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UNCLASSIFIED U.S. Department of State [email protected] : UN Finds Decline in http://hiu.state.gov

HUMANITARIAN INFORMATION UNIT Child Malnutrition, Yet Indicators Remain High

PercentageNumber and of percentage children ofexperiencing children under stuntin-age ve who experience stunting (below average height-for-age) RUSSIA 40% - 45% (critical) 30% - 39% (serious) Nasŏn 20% - 29% (poor) CHINA Unreported «! Najin Number & percentage of children North 23,375\ (45%)National under capital age ve who experience stunting Hamgyŏng « Administrative capital 64,548 (38%) \ National capital Provinces with UN World Food Program Ch'ongjin « accessAdministrative / operations capital (DPRK monitored) «! Provinces with UN World Food Program Internationalaccess / operations boundary (DPRK monitored) InternalInternational administrative boundary boundary Province / municipality boundary «! Yanggang 23,375 (45%) «!Kanggye

Chagang 39,635 (41%) South Hamgyŏng «! 86,339 (38%) Sinŭiju North P’yŏngan «! 61,770 (30%) South P’yŏngan Korea 89,327 (30%) Sea of Japan P'yongsong Bay «! P’yŏngyang «!Wŏnsan \! 53,527 (23%)

Namp'o Military Demarcation Line «! North Namp'o Hwanghae Kangwŏn «! 47,599 (31%) 36,945 (34%) South Sariwŏn Hwanghae 48,071 (29%) «! ! Kaesŏng Kaesŏng« SOUTH 0 25 50 100km KOREA Yellow Sea \!Seoul 0 25 50 100mi North Korean Children Under Age Five With Conditions In part due to an increase in international food assistance since Associated With Physical Indicators of Malnutrition the peak famine in 1997 and increased food imports since 2008, 70% 66 (National Averages, %) there has been a steady decline in the national average of child malnutrition indicators. The Democratic People's Republic of 60% Stunting 1. Below average height-for-age. 55 2. Below average weight-for-age. Korea (DPRK) and the UN Children’s Fund reported in 2009 that 51 3. Below average weight-for-height. almost one-third of children experience stunting and an 50% 48 estimated 25 percent of pregnant and lactating women remain 43 malnourished, and are more likely to have children who become 40% stunted. 33 Underweight In October 2010, DPRK provided monitored access for the UN 30% 25 (est. over 500,000) Wasting 21 World Food Program and the UN Food and Agriculture Organi- 20% 19 19 19 zation to conduct a crop and food security assessment. The 12 (est. over 300,000) resulting November 16, 2010 report highlights a marginal 10 10% 9 increase in cultivated land, yield, and food production over the 5 previous 2009 crop year and that the food supply shortage for (est. over 80,000) 2011 is expected to be 867,000 metric tons (MT), down from the 1998 2000 2002 2004 2009 2009 estimate of just over one million MT shortage for 2010.

Names and boundary representation are not necessarily authoritative. Sources: USG; UN FAO; UN WFP; UNICEF; DPRK December 16, 2010 - U301 STATE (HIU) UNCLASSIFIED