Underweight children — all countries

Underweight children — Uzbekistan

Underweight children in Uzbekistan in 2021 — 1.8%. Ranked 4 in the world out of 30. Since 1996, the indicator has fallen by 13.6 pp.

2021 1.8% −1.1 pp vs 2017
World rank 4of 30
Period maximum 15.4%1996
Period minimum 1.8%2021

Trend over time

1996–2021 · % of children under 5

Underweight children — Uzbekistan, 1996–2021051015201996199920022005200820112014201720201996: 15.4%2002: 7.4%2006: 4.4%2017: 2.9%2021: 1.8%
Change over the period: −13.6 pp Annual average: -0.54 pp

Comparison, 2021

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

Uzbekistan 1.8%
World 12.7%
Underweight children — Uzbekistan, by year Uzbekistan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2021 1.8
2017 2.9
2006 4.4
2002 7.4
1996 15.4

Central Asia, 2021

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

KG Kyrgyzstan 1 UZ Uzbekistan 1.8

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.