Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Equatorial Guinea

Underweight children in Equatorial Guinea in 2011 — 5.6%. Ranked 11 in the world out of 38. Since 1997, the indicator has fallen by 8.2 pp.

2011 5.6% −4.9 pp vs 2004
World rank 11of 38
Period maximum 15.7%2000
Period minimum 5.6%2011

Trend over time

1997–2011 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Equatorial Guinea, 1997–20115101520199719992001200320052007200920111997: 13.8%2000: 15.7%2004: 10.5%2011: 5.6%
Change over the period: −8.2 pp Annual average: -0.59 pp

Comparison, 2011

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

Equatorial Guinea 5.6%
World 16%
Underweight children — Equatorial Guinea, by year Equatorial Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2011 5.6
2004 10.5
2000 15.7
1997 13.8

Middle Africa, 2011

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.