Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Madagascar
Madagascar: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight was 22.6% in 2021. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Madagascar, 1992–2021
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
Madagascar recorded 22.6% for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 14.4% on the previous year and down 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Madagascar peaked at 40.9% in 1993 and was at its lowest, 22.6%, in 2021.
That places Madagascar 10th out of 96 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top 10%.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 35.5% | 30.4% | 40.9% | 4 |
| 2000s | 36.7% | 36.7% | 36.7% | 1 |
| 2010s | 29.1% | 26.4% | 32.6% | 3 |
| 2020s | 22.6% | 22.6% | 22.6% | 1 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Madagascar?
- Malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Madagascar was 22.6% in 2021, 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 Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 40.9% in 1993.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are underweight recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 22.6% in 2021.
- How does Madagascar rank for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Madagascar ranks 10th out of 96 countries with data for 2021.
- Is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar 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.