Costa Rica · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
2.9%2018
Publisher note: Encuesta de Mujeres, Niñez y Adolescencia (EMNA), Informe de resultados de la encuesta. San José, Costa Rica. 2019
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 · 9 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Costa Rica | 1989 | 2.4 | Not reported | Not reported | Estado nutricional de preescolares atendidos por el programa de atencion primaria, Sistema de Informacion en Salud 1989, Ministerio de Salud. Converted estimate |
| Costa Rica | 1990 | 2.5 | Not reported | Not reported | Estado nutricional de preescolares atendidos por el programa de atencion primaria, Sistema de Informacion en Salud 1990, Ministerio de Salud. Converted estimate |
| Costa Rica | 1991 | 2.2 | Not reported | Not reported | Estado nutricional de preescolares atendidos por el programa de atencion primaria, Sistema de Informacion en Salud 1991, Ministerio de Salud. Converted estimate |
| Costa Rica | 1992 | 2 | Not reported | Not reported | Estado nutricional de preescolares atendidos por el programa de atencion primaria, Sistema de Informacion en Salud 1992, Ministerio de Salud. Converted estimate |
| Costa Rica | 1993 | 2 | Not reported | Not reported | Estado nutricional de preescolares atendidos por el programa de atencion primaria, Sistema de Informacion en Salud 1993, Ministerio de Salud. Converted estimate |
| Costa Rica | 1994 | 1.9 | Not reported | Not reported | Estado nutricional de preescolares atendidos por el programa de atencion primaria, Sistema de Informacion en Salud 1994, Ministerio de Salud. Converted estimate |
| Costa Rica | 1996 | 3.8 | Not reported | Not reported | Encuesta nacional de nutricion, San Jose, Costa Rica, 1996 Age-adjusted; Converted estimate |
| Costa Rica | 2008 | 1.1 | Not reported | Not reported | Encuesta nacional de nutricion 2008-2009. San Jose, Costa Rica, 2011. Reduced age range |
| Costa Rica | 2018 | 2.9 | 2.2 | 3.8 | Encuesta de Mujeres, Niñez y Adolescencia (EMNA), Informe de resultados de la encuesta. San José, Costa Rica. 2019 |
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