Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Central Asia

Underweight children in Central Asia in 2006 — 4.8%.

2006 4.8%
World rank
Period maximum 4.8%2006
Period minimum 4.8%2006

Trend over time

2006–2006 · % of children under 5

Change over the period: +0 pp

Comparison, 2006

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

Central Asia 4.8%
World 18.4%
Underweight children — Central Asia, by year Central Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2006 4.8

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.