Pakistan - 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 Pakistan was 22.10 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 36.90 in 1991, while its lowest value was 22.10 in 2018.

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
1991 36.90
1992 36.50
2001 30.90
2011 30.80
2013 29.50
2018 22.10

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Pakistan was 24.00 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 39.80 in 1991, while its lowest value was 24.00 in 2018.

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
1991 39.80
1992 34.20
2001 31.40
2011 31.90
2013 34.20
2018 24.00

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Pakistan was 23.10 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 44.40 in 1986, while its lowest value was 23.10 in 2018.

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
1986 44.40
1991 38.40
1992 35.30
1995 34.20
2001 31.20
2011 31.40
2013 31.80
2018 23.10

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Pakistan was 37.10 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 51.60 in 1991, while its lowest value was 37.10 in 2018.

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
1991 51.60
1992 42.10
2001 40.60
2011 42.90
2013 41.80
2018 37.10

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Pakistan was 38.20 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 56.20 in 1991, while its lowest value was 38.20 in 2018.

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
1991 56.20
1992 43.20
2001 42.10
2011 44.20
2013 48.20
2018 38.20

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Pakistan was 37.60 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 62.50 in 1986, while its lowest value was 37.60 in 2018.

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
1986 62.50
1991 53.90
1992 42.70
2001 41.40
2011 43.60
2013 45.00
2018 37.60

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition