Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Comoros

Underweight children in the Comoros in 2022 — 9.1%. Ranked 8 in the world out of 28. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 6.1 pp.

2022 9.1% −7.8 pp vs 2012
World rank 8of 28
Period maximum 25.1%2000
Period minimum 9.1%2022

Trend over time

1992–2022 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Comoros, 1992–202251015202530199219951998200120042007201020132016201920221992: 15.2%1996: 22.4%2000: 25.1%2012: 16.9%2022: 9.1%
Change over the period: −6.1 pp Annual average: -0.2 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Comoros 9.1%
World 12.5%
Underweight children — Comoros, by year Comoros All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 9.1
2012 16.9
2000 25.1
1996 22.4
1992 15.2

Eastern 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.