Central African Republic · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)

18.4%2022

Publisher note: Enquête nationale sur la situation nutritionnelle et de mortalité rétrospective selon la méthodologie SMART en République Centrafricaine 2022

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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CountryYearReadingLower endpointUpper endpointPublisher note
Central African Republic199423.121.225.1Enquête demographique et de santé République Centrafricaine 1994-95. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, USA: Direction des Statistiques Démographiques et Sociales et Macro Inc., 1995 Reduced age range
Central African Republic200021.32022.7Enquête à indicateurs mutliples - MICS 2000. Rapport Final. Bangui, République Centrafricaine: BBA editions, 2001
Central African Republic200626.124.527.8Suivi de la situation des enfants et des femmes. MICS-3 Résultats de l'enquête nationale à indicateurs multiples couplée avec la sérologie VIH et enémie en RCA 2006. Bangui, Republique Centrafricaine: ICASEES, 2009
Central African Republic201023.522.124.9Suivi de la situation des enfants, des femmes et des hommes. Enquête par grappes à indicateurs multiples - MICS couplée avec la sérologie VIH, RCA, 2010: Rapport final. Bangui, RCA: ICASEES, 2012. Oedema data was not considered in the analysis
Central African Republic201224.523.425.7Enquete Nationale Sur La Situation Nutritionnele et la Mortalite en Republique Centrafricaine, Rapport Finale Du 30 Mai au 15 Juillet 2012 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis
Central African Republic2014201921Enquete Nationale sur la Situation Nutritionnelle et la Mortalite en Republique Centrafricaine, 2014 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis
Central African Republic201819.718.920.6Enquete Nationale sur la Situation Nutritionnelle et la Mortalite en Republique Centrafricaine, 2018 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis
Central African Republic201920.519.321.7Enquete Nationale sur la Situation Nutritionnelle et la Mortalite en Republique Centrafricaine, 2019 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis
Central African Republic202218.417.519.4Enquête nationale sur la situation nutritionnelle et de mortalité rétrospective selon la méthodologie SMART en République Centrafricaine 2022

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