Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)

✦ DISCOVERED BY ORIONAITABLEUNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), note: Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology; World Health Organization (WHO), note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME); Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology; World Bank (WB), note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME); Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodologyHealthGlobal
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About this dataset

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.

Columns (4)

countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber

Sample rows

iso3yearvaluecountry
AFE2024Africa Eastern and Southern
AFW2024Africa Western and Central
ARB2024Arab World
CSS2024Caribbean small states
CEB2024Central Europe and the Baltics
EAR2024Early-demographic dividend
EAS20245.42East Asia & Pacific
EAP2024East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)

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