – – – – – – – – – Slovenia 6 – – – – – – – – – – – Solomon Islands 13x 75x 74x – – 67x 12x 33x 4x 3x – – Somalia – 23x 5x 16x – 27x 23x 26x 15x 3x 30α 4y South Africa – 61x 8x – – 31x 9x 24x 5x – –α – South Sudan – 48 45 21 – 38 28 31 23 6 18α 45 Spain 8 – – – – – – – – – – – Sri Lanka 17x 80x 76x – – 84x 26 15 21 1 72α 92x State of Palestine 9 41 39 90 42 12 1 7 1 8 – 77 Sudan – 69 55 51 – 49 33 38 16 3 99α 10 Suriname 14 45 3 47 – 15 6 9 5 4 – – Swaziland 9 48 64 90 – 8 6 26 2 9 43α 52 Sweden 5 – – – – – – – – – – – Switzerland 7 – – – – – – – – – – – Syrian Arab Republic 10 46 x 43x – – 25x 10x 28x 12x 18x – 79x Tajikistan 10x 50 34 49 20 50 13 27 10 7 99α 39 Thailand 11 46 12 75 – 18 9 16 7 11 – 71 The former Yugoslav Republic 6 21 23 41 – 13 1 5 2 12 – 94x,y of Macedonia Timor-Leste 12x 93 62 97 18 39 38 50 11 2 –α 60x Togo 11 61 58 67 12 61 16 28 7 2 –α 32 Tonga – 79 52 – – 30 2 8 5 17 – – Trinidad and Tobago 12 41x 13x 83x – 22x 4x 5x 5x 5x – 28x Tunisia 7 40 9 27 – 19 2 10 3 14 – 97x Turkey 11x 50 30 – – 34 2 10 2 11 – 69x Turkmenistan 5 60x 11x – – 37x 9x 19x 7x 5x –α 75x,f Tuvalu 6x 15x 35x – – 51x 2x 10x 3x 6x – – Uganda 12 53 63 67 6 46 12 34 4 6 66α 87x,f Ukraine 5 66 20 43 – 22 1x 4x 0x – – 21 United Arab Emirates 6 – 34x – – 29x – – – – – – THE STATE OF THE WORLD’S CHILDREN 2016 124