Kenya - 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 Kenya was 10.00 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 17.00 in 1993, while its lowest value was 9.90 in 2011.

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 17.00
1994 16.20
2000 15.00
2003 13.70
2005 16.30
2008 15.70
2011 9.90
2014 10.00

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Kenya was 12.40 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 21.80 in 1993, while its lowest value was 12.40 in 2014.

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 21.80
1994 19.50
2000 19.10
2003 19.20
2005 19.70
2008 17.20
2011 15.10
2014 12.40

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Kenya was 11.20 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 19.40 in 1993, while its lowest value was 11.20 in 2014.

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
1993 19.40
1994 17.90
1998 17.50
2000 17.10
2003 16.40
2005 18.00
2008 16.50
2011 12.70
2014 11.20

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Kenya was 22.40 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 38.90 in 1994, while its lowest value was 22.40 in 2014.

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 36.50
1994 38.90
2000 37.20
2003 32.10
2005 36.20
2008 33.40
2011 26.00
2014 22.40

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Kenya was 29.90 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 21 years was 44.50 in 2005, while its lowest value was 27.40 in 2011.

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 43.80
1994 43.20
2000 44.30
2003 39.60
2005 44.50
2008 37.40
2011 27.40
2014 29.90

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Kenya was 26.20 as of 2014. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 41.10 in 1994, while its lowest value was 26.20 in 2014.

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 37.00
1993 40.20
1994 41.10
1998 37.40
2000 40.80
2003 35.80
2005 40.30
2008 35.50
2011 26.30
2014 26.20

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition