(cache)Global prevalence of zinc deficiency

Country	Prevalence of zinc deficiency (Wessells et al. (2012))percent
Country	Start	End	Absolute Change	Relative Change
Afghanistan	20.40% in 1990	20.20% in 2005	-0.20 pp	>-1%
Albania	13.30% in 1990	5.30% in 2005	-8.00 pp	-60%
Algeria	13.10% in 1990	16.60% in 2005	+3.50 pp	+27%
Andorra	5.40% in 1990	5.60% in 2005	+0.20 pp	+4%
Angola	24.60% in 1990	24.40% in 2005	-0.20 pp	>-1%
Antigua and Barbuda	4.80% in 1990	6.80% in 2005	+2.00 pp	+42%
Argentina	1.70% in 1990	2.30% in 2005	+0.60 pp	+35%
Armenia	15.00% in 1990	16.30% in 2005	+1.30 pp	+9%
Australia	3.20% in 1990	3.80% in 2005	+0.60 pp	+19%
Austria	6.40% in 1990	7.40% in 2005	+1.00 pp	+16%
Azerbaijan	15.60% in 1990	22.40% in 2005	+6.80 pp	+44%
Bahamas	3.90% in 1990	5.70% in 2005	+1.80 pp	+46%
Bahrain	21.50% in 1990	24.80% in 2005	+3.30 pp	+15%
Bangladesh	28.30% in 1990	29.70% in 2005	+1.40 pp	+5%
Barbados	6.40% in 1990	9.30% in 2005	+2.90 pp	+45%
Belarus	7.20% in 1990	9.00% in 2005	+1.80 pp	+25%
Belgium	5.50% in 1990	6.80% in 2005	+1.30 pp	+24%
Belize	10.20% in 1990	13.60% in 2005	+3.40 pp	+33%
Benin	17.80% in 1990	17.90% in 2005	+0.10 pp	<1%
Bhutan	23.40% in 1990	31.70% in 2005	+8.30 pp	+35%
Bolivia	10.10% in 1990	11.10% in 2005	+1.00 pp	+10%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	14.10% in 1990	16.70% in 2005	+2.60 pp	+18%
Botswana	18.90% in 1990	30.60% in 2005	+11.70 pp	+62%
Brazil	9.60% in 1990	7.30% in 2005	-2.30 pp	-24%
Brunei	8.70% in 1990	10.60% in 2005	+1.90 pp	+22%
Bulgaria	7.40% in 1990	15.30% in 2005	+7.90 pp	+107%
Burkina Faso	42.70% in 1990	39.40% in 2005	-3.30 pp	-8%
Burundi	29.20% in 1990	38.00% in 2005	+8.80 pp	+30%
Cambodia	14.40% in 1990	16.40% in 2005	+2.00 pp	+14%
Cameroon	35.50% in 1990	33.80% in 2005	-1.70 pp	-5%
Canada	6.40% in 1990	8.00% in 2005	+1.60 pp	+25%
Cape Verde	21.90% in 1990	16.80% in 2005	-5.10 pp	-23%
Central African Republic	19.10% in 1990	16.10% in 2005	-3.00 pp	-16%
Chad	34.10% in 1990	34.50% in 2005	+0.40 pp	+1%
Chile	6.80% in 1990	5.70% in 2005	-1.10 pp	-16%
China	16.90% in 1990	7.50% in 2005	-9.40 pp	-56%
Colombia	9.60% in 1990	10.70% in 2005	+1.10 pp	+11%
Comoros	27.50% in 1990	32.00% in 2005	+4.50 pp	+16%
Congo	29.00% in 1990	21.60% in 2005	-7.40 pp	-26%
Costa Rica	13.70% in 1990	15.70% in 2005	+2.00 pp	+15%
Cote d'Ivoire	32.60% in 1990	33.40% in 2005	+0.80 pp	+2%
Croatia	10.70% in 1990	12.40% in 2005	+1.70 pp	+16%
Cuba	13.50% in 1990	20.20% in 2005	+6.70 pp	+50%
Cyprus	5.00% in 1990	6.10% in 2005	+1.10 pp	+22%
Czech Republic	7.10% in 1990	11.00% in 2005	+3.90 pp	+55%
