Central African Republic - Malnutrition prevalence

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, female (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, female (% of children under 5) in Central African Republic was 19.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 23.10 in 2006, while its lowest value was 18.10 in 2018.

Definition: Prevalence of underweight, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
2000 19.10
2006 23.10
2010 20.90
2012 22.90
2014 18.30
2018 18.10
2019 19.30

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Central African Republic was 21.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 29.10 in 2006, while its lowest value was 21.30 in 2018.

Definition: Prevalence of underweight, male, is the percentage of boys under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
2000 23.50
2006 29.10
2010 26.10
2012 26.10
2014 21.50
2018 21.30
2019 21.60

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Central African Republic was 20.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 26.10 in 2006, while its lowest value was 19.70 in 2018.

Definition: Prevalence of underweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO's child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child malnutrition estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.

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Year Value
1994 24.00
2000 21.30
2006 26.10
2010 23.50
2012 24.50
2014 20.00
2018 19.70
2019 20.50

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Central African Republic was 37.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 42.30 in 2000, while its lowest value was 33.50 in 2018.

Definition: Prevalence of stunting, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
2000 42.30
2006 40.50
2010 37.90
2012 37.60
2014 34.50
2018 33.50
2019 37.40

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Central African Republic was 43.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 46.60 in 2006, while its lowest value was 41.20 in 2014.

Definition: Prevalence of stunting, male, is the percentage of boys under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
2000 46.40
2006 46.60
2010 43.60
2012 41.80
2014 41.20
2018 41.40
2019 43.00

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Central African Republic was 40.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 25 years was 44.40 in 2000, while its lowest value was 37.50 in 2018.

Definition: Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child malnutrition estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.

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Year Value
1994 41.50
2000 44.40
2006 43.60
2010 40.70
2012 39.70
2014 38.00
2018 37.50
2019 40.20

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition