Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Chad

Underweight children in Chad in 2022 — 18.2%. Ranked 19 in the world out of 28. Since 1997, the indicator has fallen by 16.1 pp.

2022 18.2% −3.2 pp vs 2021
World rank 19of 28
Period maximum 34.3%1997
Period minimum 18.2%2022

Trend over time

1997–2022 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Chad, 1997–202215202530351997200020032006200920122015201820211997: 34.3%2000: 29.2%2004: 33.9%2010: 30.3%2015: 25%2017: 24.3%2018: 24.7%2019: 29.2%2020: 18.9%2021: 21.4%2022: 18.2%
Change over the period: −16.1 pp Annual average: -0.64 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Chad 18.2%
World 12.5%
Underweight children — Chad, by year Chad All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 18.2 −3.2 pp
2021 21.4 +2.5 pp
2020 18.9 −10.3 pp
2019 29.2 +4.5 pp
2018 24.7 +0.4 pp
2017 24.3
2015 25
2010 30.3
2004 33.9
2000 29.2
1997 34.3

Middle Africa, 2022

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.