Guinea - 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 Guinea was 14.90 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 20.80 in 2005, while its lowest value was 14.90 in 2018.

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
1999 19.60
2005 20.80
2007 15.40
2012 18.80
2016 17.40
2018 14.90

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Guinea was 17.70 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 24.60 in 2005, while its lowest value was 17.40 in 2007.

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
1999 20.40
2005 24.60
2007 17.40
2012 18.70
2016 19.10
2018 17.70

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Guinea was 16.30 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 22.70 in 2005, while its lowest value was 16.30 in 2018.

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
1994 21.20
1999 20.00
2005 22.70
2007 16.40
2012 18.80
2016 18.30
2018 16.30

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Guinea was 26.80 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 36.50 in 2005, while its lowest value was 26.80 in 2018.

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
1999 28.80
2005 36.50
2007 32.00
2012 29.90
2016 30.30
2018 26.80

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Guinea was 33.80 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 42.00 in 2005, while its lowest value was 32.20 in 2012.

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
1999 33.10
2005 42.00
2007 35.80
2012 32.20
2016 34.50
2018 33.80

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Guinea was 30.30 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 24 years was 39.30 in 2005, while its lowest value was 30.30 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
1994 35.30
1999 31.10
2005 39.30
2007 34.00
2012 31.10
2016 32.40
2018 30.30

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition