Indonesia - 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 Indonesia was 16.60 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 26.00 in 1992, while its lowest value was 15.70 in 2010.

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
1989 25.40
1992 26.00
1998 22.80
1999 21.10
2000 23.80
2001 22.40
2002 20.70
2003 20.60
2004 18.70
2007 18.60
2010 15.70
2013 19.40
2018 16.60

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Indonesia was 18.80 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 36.40 in 1989, while its lowest value was 18.80 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
1989 36.40
1992 33.60
1998 28.60
1999 24.40
2000 25.70
2001 24.40
2002 25.20
2003 25.50
2004 20.70
2007 20.70
2010 19.50
2013 20.50
2018 18.80

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Indonesia was 17.70 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 35.90 in 1987, while its lowest value was 17.70 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
1987 35.90
1989 31.00
1992 29.80
1996 30.30
1998 25.80
1999 22.80
2000 24.80
2001 23.40
2002 23.00
2003 23.10
2004 19.70
2005 24.40
2007 19.60
2010 18.60
2013 19.90
2018 17.70

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Indonesia was 29.70 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 41.00 in 2000, while its lowest value was 27.40 in 2004.

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
2000 41.00
2001 40.00
2004 27.40
2007 38.80
2010 37.60
2013 35.50
2018 29.70

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Indonesia was 31.70 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 43.70 in 2000, while its lowest value was 29.80 in 2004.

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
2000 43.70
2001 43.20
2004 29.80
2007 41.30
2010 40.80
2013 37.20
2018 31.70

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Indonesia was 30.80 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 22 years was 48.10 in 1996, while its lowest value was 28.60 in 2004.

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
1996 48.10
2000 42.40
2001 41.60
2004 28.60
2007 40.10
2010 39.20
2013 36.40
2018 30.80

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition