Tajikistan - 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 Tajikistan was 7.00 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 14.10 in 2007, while its lowest value was 6.20 in 2016.

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
2005 13.30
2007 14.10
2009 7.70
2012 13.00
2016 6.20
2017 7.00

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Tajikistan was 8.10 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 16.40 in 2005, while its lowest value was 6.60 in 2016.

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
2005 16.40
2007 16.00
2009 9.00
2012 13.50
2016 6.60
2017 8.10

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Tajikistan was 7.60 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 15.10 in 2007, while its lowest value was 6.40 in 2016.

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
2005 14.90
2007 15.10
2009 8.30
2012 13.30
2016 6.40
2017 7.60

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Tajikistan was 17.20 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 37.80 in 2007, while its lowest value was 17.20 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
2005 30.70
2007 37.80
2009 26.70
2012 27.30
2016 18.70
2017 17.20

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Tajikistan was 17.90 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 12 years was 40.60 in 2007, while its lowest value was 17.90 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
2005 35.40
2007 40.60
2009 30.80
2012 26.40
2016 20.50
2017 17.90

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Tajikistan was 17.50 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 43.20 in 2001, while its lowest value was 17.50 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
1999 41.50
2000 42.10
2001 43.20
2002 37.10
2003 42.40
2005 33.10
2007 39.30
2009 28.80
2012 26.90
2016 19.60
2017 17.50

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition