Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Guinea

Underweight children in Guinea in 2022 — 15%. Ranked 14 in the world out of 28. Since 1994, the indicator has fallen by 6.2 pp.

2022 15% −1.3 pp vs 2018
World rank 14of 28
Period maximum 22.7%2005
Period minimum 15%2022

Trend over time

1994–2022 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Guinea, 1994–202214161820222419941997200020032006200920122015201820211994: 21.2%1999: 20%2005: 22.7%2007: 16.4%2012: 18.8%2016: 18.3%2018: 16.3%2022: 15%
Change over the period: −6.2 pp Annual average: -0.22 pp

Comparison, 2022

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

Guinea 15%
World 12.5%
Underweight children — Guinea, by year Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2022 15
2018 16.3
2016 18.3
2012 18.8
2007 16.4
2005 22.7
1999 20
1994 21.2

Western 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.