Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Angola

Underweight children in Angola in 2015 — 19%. Ranked 21 in the world out of 31. Since 1996, the indicator has fallen by 17.2 pp.

2015 19% +3.9 pp vs 2007
World rank 21of 31
Period maximum 36.2%1996
Period minimum 15.1%2007

Trend over time

1996–2015 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Angola, 1996–201510203040199619982000200220042006200820102012201420151996: 36.2%2007: 15.1%2015: 19%
Change over the period: −17.2 pp Annual average: -0.91 pp

Comparison, 2015

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Angola

Angola 19%
World 14.4%
Underweight children — Angola, by year Angola All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 19
2007 15.1
1996 36.2

Middle Africa, 2015

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AO Angola 19 TD Chad 25

About the indicator

The share of children under the age of five whose weight is more than two standard deviations below the median of the WHO growth standards. The indicator reflects a combination of chronic and acute undernutrition and remains one of the most accurate indicators of poverty: it depends little on the methodology of income accounting.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.