Nepal · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)

18.3%2022

Publisher note: Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2022. Kathmandu, Nepal: Ministry of Health and Population [Nepal]

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 independently qualified uncertainty endpoints
Country	Year	Reading	Lower endpoint	Upper endpoint	Publisher note
Nepal	1995	42.6	Not reported	Not reported	Nepal multiple indicator surveillance: cycle I, Jan to March 1995 health and nutrition - final report (MICS). Kathmandu, Nepal, 1996 Age-adjusted; Converted estimate
Nepal	1996	42.1	39.9	44.3	Nepal family health survey, 1996. Demographic and Health Surveys. Ministry of Health. Kathmandu, Nepal, 1997 Reduced age range
Nepal	1998	38.2	36.6	39.8	Nepal micronutrient status survey 1998. Kathmandu, Nepal: Ministry of Health, Child Health Division, HMG/N, New ERA, Micronutrient Initiative, UNICEF Nepal and WHO, 2000 Reduced age range; Age calculated using alternate methods
Nepal	2001	42.8	40.7	44.9	Nepal demographic and health survey 2001. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, USA: Family Health Division, Ministry of Health; New ERA; and ORC Macro, 2002
Nepal	2006	38.6	36.2	40.9	Nepal demographic and health survey 2006. Demographic and Health Surveys. Kathmandu, Nepal: Ministry of Health and Population, New ERA, and Macro International Inc., 2007
Nepal	2010	31.1	Not reported	Not reported	Nepal Living Standards Survey 2010-2011, NLSS Third
Nepal	2011	28.9	26.5	31.5	Nepal demographic and health survey 2011. Demographic and Health Surveys. Kathmandu, Nepal: Ministry of Health and Population, New ERA, and ICF International, Calverton, Maryland 2012
Nepal	2014	29.7	27.5	32.1	Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014: Final Report
Nepal	2016	27	24.6	29.5	Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016. Kathmandu, Nepal: Ministry of Health, Nepal. 2017
Nepal	2019	24.4	22.7	26.3	Nepal Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019, Survey Findings Report. Kathmandu, Nepal: Central Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF Nepal.
Nepal	2022	18.3	16.4	20.4	Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2022. Kathmandu, Nepal: Ministry of Health and Population [Nepal]