Nigeria - 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 Nigeria was 15.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 31.80 in 1990, while its lowest value was 15.00 in 2020.

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
1990 31.80
2003 24.80
2011 24.00
2014 19.00
2015 18.50
2016 29.90
2018 20.40
2020 15.00

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Nigeria was 21.80 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 34.50 in 1990, while its lowest value was 20.50 in 2015.

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
1990 34.50
2003 28.50
2011 24.40
2014 22.10
2015 20.50
2016 33.10
2018 23.10
2020 21.80

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Nigeria was 18.40 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 35.10 in 1993, while its lowest value was 18.40 in 2020.

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
1990 33.10
1993 35.10
2003 26.70
2011 24.20
2014 20.60
2015 19.50
2016 31.50
2018 21.80
2020 18.40

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Nigeria was 26.90 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 47.70 in 1990, while its lowest value was 26.90 in 2020.

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
1990 47.70
2003 39.40
2011 34.90
2014 31.70
2015 30.40
2016 41.40
2018 34.10
2020 26.90

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Nigeria was 36.10 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 49.70 in 1990, while its lowest value was 35.40 in 2014.

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
1990 49.70
2003 45.70
2011 36.80
2014 35.40
2015 35.60
2016 45.70
2018 39.40
2020 36.10

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Nigeria was 31.50 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 30 years was 48.70 in 1990, while its lowest value was 31.50 in 2020.

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
1990 48.70
1993 43.80
2003 42.50
2011 35.80
2014 33.60
2015 33.00
2016 43.60
2018 36.80
2020 31.50

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition