East Asia & Pacific | 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 2006 Child Growth Standards. Limitations and exceptions: Survey estimates come with levels of uncertainty due to both sampling error and non-sampling error (e.g., measurement technical error, recording error etc.,). None of the two sources of errors have been fully taken into account for deriving estimates neither at country nor at regional or worldwide levels.
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The World Bank
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East Asia & Pacific
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East Asia & Pacific | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)
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2000 12.05006504
2001 11.55316257
2002 11.07948971
2003 10.61810684
2004 10.16614056
2005 9.73484039
2006 9.31649876
2007 8.90180397
2008 8.49749374
2009 8.10445309
2010 7.73247004
2011 7.38763237
2012 7.05008793
2013 6.7308445
2014 6.43975449
2015 6.17226791
2016 5.91456556
2017 5.66388178
2018 5.45726204
2019 5.29854155
2020 5.17910957
2021 5.11503649
2022 5.10526037

East Asia & Pacific | 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 2006 Child Growth Standards. Limitations and exceptions: Survey estimates come with levels of uncertainty due to both sampling error and non-sampling error (e.g., measurement technical error, recording error etc.,). None of the two sources of errors have been fully taken into account for deriving estimates neither at country nor at regional or worldwide levels.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
East Asia & Pacific
Records
63
Source