Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Rwanda

Underweight children in Rwanda in 2020 — 7.7%. Ranked 10 in the world out of 24. Since 1992, the indicator has fallen by 16.5 pp.

2020 7.7% −4.6 pp vs 2018
World rank 10of 24
Period maximum 24.2%1992
Period minimum 7.7%2020

Trend over time

1992–2020 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Rwanda, 1992–2020010203019921995199820012004200720102013201620191992: 24.2%1996: 22.6%2000: 20.3%2005: 17.9%2009: 14.3%2010: 11.7%2012: 10.9%2015: 9.6%2018: 12.3%2020: 7.7%
Change over the period: −16.5 pp Annual average: -0.59 pp

Comparison, 2020

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

Rwanda 7.7%
World 12.9%
Underweight children — Rwanda, by year Rwanda All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2020 7.7
2018 12.3
2015 9.6
2012 10.9
2010 11.7 −2.6 pp
2009 14.3
2005 17.9
2000 20.3
1996 22.6
1992 24.2

Eastern Africa, 2020

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.