Chad - Malnutrition prevalence

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, female (% of children under 5) in Chad was 26.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 32.80 in 2004, while its lowest value was 21.30 in 2017.

Definition: 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 WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
1997 32.60
2000 28.20
2004 32.80
2010 28.30
2015 27.80
2017 21.30
2018 22.90
2019 26.90

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Chad was 31.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 35.90 in 1997, while its lowest value was 26.40 in 2018.

Definition: Prevalence of underweight, male, is the percentage of boys 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 new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
1997 35.90
2000 30.20
2004 34.90
2010 32.50
2015 31.00
2017 27.00
2018 26.40
2019 31.40

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Chad was 29.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 34.30 in 1997, while its lowest value was 24.30 in 2017.

Definition: 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 child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: UNICEF, 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.

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Year Value
1997 34.30
2000 29.20
2004 33.80
2010 30.30
2015 29.40
2017 24.30
2018 24.70
2019 29.20

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Chad was 35.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 43.70 in 2004, while its lowest value was 28.90 in 2017.

Definition: Prevalence of stunting, female, is the percentage of girls under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
1997 42.70
2000 37.00
2004 43.70
2010 37.10
2015 38.60
2017 28.90
2018 29.10
2019 35.70

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Chad was 39.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 46.40 in 1997, while its lowest value was 34.70 in 2018.

Definition: Prevalence of stunting, male, is the percentage of boys under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
1997 46.40
2000 40.90
2004 45.00
2010 40.30
2015 40.90
2017 35.30
2018 34.70
2019 39.80

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Chad was 37.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 44.50 in 1997, while its lowest value was 31.90 in 2018.

Definition: Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's new child growth standards released in 2006.

Source: UNICEF, 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.

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Year Value
1997 44.50
2000 38.90
2004 44.40
2010 38.70
2015 39.80
2017 32.10
2018 31.90
2019 37.80

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition