Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male
Prevalence of underweight, male, is the percentage of boys 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, 202116%of children under 5Annual release · Not updated
vs 2015+3.4 pp12.6%
High since 198729.1% of children under 51987 · World Bank
Low since 198712.6% of children under 52015 · World Bank
Recent years
- 202116% of children under 5+3.4 pp
- 201512.6% of children under 5−2.3 pp
- 200914.9% of children under 5−3.5 pp
- 200218.4% of children under 5+0.2 pp
- 200018.2% of children under 5−4.5 pp
- 199922.7% of children under 5+0.4 pp
- 199522.3% of children under 5−6.8 pp
- 198729.1% 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