Sri Lanka · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
17.1%2024
Publisher note: Sri Lanka 2024 Nutrition Month 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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History and uncertainty
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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 14 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sri Lanka | 1987 | 29.5 | 27 | 32.1 | Sri Lanka demographic and health survey 1987. Demographic and Health Surveys. Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1987 Reduced age range |
| Sri Lanka | 1993 | 30.3 | 28.8 | 31.8 | Sri Lanka demographic and health survey 1993. Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1995 Reduced age range |
| Sri Lanka | 1995 | 29.3 | Not reported | Not reported | Preliminary report on the fourth national nutrition and health survey July - August, 1995. The Ceylon Journal of Medical Science 1997;40:13-24 Converted estimate |
| Sri Lanka | 2000 | 22.9 | 20.7 | 25.2 | Sri Lanka demographic and health survey 2000. Colombo, Sri Lanka, 2001 |
| Sri Lanka | 2007 | 22.1 | 21 | 23.2 | Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey 2006-07. Colombo, Sri Lanka: DCS and MOH, 2009 |
| Sri Lanka | 2009 | 21.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Nutrition and food security survey 2009. Colombo, Sri Lanka: Medical Research Institute, 2010. |
| Sri Lanka | 2012 | 26.1 | 24.9 | 27.3 | Sri Lanka National Nutrition and Micronutrient Survey 2012 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Sri Lanka | 2016 | 20.5 | 19.5 | 21.5 | Sri Lanka Demographic and Health Survey 2016 |
| Sri Lanka | 2019 | 14 | Not reported | Not reported | Sri Lanka 2019 Nutrition Month Survey |
| Sri Lanka | 2020 | 13.1 | Not reported | Not reported | Sri Lanka 2020 Nutrition Month Survey |
| Sri Lanka | 2021 | 12.2 | Not reported | Not reported | Sri Lanka 2021 Nutrition Month Survey |
| Sri Lanka | 2022 | 15.3 | Not reported | Not reported | Sri Lanka 2022 Nutrition Month Survey |
| Sri Lanka | 2023 | 17.1 | Not reported | Not reported | Sri Lanka 2023 Nutrition Month Survey |
| Sri Lanka | 2024 | 17.1 | Not reported | Not reported | Sri Lanka 2024 Nutrition Month 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.