Democratic Republic of Congo	32.20% in 1990	54.30% in 2005	+22.10 pp	+69%
Denmark	7.60% in 1990	6.20% in 2005	-1.40 pp	-18%
Djibouti	20.50% in 1990	16.00% in 2005	-4.50 pp	-22%
Dominica	7.60% in 1990	8.70% in 2005	+1.10 pp	+14%
Dominican Republic	18.80% in 1990	19.40% in 2005	+0.60 pp	+3%
Ecuador	13.20% in 1990	7.90% in 2005	-5.30 pp	-40%
Egypt	10.60% in 1990	12.10% in 2005	+1.50 pp	+14%
El Salvador	36.90% in 1990	28.00% in 2005	-8.90 pp	-24%
Equatorial Guinea	27.70% in 1990	28.00% in 2005	+0.30 pp	+1%
Eritrea	15.50% in 1990	19.80% in 2005	+4.30 pp	+28%
Estonia	5.90% in 1990	10.50% in 2005	+4.60 pp	+78%
Ethiopia	12.90% in 1990	11.00% in 2005	-1.90 pp	-15%
Fiji	7.90% in 1990	10.90% in 2005	+3.00 pp	+38%
Finland	4.10% in 1990	4.60% in 2005	+0.50 pp	+12%
France	3.00% in 1990	3.90% in 2005	+0.90 pp	+30%
Gabon	12.10% in 1990	13.20% in 2005	+1.10 pp	+9%
Gambia	27.20% in 1990	34.90% in 2005	+7.70 pp	+28%
Georgia	21.30% in 1990	23.60% in 2005	+2.30 pp	+11%
Germany	7.70% in 1990	9.00% in 2005	+1.30 pp	+17%
Ghana	26.10% in 1990	21.60% in 2005	-4.50 pp	-17%
Greece	6.40% in 1990	7.20% in 2005	+0.80 pp	+12%
Grenada	10.70% in 1990	10.70% in 2005	+0.00 pp	+0%
Guatemala	35.60% in 1990	29.80% in 2005	-5.80 pp	-16%
Guinea	19.10% in 1990	19.60% in 2005	+0.50 pp	+3%
Guinea-Bissau	23.10% in 1990	27.10% in 2005	+4.00 pp	+17%
Guyana	29.40% in 1990	13.20% in 2005	-16.20 pp	-55%
Haiti	40.60% in 1990	34.90% in 2005	-5.70 pp	-14%
Honduras	30.50% in 1990	22.50% in 2005	-8.00 pp	-26%
Hong Kong	21.80% in 1990	22.70% in 2005	+0.90 pp	+4%
Hungary	4.80% in 1990	8.40% in 2005	+3.60 pp	+75%
Iceland	3.20% in 1990	3.10% in 2005	-0.10 pp	-3%
India	27.70% in 1990	31.20% in 2005	+3.50 pp	+13%
Indonesia	29.10% in 1990	31.20% in 2005	+2.10 pp	+7%
Iran	14.20% in 1990	23.20% in 2005	+9.00 pp	+63%
Iraq	12.20% in 1990	13.10% in 2005	+0.90 pp	+7%
Ireland	3.00% in 1990	4.00% in 2005	+1.00 pp	+33%
Israel	6.60% in 1990	5.50% in 2005	-1.10 pp	-17%
Italy	5.20% in 1990	5.80% in 2005	+0.60 pp	+12%
Jamaica	16.80% in 1990	11.40% in 2005	-5.40 pp	-32%
Japan	14.70% in 1990	16.40% in 2005	+1.70 pp	+12%
Jordan	12.50% in 1990	16.30% in 2005	+3.80 pp	+30%
Kazakhstan	5.10% in 1990	4.90% in 2005	-0.20 pp	-4%
Kenya	21.20% in 1990	25.30% in 2005	+4.10 pp	+19%
Kiribati	24.80% in 1990	20.90% in 2005	-3.90 pp	-16%
Kuwait	9.00% in 1990	15.40% in 2005	+6.40 pp	+71%
Kyrgyzstan	4.50% in 1990	6.00% in 2005	+1.50 pp	+33%
Laos	20.40% in 1990	14.80% in 2005	-5.60 pp	-27%
Latvia	6.60% in 1990	11.60% in 2005	+5.00 pp	+76%
Lebanon	14.10% in 1990	14.30% in 2005	+0.20 pp	+1%
