Extreme poverty vs prevalence of underweight children in Chad
Chad: Extreme poverty vs prevalence of underweight children was 18.2 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Extreme poverty vs prevalence of underweight children in Chad, 1997–2022
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Chad recorded 18.2 for extreme poverty vs prevalence of underweight children in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of down 15.0% on the previous year and down 39.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, extreme poverty vs prevalence of underweight children in Chad peaked at 34.3 in 1997 and was at its lowest, 18.2, in 2022.
Chad ranks 20th of 96 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Extreme poverty vs prevalence of underweight children in Chad, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 34.3 | — |
| 2000 | 29.2 | -14.9% |
| 2004 | 33.9 | +16.1% |
| 2010 | 30.3 | -10.6% |
| 2015 | 25 | -17.5% |
| 2017 | 24.3 | -2.8% |
| 2018 | 24.7 | +1.6% |
| 2019 | 29.2 | +18.2% |
| 2020 | 18.9 | -35.3% |
| 2021 | 21.4 | +13.2% |
| 2022 | 18.2 | -15.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34.3 | 34.3 | 34.3 | 1 |
| 2000s | 31.55 | 29.2 | 33.9 | 2 |
| 2010s | 26.7 | 24.3 | 30.3 | 5 |
| 2020s | 19.5 | 18.2 | 21.4 | 3 |
Countries ranked near Chad
- 17 Afghanistan 18.4 compare
- 17 Central African Republic 18.4 compare
- 19 Nepal 18.3 compare
- 21 Djibouti 17.7 compare
- 22 Sri Lanka 17.1 compare
- 23 Burkina Faso 16.9 compare
More poverty & inequality data for Chad
- Data deprivation poverty surveys per decade 2 (2025)
- Fertility rate vs the share living in extreme poverty 6.12 (2023)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty 826.9 (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Cereal yield vs extreme poverty, annual growth rate 0.9276 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 5.67 (2018)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality 5.67 (2018)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, annual growth rate -11.13 % change on previous year (2012)
- Gender inequality index from the human development report 0.67 (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is extreme poverty vs prevalence of underweight children in Chad?
- Extreme poverty vs prevalence of underweight children in Chad was 18.2 in 2022, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest extreme poverty vs prevalence of underweight children recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 34.3 in 1997.
- What is the lowest extreme poverty vs prevalence of underweight children recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.2 in 2022.
- How does Chad rank for extreme poverty vs prevalence of underweight children?
- Chad ranks 20th out of 96 countries with data for 2022.
- Is extreme poverty vs prevalence of underweight children rising or falling in Chad?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chad data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Extreme poverty vs prevalence of underweight children. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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