Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, female (% of children under 5)
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. More info »
2002
2004
2006
2008
2010
2012
2014
2016
2018
-0.50
0.00
0.50
1.00
1.50
2.00
2.50
3.00
3.50
4.00
4.50
5.00
5.50
6.00
Uruguay
Data source: World Bank, World Development Indicators - Last updated January 1, 2020