Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Guyana
Guyana: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight was 9.4% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Guyana, 1993–2019
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 2019, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Guyana stood at 9.4%.
That represents a change of down 14.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Guyana peaked at 13.2% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 8.2%, in 2014.
That places Guyana 52nd out of 96 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 11.8% | 10.3% | 13.2% | 2 |
| 2000s | 11.2% | 10.8% | 11.9% | 3 |
| 2010s | 8.8% | 8.2% | 9.4% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Guyana?
- Malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Guyana was 9.4% in 2019, 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 Guyana?
- The highest recorded value was 13.2% in 1993.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are underweight recorded in Guyana?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2% in 2014.
- How does Guyana rank for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Guyana ranks 52nd out of 96 countries with data for 2019.
- Is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight rising or falling in Guyana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Guyana 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.