Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Kuwait
Kuwait: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight was 2.8% in 2023. ▲ Rising
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Kuwait, 1996–2023
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
The most recent figure for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Kuwait is 2.8%, measured in 2023.
The figure is down 3.4% on the previous year and down 22.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Kuwait peaked at 3.6% in 2013 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 1996.
That places Kuwait 79th out of 96 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 24 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1.5% | 1 |
| 2000s | 2.4% | 1.7% | 2.9% | 9 |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 1.7% | 3.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.5% | 1.8% | 2.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near Kuwait
More reference data data for Kuwait
- Spring temperature anomalies -1.33 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.7222 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.0679 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.1686 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 1.2 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 151.75 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 Kuwait?
- Malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Kuwait was 2.8% 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 Kuwait?
- The highest recorded value was 3.6% in 2013.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are underweight recorded in Kuwait?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 1996.
- How does Kuwait rank for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Kuwait ranks 79th out of 96 countries with data for 2023.
- Is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight rising or falling in Kuwait?
- Over the last ten years it is down 22.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kuwait 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.