Somalia, Fed. Rep. · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
22.5%2009
Publisher note: National Micronutrient and Anthropometric Survey Somalia 2009 Age calculated using alternate methods; Oedema data was not considered in the analysis
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 · 3 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 1999 | 22.8 | Not reported | Not reported | Somalia end-decade multiple indicator cluster survey. Full technical report. Nairobi: UNICEF Somilia, 2001 Converted estimate |
| Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 2006 | 32.8 | 30.3 | 35.4 | Monitoring the situation of women and children. Somalia multiple indicator cluster survey 2006. New York: UNICEF, 2007. |
| Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 2009 | 22.5 | 19.2 | 26.1 | National Micronutrient and Anthropometric Survey Somalia 2009 Age calculated using alternate methods; Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
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.