Philippines · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
16.7%2021
Publisher note: Philippines 2021 Expanded National Nutritional Survey
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 · 13 rows
Each comparison sign applies to its own reading or uncertainty endpoint. Values retain source precision. “Not reported” identifies an absent reading or uncertainty endpoint in this source capture.
| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1987 | 29.3 | Not reported | Not reported | Third National Nutrition Survey Philippines, 1987. Food and Nutrition Research Institute. Manila, Philippines; 1991 Converted estimate |
| Philippines | 1990 | 29.9 | Not reported | Not reported | Regional Updating of Nutritional Status of Filipino Children, 1989-90. Food and Nutrition Research Institute. Manila, Philippines; 1991 Converted estimate |
| Philippines | 1992 | 29.8 | Not reported | Not reported | The Philippines 1992 regional nutrition survey. Food and Nutrition Research Institute. Manila, Philippines; 1994 Converted estimate |
| Philippines | 1993 | 26.3 | Not reported | Not reported | The fourth national nutrition survey: Philippines 1993. Food and Nutrition Institute. Manila, Philippines; 1995 Converted estimate |
| Philippines | 1998 | 28.3 | Not reported | Not reported | The 5th national nutrition survey. Philippine nutrition: Facts & figures. Taguig, Metro Manila, Philipines: UNICEF, 2001 Converted estimate |
| Philippines | 2003 | 20.8 | 19.2 | 22.4 | Sixth National Nutrition Survey: Philippines, 2003. Food and Nutrition Research Institute, 2004. |
| Philippines | 2008 | 20.6 | 19.9 | 21.2 | 7th national nutrition survey. Manila, Philippines: FNRI-DOST, 2010 |
| Philippines | 2011 | 20.2 | 19.5 | 20.9 | Philippines Updating of Nutritional Status of Filipino Children and Other Population Groups 2011. |
| Philippines | 2013 | 19.9 | 19.1 | 20.7 | 8th National nutrition survey Philippines 2013. Manila: FNRI - DOST |
| Philippines | 2015 | 21.4 | 20.7 | 22.1 | Philippines 2015 National Nutrition Survey - Updating Survey Results |
| Philippines | 2018 | 19 | 18.1 | 19.9 | Philippine Nutrition Facts and Figures: 2018 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS). FNRI Bldg., DOST Compound, Gen. Santos Avenue, Bicutan, Taguig City, Metro Manila, Philippines. |
| Philippines | 2019 | 18.9 | 18 | 19.8 | Philippines 2019 Expanded National Nutrition Survey (ENNS) |
| Philippines | 2021 | 16.7 | 15.3 | 18.1 | Philippines 2021 Expanded National Nutritional Survey |
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.