Pakistan · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
23.1%2018
Publisher note: Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2017-18. Islamabad, Pakistan, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: NIPS 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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History and uncertainty
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 8 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 1986 | 44.4 | Not reported | Not reported | National nutrition survey 1985-87 report. National Institute of Health, Nutrition Division. Islamabad, Pakistan, 1988 Converted estimate |
| Pakistan | 1991 | 38.4 | 36.3 | 40.5 | Pakistan demographic and health survey 1990/91. Demographic and Health Surveys. National Institute of Population Studies. Islamabad, Pakistan, 1992 |
| Pakistan | 1992 | 35.3 | Not reported | Not reported | National health survey of Pakistan (NHSP, 1990-94): Health profile of the people of Pakistan. Islamabad, Pakistan, 1998 |
| Pakistan | 1995 | 34.2 | Not reported | Not reported | Multiple indicator cluster survey of Pakistan, 1995. MICS surveys. Government of Pakistan. Islamabad, Pakistan, 1996 Converted estimate |
| Pakistan | 2001 | 31.2 | 30.3 | 32.1 | National nutrition survey 2001-2002. Islamabad, Pakistan: Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan and UNICEF, 2004 |
| Pakistan | 2011 | 31.4 | 30.4 | 32.3 | National nutrition survey Pakistan, 2011. Islamabad, Pakistan: Aga Khan University, PMRC, Government of Pakistan and UNICEF, 2012 |
| Pakistan | 2013 | 31.8 | 29.1 | 34.8 | Pakistan demographic and health survey 2012-13. Demographic and Health Surveys. Islamabad, Pakistan, and Calverton, Maryland, USA: NIPS and ICF International, 2013 |
| Pakistan | 2018 | 23.1 | 20.7 | 25.6 | Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey 2017-18. Islamabad, Pakistan, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: NIPS 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.