Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight in Cameroon
Cameroon: Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight was 444,875 underweight children in 2018. ▲ Rising
Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight in Cameroon, 1991–2018
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in underweight children.
Analysis
Cameroon recorded 444,875 underweight children for malnutrition: number of children who are underweight in 2018.
That represents a change of down 10.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are underweight in Cameroon peaked at 544,090 underweight children in 2014 and was at its lowest, 274,980 underweight children, in 1991.
Cameroon ranks 28th of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 358,290 underweight children | 274,980 underweight children | 441,599 underweight children | 2 |
| 2000s | 463,788 underweight children | 428,726 underweight children | 498,851 underweight children | 2 |
| 2010s | 505,223 underweight children | 444,875 underweight children | 544,090 underweight children | 3 |
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More reference data data for Cameroon
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 4.56 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 3.49 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.4076 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.199 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0.0641 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure left on Pasture 4,583 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure applied to Soils 362.18 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure Management 836.76 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are underweight in Cameroon?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are underweight in Cameroon was 444,875 underweight children in 2018, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest malnutrition: number of children who are underweight recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 544,090 underweight children in 2014.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are underweight recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 274,980 underweight children in 1991.
- How does Cameroon rank for malnutrition: number of children who are underweight?
- Cameroon ranks 28th out of 96 countries with data for 2018.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are underweight rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is down 10.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Prevalence of underweight children is the percentage of children 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 child growth standards released in 2006.