Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight was 2.0% in 2015. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Kazakhstan, 1995–2015
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
Kazakhstan recorded 2.0% for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in 2015. That is the lowest value across all 5 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 59.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Kazakhstan peaked at 6.7% in 1995 and was at its lowest, 2.0%, in 2015.
Kazakhstan ranks 87th of 96 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.2% | 3.8% | 6.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 4.9% | 4.9% | 4.9% | 1 |
| 2010s | 2.9% | 2.0% | 3.7% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Kazakhstan?
- Malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Kazakhstan was 2.0% in 2015, 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 Kazakhstan?
- The highest recorded value was 6.7% in 1995.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are underweight recorded in Kazakhstan?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.0% in 2015.
- How does Kazakhstan rank for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Kazakhstan ranks 87th out of 96 countries with data for 2015.
- Is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight rising or falling in Kazakhstan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 59.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kazakhstan 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.