Health
Child malnutrition
SH.STA.MALN.ZS · %
Annual series published by the World Bank, compared across United Kingdom, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, United States, China, Jamaica, Venezuela. The chart carries the trajectory, the table carries the year by year figures, and the definition at the foot of the page is the World Bank's own, quoted as it stands.
- Latest value, United Kingdom
- 0.6%2019
- Period covered
- 2007 - 201913 annual values
- Highest of the compared countries
- 2.9%Venezuela, 2009
- Lowest of the compared countries
- 0.4%United States, 2018
8 countries compared, that is the maximum. Remove one to add another.
Latest known valuesorted by value
Venezuela2.9%2009
Jamaica2.5%2018
China2.4%2013
Netherlands1%2009
United Kingdom0.6%2019
United States0.4%2018
Year by year values
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| United Kingdom | Netherlands | United States | China | Jamaica | Venezuela | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 0.6% | |||||
| 2018 | 0.6% | 0.4% | 2.5% | |||
| 2017 | 0.5% | |||||
| 2016 | 0.6% | 1.4% | 4.4% | |||
| 2015 | 0.6% | |||||
| 2014 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 2.2% | |||
| 2013 | 0.6% | 2.4% | ||||
| 2012 | 0.6% | 0.5% | 2.7% | |||
| 2011 | 0.1% | |||||
| 2010 | 0.6% | 1% | 3.4% | 3.4% | ||
| 2009 | 0.6% | 1% | 3.4% | 2.9% | ||
| 2008 | 0.6% | 0.7% | 3.8% | 2.4% | 3.2% | |
| 2007 | 0.7% | 1.8% | 3.7% | |||
| 2006 | 0.7% | 4.8% | 3.9% | |||
| 2005 | 4.5% | 4.1% | ||||
| 2004 | 1.3% | 3.1% | 4.5% | |||
| 2003 | 4.6% | |||||
| 2002 | 0.8% | 6.8% | 2.7% | 4.2% | ||
| 2001 | 4% | 4% | ||||
| 2000 | 1.1% | 7.4% | 3.9% | 3.9% | ||
| 1999 | 2.1% | 4.1% | ||||
| 1998 | 6.9% | 3.8% | 4.6% | |||
| 1997 | 3.5% | 4.5% | ||||
| 1996 | 1.1% | 5.6% | 4.4% | |||
| 1995 | 10.7% | 4.8% | 4.1% | |||
| 1994 | 4.6% | 3.9% | ||||
| 1993 | 6.1% | 4% | ||||
| 1992 | 14.2% | 5.7% | 4.5% | |||
| 1991 | 0.8% | 5.6% | 5.4% | |||
| 1990 | 12.6% | 6.7% | ||||
| 1989 | 5.8% | |||||
| 1987 | 18.7% | |||||
| 1984 | 3.9% |
World Bank definition
Prevalence of underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5)
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 2006 Child Growth Standards.
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The same indicator across Europe & Central Asia
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