Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Indonesia
Indonesia: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight was 15.9% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Indonesia, 1987–2023
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
Indonesia recorded 15.9% for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in 2023. That is the lowest value across all 20 years on record.
The figure is down 5.4% on the previous year and down 20.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Indonesia peaked at 35.9% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 15.9%, in 2023.
That places Indonesia 27th out of 96 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 33.5% | 31.0% | 35.9% | 2 |
| 1990s | 27.2% | 22.8% | 30.3% | 4 |
| 2000s | 22.6% | 19.6% | 24.7% | 7 |
| 2010s | 18.5% | 17.7% | 19.9% | 4 |
| 2020s | 16.6% | 15.9% | 17.0% | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Indonesia?
- Malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Indonesia was 15.9% in 2023, 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 Indonesia?
- The highest recorded value was 35.9% in 1987.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are underweight recorded in Indonesia?
- The lowest recorded value was 15.9% in 2023.
- How does Indonesia rank for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Indonesia ranks 27th out of 96 countries with data for 2023.
- Is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight rising or falling in Indonesia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Indonesia 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.