Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)
Compare prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) across 22 countries or territories using one fixed 2023 World Bank reference slice.
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Key Insights
- •22 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite % observation in the fixed 2023 slice.
- •Burundi has the highest published value (28 %).
- •Belgium has the lowest published value (0.3 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 9.5%)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
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.
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2023 World Bank slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
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.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burundi | 28.0% |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 25.0% |
| 3 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 24.3% |
| 4 | Djibouti | 17.7% |
| 5 | Sri Lanka | 17.1% |
| 6 | Senegal | 16.2% |
| 7 | Indonesia | 15.9% |
| 8 | Haiti | 10.7% |
| 9 | Vietnam | 9.7% |
| 10 | Bhutan | 8.7% |
| 11 | Tajikistan | 5.2% |
| 12 | Lebanon | 5.1% |
| 13 | Ecuador | 4.3% |
| 14 | Nauru | 3.8% |
| 15 | Azerbaijan | 3.0% |
| 16 | Kyrgyzstan | 2.9% |
| 17 | Kuwait | 2.8% |
| 18 | Peru | 2.7% |
| 19 | Jordan | 2.5% |
| 20 | Qatar | 2.3% |
| 21 | Mongolia | 1.9% |
| 22 | Belgium | 0.3% |
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Data Source
This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2023).
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