Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)
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.
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1997
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2003
2006
2008
2011
2014
2017
-2.00
0.00
2.00
4.00
6.00
8.00
10.00
12.00
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See also: Thematic map, Health Indicators, Nutrition
