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Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)

Comparison period

Unit: percent of children under age 5

Source: World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory) [WHO.CHILD_UNDERWEIGHT]

Measurement definition and metadata source

Publisher measure: Underweight prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-for-age <-2 SD), survey-based estimates

Weight-for-age below -2 SD, WHO country-level survey estimates, both sexes, no additional disaggregation; retain survey comments. Reference years are irregular survey labels; fieldwork windows were not supplied by the retained projection. Matching year labels do not prove matching collection periods.

Publisher metadata, retrieved . That is when the definition was last checked, not when these figures were published.

Measurement basis: survey-based estimate; reference years are irregular.

Reference-period cadence: irregular survey reference years.

Label correction: These are survey-based country estimates for children under five, both sexes. Missing uncertainty intervals remain absent. Correction record.

These are source-reported readings. A “<” sign means strictly below the stated number. Upper bounds remain visible in tables and downloads; point charts and statistics omit them. A common year can include a reported upper bound.

Source retrieved 2026-09-07. Download this immutable source capture. Read the source correction.

Same-year comparison · 2022

Every value is for 2022, the latest year before 2026 in this history range with a figure for every selected country, so the values compare directly. Figures for past years can still be revised.

Selected indicator values for the same reference year
CountryValueYear
Afghanistan18.4%2022

Displayed values are rounded. Downloads retain stored numerical precision and identify missing readings.

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History · 1997–2022

Reported estimates and uncertainty · 26 rows

Each comparison sign applies to its own reading or uncertainty endpoint. Values retain source precision. “Not reported” identifies an absent reading or uncertainty endpoint in this source capture.

Reported estimates and independently qualified uncertainty endpoints
CountryYearReadingLower endpointUpper endpointPublisher note
Afghanistan199744.9Not reportedNot reportedAfghanistan 1997 multiple indicator baseline (MICS). Report to UNICEF. Communitiy Information and Epidemiological Technologies Firm (CIET) International, 1998. Converted estimate
Afghanistan1998Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan1999Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2000Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2001Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2002Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2003Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan200432.9Not reportedNot reportedSummary report of the national nutrition survey, 2004. Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Ministry of Public Health and UNICEF, 2005. Reduced age range
Afghanistan2005Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2006Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2007Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2008Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2009Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2010Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2011Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2012Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan201324.623.425.9Afghanistan National Nutrition Survey 2013 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis
Afghanistan2014Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2015Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2016Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2017Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan201819.117.820.4Afghanistan Health Survey 2018 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis
Afghanistan2019Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2020Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan2021Not reportedNot reportedNot reported—
Afghanistan202218.417.619.2Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2022-23, Summary Findings Report. Kabul, Afghanistan: UNICEF

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Key indicators · latest available

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Sources: IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank. The year under each value is the year it describes. IMF figures for 2026 and later are projections, revised at each release; figures for earlier years can still be estimates. Read the methodology.

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