Mauritania · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
22.4%2022
Publisher note: Rapport de l’enquête nutritionnelle SMART, Republique Islamique de Mauritania, Octobre 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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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 12 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 1996 | 20.3 | Not reported | Not reported | Enquête nationale sur les indicateurs des objectifs à mi-terme en Mauritanie (MICS). Nouakchott, République Islamique de Mauritanie, 1996 Converted estimate |
| Mauritania | 2000 | 29.7 | 27.5 | 31.9 | Enquête démographique et de santé Mauritanie 2000-2001. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, USA: ONS et ORC Macro, 2001 |
| Mauritania | 2007 | 25.5 | 23.9 | 27 | Enquête par grappes à indicateurs multiples, Mauritanie 2007. Nouakchott, Mauritania: ONS and UNICEF, 2008 |
| Mauritania | 2008 | 16.5 | 14.7 | 18.4 | Enquête rapide nationale sur la nutrition et survie de l'enfant en Mauritanie: Rapport final. Nouakchott, Mauritanie: ANED, ONS et UNICEF, Octobre-Novembre 2008 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Mauritania | 2011 | 24.4 | 22.9 | 25.9 | Suivi de la situation des femmes et des enfants. Enquête par grappes à indicateurs multiples (MICS) 2011: Rapport final. Nouakchott, Mauritanie: ONS, 2012. Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Mauritania | 2012 | 20.4 | 19.3 | 21.4 | Enquête nutritionnelle nationale utilisant la méthodologie SMART: Rapport Final. Nouakchott, Mauritanie, Juillet 2012 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Mauritania | 2015 | 24.9 | 23.4 | 26.3 | Mauritanie Enquête par Grappes à Indicateurs Multiples (MICS) 2015 - Rapport Final, Mars 2017 |
| Mauritania | 2018 | 19.2 | 18.2 | 20.1 | Rapport de l’enquête nutritionnelle nationale SMART Aout 2018 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Mauritania | 2019 | 17.3 | 16.6 | 18.1 | Rapport de l’enquête nutritionnelle nationale SMART, Mauritanie Juillet 2019 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Mauritania | 2020 | 16.8 | 15.8 | 17.8 | Enquête Démographique et de Santé en Mauritanie 2019-2021. Nouakchott, Mauritanie et Rockville, Maryland, USA : ONS, MS, et ICF. |
| Mauritania | 2021 | 14.8 | 13.5 | 16.2 | Enquête nutritionnelle nationale SMART, Mauritanie 2021 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Mauritania | 2022 | 22.4 | 22.4 | 22.5 | Rapport de l’enquête nutritionnelle SMART, Republique Islamique de Mauritania, Octobre 2022 |
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.