Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Armenia

Underweight children in Armenia in 2016 — 2.6%. Ranked 7 in the world out of 36. Since 1998, the indicator has fallen by 0.1 pp.

2016 2.6% −2.7 pp vs 2010
World rank 7of 36
Period maximum 5.3%2010
Period minimum 2.6%2000

Trend over time

1998–2016 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Armenia, 1998–20162345619982000200220042006200820102012201420161998: 2.7%2000: 2.6%2005: 4.2%2010: 5.3%2016: 2.6%
Change over the period: −0.1 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2016

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

Armenia 2.6%
World 14%
Underweight children — Armenia, by year Armenia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2016 2.6
2010 5.3
2005 4.2
2000 2.6
1998 2.7

Western Asia, 2016

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

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.