Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Chile

Underweight children in Chile in 2014 — 0.5%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 50. Since 1986, the indicator has fallen by 1.7 pp.

2014 0.5% +0 pp vs 2013
World rank 2of 50
Period maximum 2.2%1986
Period minimum 0.5%2008

Trend over time

1986–2014 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Chile, 1986–2014012319861989199219951998200120042007201020131986: 2.2%1994: 0.8%1995: 0.8%1996: 0.7%1998: 0.7%1999: 0.7%2001: 0.7%2002: 0.7%2003: 0.6%2004: 0.6%2006: 0.6%2007: 0.6%2008: 0.5%2013: 0.5%2014: 0.5%
Change over the period: −1.7 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2014

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

Chile 0.5%
World 14.8%
Underweight children — Chile, by year Chile All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2014 0.5 +0 pp
2013 0.5
2008 0.5 −0.1 pp
2007 0.6 +0 pp
2006 0.6
2004 0.6 +0 pp
2003 0.6 −0.1 pp
2002 0.7 +0 pp
2001 0.7
1999 0.7 +0 pp
1998 0.7
1996 0.7 −0.1 pp
1995 0.8 +0 pp
1994 0.8
1986 2.2

South America, 2014

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.