Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Armenia
Armenia: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight was 2.6% in 2016. ▲ Rising
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Armenia, 1998–2016
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of children under 5.
Analysis
In 2016, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Armenia stood at 2.6%. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
That represents a change of down 38.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Armenia peaked at 5.3% in 2010 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2000.
That places Armenia 82nd out of 96 countries with data for 2016, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Armenia, year by year
| Year | % of children under 5 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 2.7% | — |
| 2000 | 2.6% | -3.7% |
| 2005 | 4.2% | +61.5% |
| 2010 | 5.3% | +26.2% |
| 2016 | 2.6% | -50.9% |
Armenia compared with similar countries
- Armenia's 2.6% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 4.0%, 64% of the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Armenia's 2.6% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 2.6%, 1.0× the median. (9 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 2.7% | 2.7% | 2.7% | 1 |
| 2000s | 3.4% | 2.6% | 4.2% | 2 |
| 2010s | 4.0% | 2.6% | 5.3% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Armenia
More reference data data for Armenia
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0385 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.3778 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.7338 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0232 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.7338 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.129 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1012 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 2.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 3.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.1265 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Armenia?
- Malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Armenia was 2.6% in 2016, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest malnutrition: share of children who are underweight recorded in Armenia?
- The highest recorded value was 5.3% in 2010.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are underweight recorded in Armenia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2000.
- How does Armenia rank for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Armenia ranks 82nd out of 96 countries with data for 2016.
- Is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight rising or falling in Armenia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 38.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Armenia data come from?
- The figures come from Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children younger than five years old whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population for ages 0-59 months.