Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Poland

Underweight children in Poland in 2018 — 0.7%. Ranked 3 in the world out of 47. Since 2011, the indicator has fallen by 0.2 pp.

2018 0.7% −0.2 pp vs 2011
World rank 3of 47
Period maximum 0.9%2011
Period minimum 0.7%2018

Trend over time

2011–2018 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Poland, 2011–20180.60.70.80.9201120122013201420152016201720182011: 0.9%2018: 0.7%
Change over the period: −0.2 pp Annual average: -0.03 pp

Comparison, 2018

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

Poland 0.7%
World 13.3%
Underweight children — Poland, by year Poland All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2018 0.7
2011 0.9

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.