Mozambique · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
15.4%2022
Publisher note: Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde em Moçambique 2022–23. Maputo, Moçambique e Rockville, Maryland, EUA: INE e 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 · 9 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mozambique | 1995 | 23.9 | Not reported | Not reported | Multiple indicator cluster survey Mozambique - 1995. MICS Surveys. Ministry of Planning and Finance. Maputo, Mozambique, 1996 Converted estimate |
| Mozambique | 1997 | 24 | 20.8 | 27.6 | Moçambique inquérito demográfico e de saude 1997. Demographic and Health Surveys. Instituto Nacional de Estatistica. Maputo, Moçambique, 1998 Reduced age range |
| Mozambique | 2001 | 24.5 | 23.3 | 25.8 | Questionario de indicadores basicos de bem-estar (QUIBB): Relatorio final. Maputo, Moçambique: Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas, 2001 |
| Mozambique | 2003 | 21.2 | 19.8 | 22.6 | Moçambique inquérito demográfico e de saúde 2003. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, USA: Instituto Nacional de Estatística, Ministério da Saúde and ORC Macro, 2005 |
| Mozambique | 2008 | 18.2 | 17 | 19.5 | Mozambique multiple indicator cluster survey 2008 (MICS). Maputo, Mozambique: INE, 2009 |
| Mozambique | 2011 | 15.6 | 14.6 | 16.6 | Moçambique inquérito demográfico e de Saúde 2011. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, USA: MISAU, INE e ICFI, 2013 |
| Mozambique | 2015 | 15.6 | 14.5 | 16.9 | Relatório final do Inquérito ao Orçamento Familiar - IOF, 2014/15 |
| Mozambique | 2020 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 15.8 | Relatório final do Inquérito ao Orçamento Familiar - IOF, 2019/20 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Mozambique | 2022 | 15.4 | 13.7 | 17.2 | Inquérito Demográfico e de Saúde em Moçambique 2022–23. Maputo, Moçambique e Rockville, Maryland, EUA: INE e 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.