Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Netherlands

Underweight children in the Netherlands in 2009 — 1%. Ranked 2 in the world out of 32. Since 1996, the indicator has fallen by 0.1 pp.

2009 1% −0.1 pp vs 1996
World rank 2of 32
Period maximum 1.1%1996
Period minimum 1%2009

Trend over time

1996–2009 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Netherlands, 1996–200911.11.1199619982000200220042006200820091996: 1.1%2009: 1%
Change over the period: −0.1 pp Annual average: -0.01 pp

Comparison, 2009

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

Netherlands 1%
World 16.9%
Underweight children — Netherlands, by year Netherlands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2009 1
1996 1.1

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.