Children under 5 moderately or severely underweight, percentage
| Year | Value | Footnotes |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 32.5 | 1 |
| 1995 | 39 | 2 |
| 2001 | 25.7 | 3 |
Children under 5 severely underweight, percentage
| Year | Value | Footnotes |
|---|---|---|
| 1994 | 8.6 | 1 |
| 2001 | 6.7 | 3 |
Footnotes:
- Ministry of Health and Welfare. Nutritional status and child feeding practices of Maldivian children. Department of Public Health. Male, Maldives, 1994.
- Maldives multiple indicator survey report (MICS). United Nations Children's Fund. Malé, Maldives, June 1996 (and additional analysis).
- Damodar Sahu. Multiple indicator cluster survey (MICS 2) Maldives (draft). Ministry of Health. Male, Republic of Maldives, 2001 (and additional analysis).
