South Asia - Malnutrition prevalence

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in South Asia was 27.38 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 20 years was 42.87 in 2000, while its lowest value was 27.38 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
2000 42.87
2001 42.03
2002 41.20
2003 40.36
2004 39.54
2005 38.72
2006 37.91
2007 37.10
2008 36.30
2009 35.51
2010 34.72
2011 33.95
2012 33.18
2013 32.42
2014 31.67
2015 30.93
2016 30.20
2017 29.48
2018 28.77
2019 28.07
2020 27.38

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition