PAINTMAPS.comPrevalence of underweight, weight for age, female (% of children under 5) (World) - 2022
* Data Description : 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. The data are based on the WHOs new child growth standards released in 2006.
* Data Source : Worldbank.org
* By changing the date from the drop-down menu, you can view statistics on maps since 2000.
* Countries with the highest value of "Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, female (% of children under 5)" in the World (2022) : Niger(32,3), Burundi(25,9), Nepal(20,9), Mauritania(19,8), Mali(16,5), Chad(15,3), United Republic of Tanzania(10,3), Kenya(9,2).