Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Chad
Chad: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight was 18.2% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Chad, 1997–2022
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
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 17 Afghanistan 18.4% compare
- 17 Central African Republic 18.4% compare
- 19 Nepal 18.3% compare
- 21 Djibouti 17.7% compare
- 22 Sri Lanka 17.1% compare
- 23 Burkina Faso 16.9% compare
More reference data data for Chad
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.1244 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 1 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 3.03 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.2527 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 2.39 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 149.69 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
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
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.