Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Morocco
Morocco: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight was 3.0% in 2019. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Morocco, 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 Morocco is 3.0%, measured in 2019.
The figure is up 15.4% on the previous year and up 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Morocco peaked at 10.4% in 1987 and was at its lowest, 2.6%, in 2017.
Morocco ranks 73rd of 96 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 10.4% | 10.4% | 10.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 7.9% | 7.7% | 8.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 9.8% | 9.8% | 9.8% | 1 |
| 2010s | 2.8% | 2.6% | 3.0% | 3 |
Countries ranked near Morocco
- 70 Romania 3.5% compare
- 70 Saudi Arabia 3.5% compare
- 72 Bolivia 3.4% compare
- 73 Azerbaijan 3.0% compare
- 73 Dominican Republic 3.0% compare
- 76 Costa Rica 2.9% compare
- 76 Kyrgyzstan 2.9% compare
- 76 Venezuela 2.9% compare
More reference data data for Morocco
- Spring temperature anomalies -1.2 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.66 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.2498 °C (2026)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.9465 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies -1.11 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 130.51 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 Morocco?
- Malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Morocco was 3.0% 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 Morocco?
- The highest recorded value was 10.4% in 1987.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are underweight recorded in Morocco?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.6% in 2017.
- How does Morocco rank for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Morocco ranks 73rd out of 96 countries with data for 2019.
- Is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight rising or falling in Morocco?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Morocco 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.