Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Georgia

Underweight children in Georgia in 2018 — 2.1%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 47. Since 1999, the indicator has fallen by 0.6 pp.

2018 2.1% +1 pp vs 2009
World rank 10of 47
Period maximum 2.7%1999
Period minimum 1.1%2009

Trend over time

1999–2018 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Georgia, 1999–201811.522.53199920012003200520072009201120132015201720181999: 2.7%2005: 2.4%2009: 1.1%2018: 2.1%
Change over the period: −0.6 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2018

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

Georgia 2.1%
World 13.3%
Underweight children — Georgia, by year Georgia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 2.1
2009 1.1
2005 2.4
1999 2.7

Western Asia, 2018

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.