Lesotho	31.50% in 1990	38.30% in 2005	+6.80 pp	+22%
Liberia	25.60% in 1990	35.20% in 2005	+9.60 pp	+38%
Libya	9.00% in 1990	16.80% in 2005	+7.80 pp	+87%
Lithuania	8.00% in 1990	7.50% in 2005	-0.50 pp	-6%
Luxembourg	5.40% in 1990	3.60% in 2005	-1.80 pp	-33%
Macedonia	11.40% in 1990	14.10% in 2005	+2.70 pp	+24%
Madagascar	10.00% in 1990	16.00% in 2005	+6.00 pp	+60%
Malawi	46.80% in 1990	40.60% in 2005	-6.20 pp	-13%
Malaysia	9.60% in 1990	11.30% in 2005	+1.70 pp	+18%
Maldives	18.80% in 1990	14.40% in 2005	-4.40 pp	-23%
Mali	31.40% in 1990	22.30% in 2005	-9.10 pp	-29%
Malta	6.80% in 1990	8.10% in 2005	+1.30 pp	+19%
Marshall Islands	10.20% in 1990	10.40% in 2005	+0.20 pp	+2%
Mauritania	9.10% in 1990	9.60% in 2005	+0.50 pp	+5%
Mauritius	18.70% in 1990	16.30% in 2005	-2.40 pp	-13%
Mexico	18.70% in 1990	16.90% in 2005	-1.80 pp	-10%
Micronesia (country)	9.10% in 1990	10.80% in 2005	+1.70 pp	+19%
Moldova	9.70% in 1990	20.00% in 2005	+10.30 pp	+106%
Mongolia	1.50% in 1990	4.10% in 2005	+2.60 pp	+173%
Montenegro	7.90% in 1990	7.50% in 2005	-0.40 pp	-5%
Morocco	15.00% in 1990	19.20% in 2005	+4.20 pp	+28%
Mozambique	39.80% in 1990	31.40% in 2005	-8.40 pp	-21%
Myanmar	30.50% in 1990	19.50% in 2005	-11.00 pp	-36%
Namibia	22.60% in 1990	21.40% in 2005	-1.20 pp	-5%
Nepal	24.40% in 1990	23.70% in 2005	-0.70 pp	-3%
Netherlands	4.40% in 1990	5.00% in 2005	+0.60 pp	+14%
New Zealand	3.10% in 1990	4.40% in 2005	+1.30 pp	+42%
Nicaragua	35.60% in 1990	29.20% in 2005	-6.40 pp	-18%
Niger	26.80% in 1990	16.90% in 2005	-9.90 pp	-37%
Nigeria	22.30% in 1990	20.60% in 2005	-1.70 pp	-8%
North Korea	25.40% in 1990	31.20% in 2005	+5.80 pp	+23%
Norway	5.90% in 1990	6.20% in 2005	+0.30 pp	+5%
Oman	13.90% in 1990	21.20% in 2005	+7.30 pp	+53%
Pakistan	18.60% in 1990	20.40% in 2005	+1.80 pp	+10%
Palestine	77.60% in 1990	15.30% in 2005	-62.30 pp	-80%
Panama	14.50% in 1990	15.10% in 2005	+0.60 pp	+4%
Papua New Guinea	9.20% in 1990	10.00% in 2005	+0.80 pp	+9%
Paraguay	5.70% in 1990	8.90% in 2005	+3.20 pp	+56%
Peru	23.70% in 1990	16.70% in 2005	-7.00 pp	-30%
Philippines	13.40% in 1990	9.90% in 2005	-3.50 pp	-26%
Poland	6.20% in 1990	10.30% in 2005	+4.10 pp	+66%
Portugal	7.50% in 1990	6.30% in 2005	-1.20 pp	-16%
Qatar	26.60% in 1990	33.40% in 2005	+6.80 pp	+26%
Romania	8.80% in 1990	7.50% in 2005	-1.30 pp	-15%
Russia	6.80% in 1990	8.30% in 2005	+1.50 pp	+22%
Rwanda	37.50% in 1990	34.90% in 2005	-2.60 pp	-7%
Saint Lucia	6.10% in 1990	5.30% in 2005	-0.80 pp	-13%
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	15.70% in 1990	10.90% in 2005	-4.80 pp	-31%
