Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Liberia

Underweight children in Liberia in 2019 — 10.9%. Ranked 25 in the world out of 44. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 11.9 pp.

2019 10.9% −2.7 pp vs 2016
World rank 25of 44
Period maximum 22.8%2000
Period minimum 10.9%2019

Trend over time

2000–2019 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Liberia, 2000–201910152025200020022004200620082010201220142016201820192000: 22.8%2007: 20.4%2008: 16.4%2010: 16.6%2013: 15.3%2016: 13.6%2019: 10.9%
Change over the period: −11.9 pp Annual average: -0.63 pp

Comparison, 2019

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

Liberia 10.9%
World 13.1%
Underweight children — Liberia, by year Liberia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 10.9
2016 13.6
2013 15.3
2010 16.6
2008 16.4 −4 pp
2007 20.4
2000 22.8

Western Africa, 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.