High income | 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
Origin
High income
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High income | Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)
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2000 1.38313007
2001 1.35558808
2002 1.32858706
2003 1.30211687
2004 1.27616715
2005 1.25072813
2006 1.22578979
2007 1.20134282
2008 1.17737746
2009 1.15388465
2010 1.1308552
2011 1.1082803
2012 1.086151
2013 1.06445885
2014 1.04319537
2015 1.02235222
2016 1.00192142
2017 0.98189473
2018 0.96226454
2019 0.94302297
2020 0.92416263
2021 0.90567607
2022 0.8875559

High income | 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
High income
Records
63
Source