Bolivia · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
3.4%2016
Publisher note: Bolivia Encuesta de Demografia y Salud - EDSA 2016: Indicadores Priorizados
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 · 11 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolivia | 1988 | 9.8 | Not reported | Not reported | Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiologica Nutricional (SVEN), Bolivia 1988 Converted estimate |
| Bolivia | 1989 | 8.9 | 7.4 | 10.7 | Encuesta nacional de demografia y salud 1989. Demographic and Health Surveys. La Paz, Bolivia, 1990 Reduced age range |
| Bolivia | 1990 | 9.7 | Not reported | Not reported | Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiologica Nutricional (SVEN), Bolivia 1990 Converted estimate |
| Bolivia | 1991 | 10.2 | Not reported | Not reported | Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiologica Nutricional (SVEN), Bolivia 1991 Converted estimate |
| Bolivia | 1992 | 10.5 | Not reported | Not reported | Sistema Nacional de Vigilancia Epidemiologica Nutricional (SVEN), Bolivia 1992 Converted estimate |
| Bolivia | 1994 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 13.8 | Encuesta nacional de demografia y salud 1994. Demographic and Health Surveys. La Paz, Bolivia, 1994 Reduced age range |
| Bolivia | 1998 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 6.6 | Encuesta nacional de demografia y salud 1998. Demographic and Health Surveys. La Paz, Bolivia, 1998 |
| Bolivia | 2003 | 5.8 | 5.3 | 6.5 | Encuesta nacional de demografia y salud (ENDSA) 2003. Demographic and Health Surveys. La Paz, Bolivia: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica, Ministerio de Salud y Deportes, Programa Measure DHS+/ORC Macro, 2004 |
| Bolivia | 2008 | 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.1 | Encuesta nacional de demografía y salud ENDSA 2008. Demographic and Health Surveys. La Paz, Bolivia: MSD, PRS, INE y Macro International, 2009 |
| Bolivia | 2012 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 4.1 | Encuesta de Evaluación de Salud y Nutrición 2012: Informe de Resultados Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Bolivia | 2016 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 4.1 | Bolivia Encuesta de Demografia y Salud - EDSA 2016: Indicadores Priorizados |
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.