Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty in Mozambique
Mozambique: Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty was 15.4% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty in Mozambique, 1995–2022
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
The most recent figure for share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty in Mozambique is 15.4%, measured in 2022.
The figure is up 4.1% on the previous year and down 1.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty in Mozambique peaked at 24.7% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 14.8%, in 2020.
That places Mozambique 28th out of 96 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty in Mozambique, year by year
| Year | % of children under 5 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 23.9% | — |
| 1997 | 24.7% | +3.3% |
| 2001 | 24.5% | -0.8% |
| 2003 | 21.2% | -13.5% |
| 2008 | 18.2% | -14.2% |
| 2011 | 15.6% | -14.3% |
| 2015 | 15.6% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 14.8% | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 15.4% | +4.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 24.3% | 23.9% | 24.7% | 2 |
| 2000s | 21.3% | 18.2% | 24.5% | 3 |
| 2010s | 15.6% | 15.6% | 15.6% | 2 |
| 2020s | 15.1% | 14.8% | 15.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Mozambique
More poverty & inequality data for Mozambique
- 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 4.76 live births per woman (2023)
- Cereal yield vs. share in extreme poverty 776.4 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 5.25 % change on previous year (2024)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, gaps filled 20.92 (2023)
- Tax revenue as share of GDP vs. income inequality 20.9% (2023)
- Tax revenues vs income inequality, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2023)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty in Mozambique?
- Share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty in Mozambique was 15.4% 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 24.7% in 1997.
- What is the lowest share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.8% in 2020.
- How does Mozambique rank for share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty?
- Mozambique ranks 28th out of 96 countries with data for 2022.
- Is share of children who are underweight vs. share in extreme poverty rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 9 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
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.