Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Togo

Underweight children in Togo in 2017 — 15.2%. Ranked 21 in the world out of 28. Since 1988, the indicator has fallen by 4 pp.

2017 15.2% −0.9 pp vs 2014
World rank 21of 28
Period maximum 22.8%1998
Period minimum 15.1%2010

Trend over time

1988–2017 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Togo, 1988–2017141618202224198819911994199720002003200620092012201520171988: 19.2%1996: 16.7%1998: 22.8%2008: 20.5%2009: 16.6%2010: 15.1%2012: 16.5%2014: 16.1%2017: 15.2%
Change over the period: −4 pp Annual average: -0.14 pp

Comparison, 2017

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

Togo 15.2%
World 13.6%
Underweight children — Togo, by year Togo All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2017 15.2
2014 16.1
2012 16.5
2010 15.1 −1.5 pp
2009 16.6 −3.9 pp
2008 20.5
1998 22.8
1996 16.7
1988 19.2

Western Africa, 2017

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.