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Percentage of underweight children
| 1992 | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | |
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| Total | 18.4 | 17.8 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 16.2 | 15.6 | 15.1 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 12.1 | 11.5 | 10.8 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.2 | |||||||||
| Urban | 18.3 | 17.7 | 17.1 | 16.5 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 14.8 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 12.1 | 11.3 | 10.4 | 9.50 | 9.43 | 9.35 | 9.28 | 9.20 | 9.13 | 9.05 | |||||||||
| Rural | 18.5 | 17.9 | 17.4 | 16.8 | 16.3 | 15.7 | 15.2 | 14.6 | 14.1 | 13.5 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.0 | |||||||||
| Poor | 19.1 | 18.5 | 17.9 | 17.3 | 16.7 | 16.1 | 15.6 | 15.0 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 13.3 | 13.0 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.9 | 13.0 | 13.1 | 13.2 | 13.3 | |||||||||
| Nonpoor | 8.10 | 8.33 | 8.57 | 8.80 | 9.03 | 9.27 | 9.50 | 9.73 | 9.97 | 10.2 | 9.00 | 7.80 | 6.60 | 5.40 | 5.55 | 5.70 | 5.85 | 6.00 | 6.15 | 6.30 | |||||||||
| Lowest 25% | 25.3 | 24.4 | 23.6 | 22.7 | 21.8 | 21.0 | 20.1 | 19.2 | 18.4 | 17.5 | 16.9 | 16.2 | 15.6 | 14.9 | 14.5 | 14.0 | 13.6 | 13.1 | 12.7 | 12.2 | |||||||||
| Second 25% | 20.2 | 19.2 | 18.1 | 17.1 | 16.1 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 13.0 | 11.9 | 10.9 | 11.2 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 12.3 | 12.7 | 13.0 | 13.3 | 13.6 | 14.0 | |||||||||
| Third 25% | 13.4 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 12.7 | 12.5 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.5 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.3 | 11.2 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 9.65 | 8.88 | 8.10 | 7.33 | 6.55 | |||||||||
| Highest 25% | 9.75 | 9.97 | 10.2 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.8 | 11.1 | 11.3 | 11.5 | 11.7 | 9.58 | 7.45 | 5.33 | 3.20 | 3.65 | 4.10 | 4.55 | 5.00 | 5.45 | 5.90 | |||||||||
| Berea | 6.40 | 6.97 | 7.53 | 8.10 | 8.67 | 9.23 | 9.80 | 10.4 | 10.9 | 11.5 | 12.5 | 13.4 | 14.4 | 15.3 | 14.7 | 14.1 | 13.4 | 12.8 | 12.2 | 11.6 | |||||||||
| Butha-Buthe | 18.7 | 17.9 | 17.2 | 16.5 | 15.8 | 15.1 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 10.3 | 9.70 | 9.40 | 9.10 | 8.80 | 8.50 | 8.20 | 7.90 | |||||||||
| Leribe | 15.8 | 15.2 | 14.7 | 14.1 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 12.5 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 9.43 | 7.95 | 6.48 | 5.00 | 3.53 | 2.05 | |||||||||
| Mafeteng | 9.40 | 10.1 | 10.8 | 11.5 | 12.2 | 12.9 | 13.6 | 14.3 | 15.0 | 15.7 | 14.0 | 12.3 | 10.6 | 8.90 | 9.35 | 9.80 | 10.3 | 10.7 | 11.2 | 11.6 | |||||||||
| Maseru | 19.2 | 18.3 | 17.5 | 16.6 | 15.8 | 14.9 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 12.4 | 11.5 | 10.5 | 9.45 | 8.43 | 7.40 | 8.60 | 9.80 | 11.0 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 14.6 | |||||||||
| Mohale s Hoek | 8.55 | 10.00 | 11.5 | 12.9 | 14.4 | 15.8 | 17.3 | 18.7 | 20.2 | 21.6 | 19.6 | 17.7 | 15.7 | 13.7 | 12.7 | 11.6 | 10.6 | 9.50 | 8.45 | 7.40 | |||||||||
| Mokhotlong | 26.2 | 25.3 | 24.4 | 23.5 | 22.6 | 21.7 | 20.8 | 19.9 | 19.0 | 18.1 | 17.2 | 16.3 | 15.4 | 14.5 | 13.5 | 12.5 | 11.4 | 10.4 | 9.38 | 8.35 | |||||||||
| Qasha s Nek | 33.7 | 31.1 | 28.5 | 25.9 | 23.3 | 20.7 | 18.1 | 15.5 | 12.9 | 10.3 | 9.98 | 9.65 | 9.33 | 9.00 | 8.25 | 7.50 | 6.75 | 6.00 | 5.25 | 4.50 | |||||||||
| Quthing | 36.1 | 33.1 | 30.0 | 27.0 | 24.0 | 20.9 | 17.9 | 14.9 | 11.8 | 8.80 | 7.25 | 5.70 | 4.15 | 2.60 | 4.28 | 5.95 | 7.63 | 9.30 | 11.0 | 12.7 | |||||||||
| Thaba-Tseka | 30.1 | 28.5 | 27.0 | 25.4 | 23.9 | 22.3 | 20.8 | 19.2 | 17.7 | 16.1 | 16.3 | 16.5 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 17.2 | 17.3 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 17.7 | |||||||||