Middle income - Malnutrition prevalence

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Middle income was 12.72 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 21.61 in 2000, while its lowest value was 12.72 in 2020.

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
2000 21.61
2001 20.97
2002 20.46
2003 20.04
2004 19.63
2005 19.18
2006 18.73
2007 18.26
2008 17.76
2009 17.26
2010 16.78
2011 16.31
2012 15.84
2013 15.36
2014 14.91
2015 14.49
2016 14.07
2017 13.69
2018 13.35
2019 13.03
2020 12.72

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition