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North KoreaChild Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
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 · 2017
Every value is for 2017, 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.
| Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|
| North Korea | 9.3% | 2017 |
Displayed values are rounded. Downloads retain stored numerical precision and identify missing readings.
The year is the one the source reports. Check the source definition and notes for what is measured; the date the data was retrieved is not the date the source published it.
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History · 1998–2017
Reported estimates and uncertainty · 20 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.
| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Korea | 1998 | 55.5 | Not reported | Not reported | Nutrition survey of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Report by the EU, UNICEF and WFP of a study undertaken in collaboration with the Government to DPRK Converted estimate |
| North Korea | 1999 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| North Korea | 2000 | 24.7 | Not reported | Not reported | Report of the second multiple indicator cluster survey 2000, DPRK (MICS). Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 2000. Converted estimate |
| North Korea | 2001 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| North Korea | 2002 | 17.7 | 16.2 | 19.3 | Nutrition assessment 2002 D.P.R. Korea. Pyongyang: Government of D.P.R. Korea, United Nations Children's Fund and World Food Programme, 2003 |
| North Korea | 2003 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| North Korea | 2004 | 20.6 | Not reported | Not reported | DPRK 2004 nutrition assessment, report of survey results. Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Central Bureau of Statistics, 2005. Converted estimate |
| North Korea | 2005 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| North Korea | 2006 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| North Korea | 2007 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| North Korea | 2008 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| North Korea | 2009 | 18.8 | Not reported | Not reported | The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPR Korea) multiple indicator cluster survey 2009 (MICS4). Final Report. Pyongyang, DPR Korea: CBS and UNICEF, 2010. |
| North Korea | 2010 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| North Korea | 2011 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| North Korea | 2012 | 15.2 | 14.2 | 16.3 | Final report of the national nutrition survey 2012, September 17th to October 17th 2012. Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 2013. |
| North Korea | 2013 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| North Korea | 2014 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| North Korea | 2015 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| North Korea | 2016 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| North Korea | 2017 | 9.3 | Not reported | Not reported | DPR Korea Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2017, Survey Findings Report. Pyongyang, DPR Korea: Central Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.
History downloads use the displayed range. Gaps are preserved; no interpolation or nearest-year substitution is applied.
Key indicators · latest available
Each country’s most recent figure, so the year can differ between countries and indicators. For a like-for-like comparison of one indicator in a single year, use the same-year comparison above. Figures marked “IMF projection” are forecasts that the IMF revises at each release.
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Empty values mean missing data.
| Indicator | |
|---|---|
| GDP (Current USD) | — |
| GDP per Capita (USD) | — |
| Real GDP Growth (%) | — |
| Population | 26.6M2025 |
| Life Expectancy at Birth | 73.7 years2024 |
| Inflation, Consumer Prices (%) | — |
| Unemployment Rate (%) | — |
| Govt Gross Debt (% of GDP) | — |
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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