Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Solomon Islands

Underweight children in the Solomon Islands in 2015 — 16.2%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 31. Since 1989, the indicator has fallen by 0.1 pp.

2015 16.2% +4.4 pp vs 2007
World rank 20of 31
Period maximum 16.3%1989
Period minimum 11.8%2007

Trend over time

1989–2015 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Solomon Islands, 1989–2015101214161819891992199519982001200420072010201320151989: 16.3%2007: 11.8%2015: 16.2%
Change over the period: −0.1 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2015

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

Solomon Islands 16.2%
World 14.4%
Underweight children — Solomon Islands, by year Solomon Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2015 16.2
2007 11.8
1989 16.3

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.