Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Azerbaijan

Underweight children in Azerbaijan in 2023 — 3%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 22. Since 1996, the indicator has fallen by 5.8 pp.

2023 3% −1.9 pp vs 2013
World rank 8of 22
Period maximum 14%2000
Period minimum 3%2023

Trend over time

1996–2023 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Azerbaijan, 1996–202305101519961999200220052008201120142017202020231996: 8.8%2000: 14%2001: 5.9%2006: 8.4%2011: 6.5%2013: 4.9%2023: 3%
Change over the period: −5.8 pp Annual average: -0.21 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Azerbaijan 3%
World 12.4%
Underweight children — Azerbaijan, by year Azerbaijan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 3
2013 4.9
2011 6.5
2006 8.4
2001 5.9 −8.1 pp
2000 14
1996 8.8

Western Asia, 2023

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.