Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Honduras
Honduras: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight was 7.1% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Honduras, 1987–2019
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
The most recent figure for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Honduras is 7.1%, measured in 2019. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
The figure is down 18.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Honduras peaked at 18.2% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 7.1%, in 2012.
That places Honduras 57th out of 96 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 18.1% | 18.1% | 18.1% | 1 |
| 1990s | 16.4% | 15.0% | 18.2% | 3 |
| 2000s | 11.0% | 8.7% | 12.8% | 3 |
| 2010s | 7.1% | 7.1% | 7.1% | 2 |
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More reference data data for Honduras
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Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Honduras?
- Malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Honduras was 7.1% 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 Honduras?
- The highest recorded value was 18.2% in 1996.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are underweight recorded in Honduras?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1% in 2012.
- How does Honduras rank for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Honduras ranks 57th out of 96 countries with data for 2019.
- Is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight rising or falling in Honduras?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Honduras 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.