Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Chad

Chad: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight was 18.2% in 2022. ▼ Falling

Latest (2022)
18.2%
Change on year
down 15.0%
World rank
20th
of 96 countries
All-time high
34.3%
in 1997
All-time low
18.2%
in 2022
Years of data
11
1997–2022

Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Chad, 1997–2022

01020301997200920221997: 34.3 % of children under 52000: 29.2 % of children under 52004: 33.9 % of children under 52010: 30.3 % of children under 52015: 25 % of children under 52017: 24.3 % of children under 52018: 24.7 % of children under 52019: 29.2 % of children under 52020: 18.9 % of children under 52021: 21.4 % of children under 52022: 18.2 % of children under 5

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

The most recent figure for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Chad is 18.2%, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 15.0% on the previous year and down 39.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Chad peaked at 34.3% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 18.2%, in 2022.

Chad ranks 20th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 34.3% 34.3% 34.3% 1
2000s 31.5% 29.2% 33.9% 2
2010s 26.7% 24.3% 30.3% 5
2020s 19.5% 18.2% 21.4% 3

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Frequently asked questions

What is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Chad?
Malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Chad was 18.2% in 2022, 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 Chad?
The highest recorded value was 34.3% in 1997.
What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are underweight recorded in Chad?
The lowest recorded value was 18.2% in 2022.
How does Chad rank for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
Chad ranks 20th out of 96 countries with data for 2022.
Is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight rising or falling in Chad?
Over the last ten years it is down 39.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Chad 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

Indicator
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight
Unit
% of children under 5
Source
Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
96 places, 957 data points, 1984–2024
Last refreshed

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.