Upper 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 Upper middle income was 2.45 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 7.74 in 2000, while its lowest value was 2.45 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 | 7.74 |
| 2001 | 7.32 |
| 2002 | 6.92 |
| 2003 | 6.54 |
| 2004 | 6.18 |
| 2005 | 5.84 |
| 2006 | 5.52 |
| 2007 | 5.21 |
| 2008 | 4.92 |
| 2009 | 4.64 |
| 2010 | 4.38 |
| 2011 | 4.14 |
| 2012 | 3.91 |
| 2013 | 3.68 |
| 2014 | 3.48 |
| 2015 | 3.28 |
| 2016 | 3.09 |
| 2017 | 2.92 |
| 2018 | 2.75 |
| 2019 | 2.59 |
| 2020 | 2.45 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Nutrition
