Health (v2.1)
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 | 2022 | 2023 | |
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| Total | 45.9 | 44.9 | 44.0 | 43.1 | 42.2 | 41.3 | 40.3 | 39.4 | 38.5 | 36.5 | 34.5 | 32.6 | 30.6 | 28.6 | 28.3 | 27.9 | 27.6 | 27.2 | 26.9 | 26.0 | 25.2 | 24.3 | 22.5 | 20.6 | 18.8 | 17.0 | ||||||
| Bagmati province | 45.4 | 43.0 | 40.5 | 38.0 | 35.5 | 33.0 | 30.6 | 28.1 | 25.6 | 25.0 | 24.3 | 23.7 | 23.0 | 22.4 | 20.7 | 19.0 | 17.2 | 15.5 | 13.8 | 12.8 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 10.6 | 10.6 | 10.5 | 10.4 | ||||||
| Gandaki province | 32.0 | 32.4 | 32.8 | 33.2 | 33.6 | 34.0 | 34.4 | 34.8 | 35.2 | 31.1 | 27.0 | 23.0 | 18.9 | 14.8 | 14.9 | 15.1 | 15.2 | 15.4 | 15.5 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 16.2 | 16.9 | 17.6 | ||||||
| Karnali province | 60.0 | 58.1 | 56.1 | 54.1 | 52.1 | 50.1 | 48.2 | 46.2 | 44.2 | 43.6 | 43.0 | 42.4 | 41.8 | 41.2 | 40.3 | 39.4 | 38.6 | 37.7 | 36.8 | 37.1 | 37.4 | 37.7 | 31.1 | 24.6 | 18.0 | 12.0 | ||||||
| Koshi province | 34.8 | 34.1 | 33.5 | 32.9 | 32.3 | 31.7 | 31.0 | 30.4 | 29.8 | 28.8 | 27.7 | 26.7 | 25.6 | 24.6 | 24.6 | 24.6 | 24.6 | 24.6 | 24.6 | 23.0 | 21.5 | 19.9 | 17.9 | 15.9 | 13.9 | 11.9 | ||||||
| Lumbini province | 38.5 | 39.0 | 39.6 | 40.2 | 40.8 | 41.4 | 41.9 | 42.5 | 43.1 | 41.6 | 40.1 | 38.7 | 37.2 | 35.7 | 33.9 | 32.1 | 30.3 | 28.5 | 26.7 | 28.0 | 29.4 | 30.7 | 28.2 | 25.8 | 23.3 | 20.8 | ||||||
| Madhesh province | 57.3 | 56.3 | 55.4 | 54.4 | 53.4 | 52.5 | 51.5 | 50.6 | 49.6 | 46.5 | 43.3 | 40.2 | 37.0 | 33.9 | 34.4 | 34.9 | 35.4 | 35.9 | 36.4 | 33.7 | 31.1 | 28.4 | 27.8 | 27.3 | 26.7 | 26.1 | ||||||
| Sudurpashchim province | 50.2 | 49.4 | 48.5 | 47.7 | 46.9 | 46.0 | 45.2 | 44.3 | 43.5 | 41.1 | 38.8 | 36.4 | 34.1 | 31.7 | 30.7 | 29.8 | 28.8 | 27.9 | 26.9 | 29.0 | 31.2 | 33.3 | 26.7 | 20.1 | 13.5 | 9.00 | ||||||
Lighter numbers are estimates