Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Morocco

Underweight children in Morocco in 2019 — 3%. Ranked 11 in the world out of 44. Since 1987, the indicator has fallen by 7.4 pp.

2019 3% +0.4 pp vs 2017
World rank 11of 44
Period maximum 10.4%1987
Period minimum 2.6%2017

Trend over time

1987–2019 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Morocco, 1987–20190510151987199119951999200320072011201520191987: 10.4%1992: 8.1%1997: 7.7%2003: 9.8%2011: 2.9%2017: 2.6%2019: 3%
Change over the period: −7.4 pp Annual average: -0.23 pp

Comparison, 2019

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

Morocco 3%
World 13.1%
Underweight children — Morocco, by year Morocco All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 3
2017 2.6
2011 2.9
2003 9.8
1997 7.7
1992 8.1
1987 10.4

Northern Africa, 2019

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

DZ Algeria 2.7 MA Morocco 3

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.