Area Database (v4.2.1)
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 | 2021 | |
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| Total | 17.7 | 18.3 | 18.9 | 19.5 | 20.1 | 20.7 | 21.4 | 22.0 | 22.6 | 23.2 | 21.4 | 19.7 | 17.9 | 16.2 | 14.4 | 14.4 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 14.6 | 14.6 | 13.9 | 13.2 | 12.5 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 10.4 | 9.70 | |
| Central | 13.6 | 14.3 | 15.1 | 15.8 | 16.5 | 17.3 | 18.0 | 18.7 | 19.5 | 20.2 | 18.9 | 17.6 | 16.3 | 15.0 | 13.7 | 13.8 | 13.9 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 13.7 | 13.1 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 11.2 | 10.6 | 9.93 | |
| Copperbelt | 7.25 | 9.17 | 11.1 | 13.0 | 14.9 | 16.8 | 18.8 | 20.7 | 22.6 | 24.5 | 22.4 | 20.3 | 18.1 | 16.0 | 13.9 | 13.8 | 13.8 | 13.7 | 13.6 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.4 | 13.1 | 12.9 | 12.6 | 12.3 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.5 | |
| Eastern | 17.8 | 19.0 | 20.1 | 21.3 | 22.5 | 23.6 | 24.8 | 26.0 | 27.1 | 28.3 | 25.2 | 22.2 | 19.1 | 16.1 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 11.8 | 10.9 | 9.88 | 8.90 | 7.93 | 6.95 | 5.98 | |
| Luapula | 26.8 | 27.0 | 27.1 | 27.3 | 27.5 | 27.6 | 27.8 | 28.0 | 28.1 | 28.3 | 26.1 | 23.9 | 21.8 | 19.6 | 17.4 | 18.1 | 18.7 | 19.4 | 20.0 | 20.7 | 21.3 | 22.0 | 20.2 | 18.4 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 13.0 | 11.2 | 9.40 | |
| Lusaka | 12.7 | 13.0 | 13.4 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.6 | 15.0 | 15.3 | 15.7 | 16.1 | 14.9 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 10.4 | 10.6 | 10.7 | 10.9 | 11.0 | 11.2 | 11.1 | 11.1 | 11.0 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 10.8 | 10.7 | |
| North-Western | 21.4 | 21.5 | 21.5 | 21.6 | 21.7 | 21.7 | 21.8 | 21.9 | 21.9 | 22.0 | 21.8 | 21.7 | 21.5 | 21.4 | 21.2 | 20.2 | 19.1 | 18.1 | 17.0 | 16.0 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 11.4 | 10.6 | 9.78 | 8.95 | 8.13 | |
| Northern | 26.1 | 26.2 | 26.4 | 26.5 | 26.6 | 26.8 | 26.9 | 27.0 | 27.2 | 27.3 | 25.2 | 23.0 | 20.9 | 18.7 | 16.6 | 16.7 | 16.9 | 17.0 | 17.1 | 17.2 | 17.4 | 17.5 | 16.7 | 16.0 | 15.2 | 14.4 | 13.6 | 12.9 | 12.1 | |
| Southern | 17.4 | 17.6 | 17.8 | 18.0 | 18.2 | 18.4 | 18.7 | 18.9 | 19.1 | 19.3 | 17.9 | 16.6 | 15.2 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 12.6 | 12.7 | 12.7 | 12.8 | 12.8 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 10.4 | 9.60 | 8.80 | 8.00 | 7.20 | |
| Western | 33.8 | 32.1 | 30.5 | 28.8 | 27.1 | 25.5 | 23.8 | 22.1 | 20.5 | 18.8 | 17.9 | 17.0 | 16.2 | 15.3 | 14.4 | 14.6 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 15.3 | 15.5 | 15.8 | 16.0 | 15.4 | 14.8 | 14.2 | 13.6 | 13.0 | 12.4 | 11.8 | |
Lighter numbers are estimates