Maldives · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
14.8%2017
Publisher note: Maldives Demographic and Health Survey 2016-17. Malé, Maldives, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: MOH 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 · 6 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | 1994 | 32.5 | 30.5 | 34.6 | Nutritional status and child feeding practices of Maldivian children. Department of Public Health. Male, Maldives, 1994. |
| Maldives | 1995 | 39 | Not reported | Not reported | Maldives multiple indicator survey report (MICS). United Nations Children's Fund. Malé, Maldives, June 1996 Converted estimate |
| Maldives | 1997 | 41.5 | 39 | 44 | Vulnerability and poverty assessment 1998. Malé, Republic of Maldives, 1999 Reduced age range |
| Maldives | 2001 | 25.7 | 20 | 32.4 | Multiple indicator cluster survey (MICS 2) Maldives. Ministry of Health. Male, Republic of Maldives, 2001 |
| Maldives | 2009 | 17.7 | 16.1 | 19.5 | Maldives demographic and health survey 2009. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland: MOHF and ICF Macro, 2010 |
| Maldives | 2017 | 14.8 | 13 | 16.8 | Maldives Demographic and Health Survey 2016-17. Malé, Maldives, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: MOH 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.