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.
Latest, 202114.4%of children under 5Annual release · Not updated
vs 2015+2.0 pp12.4%
High since 198727.8% of children under 51987 · World Bank
Low since 198712.4% of children under 52015 · World Bank
Recent years
- 202114.4% of children under 5+2.0 pp
- 201512.4% of children under 5−1.7 pp
- 200914.1% of children under 5−4.1 pp
- 200218.2% of children under 5−0.6 pp
- 200018.8% of children under 5−1.5 pp
- 199920.3% of children under 5−1.4 pp
- 199521.7% of children under 5−6.1 pp
- 198727.8% 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