Children under 5 moderately or severely underweight, percentage
| Year | Value | Footnotes |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 16.1 | 1 |
| 1997 | 10.3 | 2 |
| 2000 | 11.9 | 3 |
| 2006 | 10.8 | 4 |
Children under 5 severely underweight, percentage
| Year | Value | Footnotes |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4.2 | 3 |
| 2006 | 3.6 | 4 |
Footnotes:
- Guyana Bureau of Statistics. Household income and expenditure survey 1993 and Guyana living standards measurement survey. In: Guyana strategies for reducing poverty. Report No. 12861-GUA. Washington: The World Bank, 1994:50-67 (and additional analysis).
- Ministry of Health (Guyana) and Caribbean Food and Nutrition Institute (PAHO/CFNI). Micronutrient study report - Guyana survey - Vitamin A, beta-carotene, iron and iodine status. PAHO/CFNI/97.J5. Kingston, Jamaica, 1997 (and additional analysis).
- Bureau of Statistics [Guyana] and UNICEF. Guyana multiple indicator cluster survey (MICS). Georgetown, Guyana, 2001 (and additional analysis).
- Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF. Guyana multiple indicator cluster survey 2006, final report. Georgetown, Guyana: Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF, 2008 (and additional analysis).
