Tanzania - 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 Tanzania was 13.50 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 26.90 in 1999, while its lowest value was 13.00 in 2011.

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 23.10
1996 25.20
1999 26.90
2004 15.40
2009 15.70
2010 14.50
2011 13.00
2013 13.10
2014 14.30
2015 13.20
2018 13.50

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Tanzania was 15.70 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 28.40 in 1996, while its lowest value was 13.10 in 2013.

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 26.60
1996 28.40
1999 23.80
2004 18.00
2009 17.20
2010 17.80
2011 15.10
2013 13.10
2014 14.60
2015 14.10
2018 15.70

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Tanzania was 14.60 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 26.80 in 1996, while its lowest value was 13.10 in 2013.

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
1991 24.80
1996 26.80
1999 25.30
2004 16.70
2009 16.40
2010 16.10
2011 14.10
2013 13.10
2014 13.40
2015 13.70
2018 14.60

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Tanzania was 29.40 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 47.20 in 1991, while its lowest value was 29.40 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 47.20
1996 46.50
1999 45.70
2004 41.90
2009 40.80
2010 38.60
2011 34.30
2013 34.50
2014 31.40
2015 32.20
2018 29.40

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Tanzania was 34.10 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 52.70 in 1991, while its lowest value was 34.10 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 52.70
1996 52.60
1999 50.90
2004 47.00
2009 45.80
2010 45.60
2011 35.70
2013 40.30
2014 37.90
2015 36.70
2018 34.10

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Tanzania was 31.80 as of 2018. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 49.90 in 1991, while its lowest value was 31.80 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
1991 49.90
1996 49.60
1999 48.30
2004 44.40
2009 43.20
2010 42.10
2011 35.00
2013 37.40
2014 34.70
2015 34.50
2018 31.80

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition