Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Republic of the Congo

Underweight children in the Republic of the Congo in 2014 — 12.3%. Ranked 29 in the world out of 50. Since 1987, the indicator has fallen by 4.1 pp.

2014 12.3% +0.5 pp vs 2011
World rank 29of 50
Period maximum 16.4%1987
Period minimum 11.8%2011

Trend over time

1987–2014 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Republic of the Congo, 1987–2014101214161819871990199319961999200220052008201120141987: 16.4%2005: 11.9%2011: 11.8%2014: 12.3%
Change over the period: −4.1 pp Annual average: -0.15 pp

Comparison, 2014

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Republic of the Congo

Republic of the Congo 12.3%
World 14.8%
Underweight children — Republic of the Congo, by year Republic of the Congo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2014 12.3
2011 11.8
2005 11.9
1987 16.4

Middle Africa, 2014

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

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.