Dominican Republic · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
3.0%2019
Publisher note: Encuesta Nacional de Hogares de Propósitos Múltiples (ENHOGAR-MICS) 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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History and uncertainty
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 9 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominican Republic | 1986 | 9.1 | 7.7 | 10.7 | Encuesta demografica y de salud, 1986. Demographic and Health Surveys. Consejo Nacional de Poblacion y Familia. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, 1987 Reduced age range |
| Dominican Republic | 1991 | 8.4 | 7.3 | 9.7 | Encuesta demografica y de salud 1991. Demographic and Health Surveys. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, 1992 |
| Dominican Republic | 1996 | 4.7 | 4 | 5.6 | Encuesta demografica y de salud 1996 (DHS). Centro de Estudios Sociales y Demograficos, Asociacion Dominicana Pro Bienestar de la Familia, Oficina Nacional de Planificacion. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana, 1997 |
| Dominican Republic | 2000 | 3.3 | 2.4 | 4.7 | Encuesta por conglomerados de indicadores multiples (MICS-2000). Santo Domingo, D.N.: Secretariado Técnico de la Presidencia, Fondo de las Naciones Unidas para la Infancia (UNICEF), 2001 |
| Dominican Republic | 2002 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.7 | Encuesta demografica y de salud, ENDESA 2002. Demographic and Health Surveys. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana: Centro de Estudios Sociales y Demograficos, 2003 |
| Dominican Republic | 2006 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 4.8 | Encuesta nacional de hogares de proposito multiples (ENHOGAR-MICS 2006): Informe general. Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana: ONE, 2008 Age calculated using alternate methods |
| Dominican Republic | 2007 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 3.9 | Encuesta demográfica y de salud 2007. Demographic and Health Surveys. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: CESDEM y Macro International Inc., 2008 |
| Dominican Republic | 2013 | 4 | 3.2 | 5 | Encuesta demográfica y de salud 2013. Demographic and Health Surveys. Santo Domingo, República Dominicana: CESDEM y ICF International, 2014 |
| Dominican Republic | 2019 | 3 | 2.5 | 3.5 | Encuesta Nacional de Hogares de Propósitos Múltiples (ENHOGAR-MICS) 2019 |
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.