Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Tuvalu

Underweight children in Tuvalu in 2019 — 2.9%. Ranked 9 in the world out of 44. Since 2007, the indicator has risen by 1.3 pp.

2019 2.9% +1.3 pp vs 2007
World rank 9of 44
Period maximum 2.9%2019
Period minimum 1.6%2007

Trend over time

2007–2019 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Tuvalu, 2007–20191.522.5320072009201120132015201720192007: 1.6%2019: 2.9%
Change over the period: +1.3 pp Annual average: 0.11 pp

Comparison, 2019

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

Tuvalu 2.9%
World 13.1%
Underweight children — Tuvalu, by year Tuvalu All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 2.9
2007 1.6

Polynesia, 2019

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.