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Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of underweight, male, is the percentage of boys under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.

wb-indicators:SH.STA.MALN.MA.ZS

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age, male (% of children under 5)

World Bank

Publisher
World Bank
Source
World Bank Indicators (wb-indicators)
Status
Active
Formats
JSON
Licence
CC-BY-4.0 — World Bank Terms — CC BY 4.0 (Indicators API) · open
Standard
WB API v2
Dataset id
wb-indicators:SH.STA.MALN.MA.ZS
Last verified
2026-08-16