Samoa	5.80% in 1990	6.20% in 2005	+0.40 pp	+7%
Sao Tome and Principe	42.80% in 1990	31.70% in 2005	-11.10 pp	-26%
Saudi Arabia	14.00% in 1990	19.20% in 2005	+5.20 pp	+37%
Senegal	28.20% in 1990	24.60% in 2005	-3.60 pp	-13%
Serbia	8.30% in 1990	7.00% in 2005	-1.30 pp	-16%
Seychelles	12.00% in 1990	13.20% in 2005	+1.20 pp	+10%
Sierra Leone	33.20% in 1990	27.20% in 2005	-6.00 pp	-18%
Singapore	14.80% in 1990	15.40% in 2005	+0.60 pp	+4%
Slovakia	8.30% in 1990	16.30% in 2005	+8.00 pp	+96%
Slovenia	9.30% in 1990	9.80% in 2005	+0.50 pp	+5%
Solomon Islands	20.40% in 1990	23.80% in 2005	+3.40 pp	+17%
Somalia	28.30% in 1990	24.50% in 2005	-3.80 pp	-13%
South Africa	16.40% in 1990	20.00% in 2005	+3.60 pp	+22%
South Korea	16.40% in 1990	13.00% in 2005	-3.40 pp	-21%
Spain	5.40% in 1990	5.40% in 2005	+0.00 pp	+0%
Sri Lanka	46.00% in 1990	45.70% in 2005	-0.30 pp	>-1%
Sudan	11.70% in 1990	7.40% in 2005	-4.30 pp	-37%
Suriname	15.70% in 1990	19.70% in 2005	+4.00 pp	+25%
Swaziland	15.20% in 1990	18.30% in 2005	+3.10 pp	+20%
Sweden	7.30% in 1990	6.10% in 2005	-1.20 pp	-16%
Switzerland	3.90% in 1990	4.90% in 2005	+1.00 pp	+26%
Syria	12.80% in 1990	15.20% in 2005	+2.40 pp	+19%
Taiwan	19.70% in 1990	21.70% in 2005	+2.00 pp	+10%
Tajikistan	8.00% in 1990	18.90% in 2005	+10.90 pp	+136%
Tanzania	30.40% in 1990	34.10% in 2005	+3.70 pp	+12%
Thailand	21.20% in 1990	20.40% in 2005	-0.80 pp	-4%
Timor	16.00% in 1990	16.90% in 2005	+0.90 pp	+6%
Togo	25.10% in 1990	25.80% in 2005	+0.70 pp	+3%
Tonga	10.40% in 1990	10.40% in 2005	+0.00 pp	+0%
Trinidad and Tobago	16.80% in 1990	19.30% in 2005	+2.50 pp	+15%
Tunisia	13.50% in 1990	16.10% in 2005	+2.60 pp	+19%
Turkey	16.70% in 1990	21.70% in 2005	+5.00 pp	+30%
Turkmenistan	5.50% in 1990	5.20% in 2005	-0.30 pp	-5%
Uganda	20.40% in 1990	20.50% in 2005	+0.10 pp	<1%
Ukraine	7.20% in 1990	11.40% in 2005	+4.20 pp	+58%
United Arab Emirates	9.40% in 1990	20.80% in 2005	+11.40 pp	+121%
United Kingdom	4.10% in 1990	4.60% in 2005	+0.50 pp	+12%
United States	4.70% in 1990	5.00% in 2005	+0.30 pp	+6%
Uruguay	2.00% in 1990	5.80% in 2005	+3.80 pp	+190%
Uzbekistan	6.30% in 1990	8.80% in 2005	+2.50 pp	+40%
Vanuatu	11.30% in 1990	12.90% in 2005	+1.60 pp	+14%
Venezuela	15.80% in 1990	15.40% in 2005	-0.40 pp	-3%
Vietnam	16.10% in 1990	10.70% in 2005	-5.40 pp	-34%
Yemen	19.10% in 1990	23.40% in 2005	+4.30 pp	+23%
Zambia	43.90% in 1990	44.90% in 2005	+1.00 pp	+2%
Zimbabwe	48.20% in 1990	48.40% in 2005	+0.20 pp	<1%

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