Algeria - 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 Algeria was 2.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 10.40 in 1995, while its lowest value was 2.40 in 2019.

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
1992 8.60
1995 10.40
2000 5.60
2002 9.60
2006 3.40
2012 3.00
2019 2.40

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Algeria was 2.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 12.50 in 2002, while its lowest value was 2.90 in 2019.

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
1992 9.80
1995 12.20
2000 5.30
2002 12.50
2006 3.50
2012 3.10
2019 2.90

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Algeria was 2.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 11.30 in 1995, while its lowest value was 2.70 in 2019.

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 8.00
1992 9.20
1995 11.30
2000 5.40
2002 11.10
2006 3.40
2012 3.00
2019 2.70

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Algeria was 7.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 22.70 in 1992, while its lowest value was 7.90 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
1992 22.70
1995 22.00
2000 22.20
2002 22.20
2006 14.20
2012 10.70
2019 7.90

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Algeria was 11.60 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 25.90 in 2002, while its lowest value was 11.60 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
1992 23.10
1995 22.90
2000 24.90
2002 25.90
2006 16.60
2012 12.60
2019 11.60

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Algeria was 9.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 24.00 in 2002, while its lowest value was 9.80 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
1987 16.90
1992 22.90
1995 22.50
2000 23.60
2002 24.00
2006 15.40
2012 11.70
2019 9.80

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition