Vietnam - Malnutrition prevalence

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

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
1993 35.30
2000 26.70
2009 16.60
2010 11.40

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

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
1993 37.80
2000 26.70
2009 18.40
2010 12.10

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

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5) in Vietnam was 13.40 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 40.70 in 1988, while its lowest value was 11.70 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 40.70
1993 36.60
1994 40.60
1998 35.80
1999 31.10
2000 26.70
2002 23.40
2003 24.60
2004 23.80
2005 22.70
2006 22.10
2007 22.60
2008 20.20
2009 17.50
2010 11.70
2011 16.80
2012 16.20
2013 15.30
2014 14.50
2015 14.10
2016 13.80
2017 13.40

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

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
1993 61.30
1999 42.00
2000 42.50
2009 27.10
2010 21.60

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

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
1993 61.70
1999 45.40
2000 43.70
2009 31.50
2010 23.70

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

Prevalence of stunting, height for age (% of children under 5) in Vietnam was 23.80 as of 2017. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 61.50 in 1993, while its lowest value was 22.70 in 2010.

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 61.30
1993 61.50
1994 52.50
1998 42.10
1999 43.70
2000 43.20
2002 37.50
2003 35.40
2004 33.70
2005 33.20
2006 31.80
2007 32.20
2008 30.50
2009 29.30
2010 22.70
2011 27.50
2012 26.70
2013 25.90
2014 24.90
2015 24.60
2016 24.30
2017 23.80

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition