PAINTMAPS.comPrevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) (World) - 2022
* Data Description : 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 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 (% of children under 5)" in the World (2022) : Niger(34,6), Burundi(27,6), Mauritania(22,4), Bangladesh(22,3), Mali(18,5), Afghanistan(18,4), Nepal(18,3), Chad(18,2), Mozambique(15,4), Malaysia(15,3).