Zimbabwe - 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 Zimbabwe was 9.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 12.90 in 2005, while its lowest value was 7.30 in 1988.

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
1988 7.30
1999 10.30
2005 12.90
2009 10.40
2010 8.70
2014 9.80
2015 8.20
2019 9.00

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Zimbabwe was 10.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 15.10 in 2005, while its lowest value was 8.70 in 1988.

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
1988 8.70
1999 12.70
2005 15.10
2009 13.00
2010 11.60
2014 12.50
2015 8.80
2019 10.30

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Zimbabwe was 9.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 14.00 in 2005, while its lowest value was 8.00 in 1988.

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 10.50
1988 8.00
1994 11.80
1999 11.50
2005 14.00
2009 11.70
2010 10.20
2014 11.20
2015 8.50
2019 9.70

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Zimbabwe was 20.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 32.40 in 2009, while its lowest value was 20.40 in 2019.

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
1988 28.80
1999 31.90
2005 32.30
2009 32.40
2010 28.50
2014 24.10
2015 24.20
2019 20.40

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Zimbabwe was 26.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 38.40 in 2005, while its lowest value was 26.70 in 2019.

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
1988 33.10
1999 35.70
2005 38.40
2009 37.80
2010 36.00
2014 31.10
2015 30.00
2019 26.70

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Zimbabwe was 23.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 31 years was 35.30 in 2005, while its lowest value was 23.50 in 2019.

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
1988 31.00
1994 28.50
1999 33.80
2005 35.30
2009 35.10
2010 32.20
2014 27.60
2015 27.10
2019 23.50

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition