Mali - 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 Mali was 15.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 28.20 in 2001, while its lowest value was 14.60 in 2017.

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
2001 28.20
2006 26.00
2010 17.40
2011 16.70
2014 23.40
2015 22.50
2016 18.70
2017 14.60
2018 17.60
2019 15.90

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Mali was 20.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 31.70 in 2001, while its lowest value was 19.40 in 2017.

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
2001 31.70
2006 29.80
2010 20.30
2011 23.10
2014 24.80
2015 27.30
2016 21.60
2017 19.40
2018 19.60
2019 20.20

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Mali was 18.10 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 37.70 in 1996, while its lowest value was 17.10 in 2017.

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 28.60
1996 37.70
2001 30.00
2006 27.90
2010 18.90
2011 20.00
2014 24.10
2015 25.00
2016 20.20
2017 17.10
2018 18.60
2019 18.10

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Mali was 23.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 41.20 in 2001, while its lowest value was 20.90 in 2017.

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
2001 41.20
2006 35.30
2010 25.60
2011 25.60
2014 24.90
2015 27.80
2016 24.30
2017 20.90
2018 25.70
2019 23.70

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Mali was 29.00 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 43.80 in 2001, while its lowest value was 28.00 in 2017.

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
2001 43.80
2006 39.90
2010 29.90
2011 30.10
2014 31.10
2015 32.90
2016 28.40
2017 28.00
2018 28.00
2019 29.00

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Mali was 26.40 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 42.50 in 2001, while its lowest value was 24.60 in 2017.

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 35.80
1996 39.90
2001 42.50
2006 37.60
2010 27.80
2011 27.90
2014 28.10
2015 30.40
2016 26.40
2017 24.60
2018 26.90
2019 26.40

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition