Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — North Macedonia

Underweight children in North Macedonia in 2019 — 0.9%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 44. Since 1999, the indicator has fallen by 1.2 pp.

2019 0.9% −0.4 pp vs 2011
World rank 3of 44
Period maximum 2.1%1999
Period minimum 0.9%2019

Trend over time

1999–2019 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — North Macedonia, 1999–20190.511.522.5199920012003200520072009201120132015201720191999: 2.1%2005: 1.8%2011: 1.3%2019: 0.9%
Change over the period: −1.2 pp Annual average: -0.06 pp

Comparison, 2019

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

North Macedonia 0.9%
World 13.1%
Underweight children — North Macedonia, by year North Macedonia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 0.9
2011 1.3
2005 1.8
1999 2.1

Southern Europe, 2019

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

MK North Macedonia 0.9 RS Serbia 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.