Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Czechia

Underweight children in Czechia in 2001 — 2.1%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 20. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 1.2 pp.

2001 2.1% +1.2 pp vs 1991
World rank 2of 20
Period maximum 2.1%2001
Period minimum 0.9%1991

Trend over time

1991–2001 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Czechia, 1991–20010.511.522.5199119921993199419951996199719981999200020011991: 0.9%2001: 2.1%
Change over the period: +1.2 pp Annual average: 0.12 pp

Comparison, 2001

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

Czechia 2.1%
World 20.5%
Underweight children — Czechia, by year Czechia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2001 2.1
1991 0.9

Eastern Europe, 2001

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

CZ Czechia 2.1 RO Romania 3.8

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.