Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Tajikistan
Tajikistan: Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight was 5.2% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Share of children who are underweight in Tajikistan, 2005–2023
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
In 2023, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Tajikistan stood at 5.2%. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 60.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Tajikistan peaked at 15.1% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 5.2%, in 2023.
That places Tajikistan 59th out of 96 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 12.7% | 8.2% | 15.1% | 3 |
| 2010s | 9.1% | 6.4% | 13.3% | 3 |
| 2020s | 5.2% | 5.2% | 5.2% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Tajikistan
More reference data data for Tajikistan
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 1,329 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 10.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.2516 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Burning - Crop residues 0.01 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.03 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 3.97 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural Soil 1,053 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Crop Residues 66.67 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on Pa 626.5 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Tajikistan?
- Malnutrition: share of children who are underweight in Tajikistan was 5.2% 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 Tajikistan?
- The highest recorded value was 15.1% in 2007.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are underweight recorded in Tajikistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.2% in 2023.
- How does Tajikistan rank for malnutrition: share of children who are underweight?
- Tajikistan ranks 59th out of 96 countries with data for 2023.
- Is malnutrition: share of children who are underweight rising or falling in Tajikistan?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Tajikistan 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.