Nicaragua · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
4.6%2012
Publisher note: Encuesta Nicaragüense de Demografía y Salud 2011/12 - Informe Final
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 · 7 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicaragua | 1993 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 10.6 | Nicaragua 1993 living standards measurement survey (LSMS). Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1997 |
| Nicaragua | 1998 | 10.3 | 9.4 | 11.4 | Encuesta nicaragüense de demografia y salud 1998. Demographic and Health Surveys.Instituto Nacional de Estadisticas y Censos. Managua, Nicaragua, 1999 |
| Nicaragua | 2001 | 7.7 | 6.9 | 8.6 | Encuesta nicaragüense de demografia y salud 2001. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, USA: INEC, MINSA, and ORC Macro, 2002 |
| Nicaragua | 2004 | 4.3 | Not reported | Not reported | Sistema integrado de vigilancia de interventiones nutricionales (SIVIN): Informe de progreso, Nicaragua 2003-05. Managua, Nicaragua 2008 Reduced age range |
| Nicaragua | 2005 | 6.2 | 5 | 7.5 | Encuesta Nacional de Hogares sobre Medición de Nivel de Vida (EMNV), Nicaragua 2005 |
| Nicaragua | 2007 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 6.6 | Encuesta nicaragüense de demografía y salud ENDESA 2006/07, informe final. Managua, Nicaragua: INIDE y CDC, 2008 |
| Nicaragua | 2012 | 4.6 | 3.9 | 5.6 | Encuesta Nicaragüense de Demografía y Salud 2011/12 - Informe Final |
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.