Prevalence of underweight, weight for age
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 2006 Child Growth Standards.
- Publisher
- World Bank
- Unit
- —
- Cadence
- Annual
- Series
- 162
- Licence
- CC BY 4.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-06
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UNICEF
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., UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), note: Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology
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World Health Organization
World Health Organization (WHO), note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME)
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
Not named — the declaration is kept verbatim
Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
World Bank
World Bank (WB), note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME)
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
Not named — the declaration is kept verbatim
Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology
declared by worldbank in sourceOrganization
Read from
World Bank
World Development Indicators
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Latest observations
| Country | Period | Value | Unit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burundi | 2024 | 28.30 | percent |
| Ecuador | 2024 | 4.90 | percent |
| Lesotho | 2024 | 12.50 | percent |
| Mali | 2024 | 15 | percent |
| Sri Lanka | 2024 | 17.10 | percent |
| Zimbabwe | 2024 | 9.60 | percent |
| Azerbaijan | 2023 | 3 | percent |
| Belgium | 2023 | 0.30 | percent |
| Bhutan | 2023 | 8.70 | percent |
| Burundi | 2023 | 28 | percent |
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