Kenya · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
9.8%2022
Publisher note: Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2022. Nairobi, Kenya, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: KNBS and ICF
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 1993 | 19.4 | 17.9 | 21 | Kenya demographic and health survey 1993. Demographic and Health Surveys. Central Bureau of Statistics. Nairobi, Kenya, 1994 |
| Kenya | 1994 | 17.9 | 16.5 | 19.3 | Fifth child nutrition survey, 1994. Welfare monitoring survey. Nairobi, Kenya, 1995. Age calculated using alternate methods |
| Kenya | 1998 | 17.6 | 16 | 19.2 | Kenya demographic and health survey 1998. Demographic and Health Surveys. Central Bureau of Statistics. Calverton, Maryland: NDPD, CBS, and MI., 1999 Reduced age range |
| Kenya | 2000 | 17.1 | 15.7 | 18.6 | Kenya multiple indicator cluster survey 2000 (MICS). Government of Kenya and Unicef. Nairobi, Kenya, 2002 |
| Kenya | 2003 | 16.4 | 15 | 18 | Kenya demographic and health survey 2003. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland: CBS, MOH, and ORC Macro, 2004 |
| Kenya | 2005 | 18 | 16.6 | 19.5 | Kenya integrated household budget survey (KIHBS), 2005/06: Revised edition, basic report. Nairobi, Kenya 2006 |
| Kenya | 2008 | 16.5 | 14.7 | 18.4 | Kenya demographic and health survey 2008-09. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland: KNBS and ICF Macro, 2010 |
| Kenya | 2011 | 12.7 | Not reported | Not reported | Kenya 2011 National Micronutrient Survey Reduced age range |
| Kenya | 2014 | 11.2 | 10.5 | 12 | Kenya demographic and health Survey (2014 KDHS): Final Report. Demongraphic and Health Surveys. Nairobi, Kenya: KNBS, Ministry of Health, NACC, KEMRI, NCPD, 2015 |
| Kenya | 2016 | 13 | 12 | 14.1 | Kenya 2015-16 Integrated Household Budget Survey (KIHBS) |
| Kenya | 2022 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 10.5 | Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 2022. Nairobi, Kenya, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: KNBS and ICF |
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.