Sri Lanka - 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 Sri Lanka was 20.40 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 31.70 in 1993, while its lowest value was 20.40 in 2016.

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
1993 31.70
2000 24.40
2007 21.50
2009 21.60
2012 26.60
2016 20.40

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Sri Lanka was 20.60 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 29.00 in 1993, while its lowest value was 20.60 in 2016.

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
1993 29.00
2000 21.60
2007 22.60
2009 21.60
2012 25.60
2016 20.60

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Sri Lanka was 20.50 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 32.80 in 1987, while its lowest value was 20.50 in 2016.

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 32.80
1993 30.30
1995 29.30
2000 22.90
2007 22.10
2009 21.60
2012 26.10
2016 20.50

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Sri Lanka was 16.60 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 29.40 in 1993, while its lowest value was 14.50 in 2012.

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
1993 29.40
2000 19.40
2007 17.30
2009 18.70
2012 14.50
2016 16.60

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Sri Lanka was 17.90 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 28.10 in 1993, while its lowest value was 14.80 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
1993 28.10
2000 17.30
2007 18.80
2009 19.80
2012 14.80
2016 17.90

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Sri Lanka was 17.30 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 32.30 in 1987, while its lowest value was 14.60 in 2012.

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
1987 32.30
1993 28.70
1995 26.10
2000 18.30
2007 18.10
2009 19.20
2012 14.60
2016 17.30

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition