Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Marshall Islands

Underweight children in the Marshall Islands in 2017 — 11.9%. Ranked 15 in the world out of 28.

2017 11.9%
World rank 15of 28
Period maximum 11.9%2017
Period minimum 11.9%2017

Trend over time

2017–2017 · % of children under 5

Change over the period: +0 pp

Comparison, 2017

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

Marshall Islands 11.9%
World 13.6%
Underweight children — Marshall Islands, by year Marshall Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 11.9

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.