Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Ireland

Underweight children in Ireland in 2011 — 0.5%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 38.

2011 0.5%
World rank 2of 38
Period maximum 0.5%2011
Period minimum 0.5%2011

Trend over time

2011–2011 · % of children under 5

Change over the period: +0 pp

Comparison, 2011

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

Ireland 0.5%
World 16%
Underweight children — Ireland, by year Ireland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2011 0.5

Northern Europe, 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.