Togo - 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 Togo was 14.30 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 20.50 in 2008, while its lowest value was 13.90 in 2010.

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
2008 20.50
2009 16.00
2010 13.90
2012 14.80
2014 15.10
2017 14.30

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5) in Togo was 16.10 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 9 years was 20.50 in 2008, while its lowest value was 16.10 in 2017.

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
2008 20.50
2009 17.20
2010 16.30
2012 18.20
2014 17.10
2017 16.10

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Togo was 15.20 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 23.80 in 1998, while its lowest value was 15.10 in 2010.

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
1988 21.70
1996 16.70
1998 23.80
2008 20.50
2009 16.60
2010 15.10
2012 16.50
2014 16.10
2017 15.20

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, female (% of children under 5) in Togo was 21.30 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 27.40 in 2006, while its lowest value was 21.30 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
2006 27.40
2008 25.20
2009 24.60
2010 25.30
2012 22.90
2014 26.90
2017 21.30

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age, male (% of children under 5) in Togo was 26.20 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 11 years was 32.40 in 2006, while its lowest value was 26.20 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
2006 32.40
2008 28.40
2009 29.30
2010 28.80
2012 29.40
2014 28.20
2017 26.20

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Togo was 23.80 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 40.70 in 1988, while its lowest value was 23.80 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
1988 40.70
1996 40.20
1998 33.20
2006 29.90
2008 26.90
2009 27.00
2010 27.00
2012 26.20
2014 27.60
2017 23.80

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition