Uganda · Child Underweight, Under 5 (survey, %)
9.7%2022
Publisher note: Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2022. Kampala, Uganda: UBOS. 2023
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
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1988 | 19.7 | 18.2 | 21.4 | Uganda demographic and health survey 1988/89. Demographic and Health Surveys. Ministry of Health. Entebbe, Uganda, 1989 Age calculated using alternate methods |
| Uganda | 1995 | 21.6 | 20.1 | 23.1 | Uganda demographic and health survey 1995. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland: Statistics Department and Macro International Inc., 1996 Reduced age range |
| Uganda | 2000 | 19.2 | 17.7 | 20.8 | Uganda demographic and health survey 2000-2001. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, USA: UBOS and ORC Macro, 2001 |
| Uganda | 2006 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 18.1 | Uganda demographic and health survey 2006. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, USA: UBOS and Macro International Inc., 2007 |
| Uganda | 2009 | 15.7 | 13.8 | 17.8 | The Uganda National Panel Survey (UNPS) 2009/10 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Uganda | 2011 | 14.1 | 12.4 | 16 | Uganda demographic and health survey 2011. Demographic and Health Surveys. Kampala, Uganda: UBOS and Calverton, Maryland: ICF International Inc., 2012 |
| Uganda | 2012 | 11.9 | 9.4 | 15 | Uganda National Panel Survey (UNPS) - Wave III. Kampala, Uganda: UBOS, 2013 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Uganda | 2014 | 11.7 | 10.1 | 13.6 | The Uganda National Panel Survey (UNPS) 2013/14 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Uganda | 2015 | 9.1 | 6.9 | 11.9 | Uganda National Panel Survey 2015-16 Reduced age range; Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Uganda | 2016 | 10.4 | 9.4 | 11.4 | Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2016. Kampala, Uganda and Rockville, Maryland, USA: UBOS and ICF. 2018 |
| Uganda | 2018 | 7.7 | 6.2 | 9.6 | Uganda National Panel Survey 2018-2019 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Uganda | 2020 | 7.6 | 6 | 9.7 | Uganda National Panel Survey 2019-2020 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Uganda | 2022 | 9.7 | Not reported | Not reported | Uganda Demographic and Health Survey 2022. Kampala, Uganda: UBOS. 2023 |
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.