Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Guinea
Guinea: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight was 15.0% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Guinea, 1994–2022
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
Guinea recorded 15.0% for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
That represents a change of down 20.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Guinea peaked at 22.7% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 15.0%, in 2022.
Guinea ranks 31st of 96 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.6% | 20.0% | 21.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 19.5% | 16.4% | 22.7% | 2 |
| 2010s | 17.8% | 16.3% | 18.8% | 3 |
| 2020s | 15.0% | 15.0% | 15.0% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Guinea
More reference data data for Guinea
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.5077 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.6929 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.6627 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.2148 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.3921 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 436.58 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 Guinea?
- Malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Guinea was 15.0% 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 Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 22.7% in 2005.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are underweight recorded in Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.0% in 2022.
- How does Guinea rank for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Guinea ranks 31st out of 96 countries with data for 2022.
- Is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight rising or falling in Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guinea 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.