Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, female
Prevalence of underweight, female, is the percentage of girls 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.
Latest, 202112.8%of children under 5Annual release · Not updated
vs 2015+0.7 pp12.1%
High since 198726.5% of children under 51987 · World Bank
Low since 198712.1% of children under 52015 · World Bank
Recent years
- 202112.8% of children under 5+0.7 pp
- 201512.1% of children under 5−1.2 pp
- 200913.3% of children under 5−4.7 pp
- 200218% of children under 5−1.4 pp
- 200019.4% of children under 5+1.6 pp
- 199917.8% of children under 5−3.3 pp
- 199521.1% of children under 5−5.4 pp
- 198726.5% of children under 5
Related
- Projected population, national totalBanguat18,312,373people2026+1.3%vs 2025
- National povertyWorld Bank56%of population2023The latest figure is older than its frequency allows
- Child stuntingWorld Bank46%of children under 52021−0.7 ppvs 2015The latest figure is older than its frequency allows
- Life expectancyWorld Bank72.75years2024+0.2%vs 2023
