Afghanistan · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
18.4%2022
Publisher note: Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2022-23, Summary Findings Report. Kabul, Afghanistan: UNICEF
Unit: percent of children under age 5. 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.
Measurement basis: survey-based estimate; reference years are irregular.
Reference-period cadence: irregular survey reference years.
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World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 5 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 1997 | 44.9 | Not reported | Not reported | Afghanistan 1997 multiple indicator baseline (MICS). Report to UNICEF. Communitiy Information and Epidemiological Technologies Firm (CIET) International, 1998. Converted estimate |
| Afghanistan | 2004 | 32.9 | Not reported | Not reported | Summary report of the national nutrition survey, 2004. Kabul, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan: Ministry of Public Health and UNICEF, 2005. Reduced age range |
| Afghanistan | 2013 | 24.6 | 23.4 | 25.9 | Afghanistan National Nutrition Survey 2013 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Afghanistan | 2018 | 19.1 | 17.8 | 20.4 | Afghanistan Health Survey 2018 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Afghanistan | 2022 | 18.4 | 17.6 | 19.2 | Afghanistan Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2022-23, Summary Findings Report. Kabul, Afghanistan: 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.