Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Guyana

Underweight children in Guyana in 2019 — 9.4%. Ranked 22 in the world out of 44. Since 1993, the indicator has fallen by 3.8 pp.

2019 9.4% +1.2 pp vs 2014
World rank 22of 44
Period maximum 13.2%1993
Period minimum 8.2%2014

Trend over time

1993–2019 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Guyana, 1993–2019810121419931996199920022005200820112014201720191993: 13.2%1997: 10.3%2000: 11.9%2006: 10.8%2009: 11%2014: 8.2%2019: 9.4%
Change over the period: −3.8 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2019

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

Guyana 9.4%
World 13.1%
Underweight children — Guyana, by year Guyana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 9.4
2014 8.2
2009 11
2006 10.8
2000 11.9
1997 10.3
1993 13.2

South America, 2019

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.