Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty in Chad
Chad: Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty was 18.2% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty in Chad, 1997–2022
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
Chad recorded 18.2% for share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 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, share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 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.
Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty in Chad, year by year
| Year | % of children under 5 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 34.3% | — |
| 2000 | 29.2% | -14.9% |
| 2004 | 33.9% | +16.1% |
| 2010 | 30.3% | -10.6% |
| 2015 | 25.0% | -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% |
Chad compared with similar countries
- Chad's 18.2% is above the median for low income countries, which is 16.9%, 1.1× the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Chad's 18.2% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 14.3%, 1.3× the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 34.3% | 34.3% | 34.3% | 1 |
| 2000s | 31.5% | 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
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via the World Bank 2 surveys (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per person (2025)
- Number of income/consumption surveys in the past decade available via 0 surveys per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Fertility rate vs. share living in extreme poverty 6.12 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 826.9 kg per hectare (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 revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 5.7% (2018)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty in Chad?
- Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty in Chad was 18.2% in 2022, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty recorded in Chad?
- The highest recorded value was 34.3% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty recorded in Chad?
- The lowest recorded value was 18.2% in 2022.
- How does Chad rank for share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty?
- Chad ranks 20th out of 96 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty 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 Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Underweight children are those less than 5 years old, whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population. Extreme poverty is defined as living below the International Poverty Line of $3 per day.