Ghana - 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 Ghana was 11.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 21.30 in 1997, while its lowest value was 11.00 in 2017.

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
1997 21.30
1998 19.70
2003 17.00
2006 12.60
2008 12.80
2011 11.30
2014 11.70
2017 11.00

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Ghana was 14.10 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 23.00 in 1997, while its lowest value was 10.70 in 2014.

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
1997 23.00
1998 20.50
2003 21.00
2006 15.20
2008 15.90
2011 15.40
2014 10.70
2017 14.10

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Ghana was 12.60 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 25.80 in 1993, while its lowest value was 11.20 in 2014.

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
1988 24.80
1993 25.80
1997 22.20
1998 20.10
2003 19.00
2006 13.90
2008 14.40
2011 13.40
2014 11.20
2017 12.60

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Ghana was 15.60 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 32.60 in 2003, while its lowest value was 15.60 in 2017.

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
1997 32.20
1998 27.70
2003 32.60
2006 26.00
2008 26.60
2011 20.30
2014 17.00
2017 15.60

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Ghana was 19.50 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 38.40 in 2003, while its lowest value was 19.50 in 2017.

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
1997 37.30
1998 33.70
2003 38.40
2006 29.70
2008 30.10
2011 25.30
2014 20.40
2017 19.50

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Ghana was 17.50 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 42.60 in 1988, while its lowest value was 17.50 in 2017.

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
1988 42.60
1993 41.20
1997 34.70
1998 30.60
2003 35.50
2006 27.90
2008 28.40
2011 22.80
2014 18.80
2017 17.50

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition