Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Mauritania
Mauritania: Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 was 10 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Mauritania, 1990–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Mauritania is 10, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 33 years on record.
The figure is down 0.2% on the previous year and down 5.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Mauritania peaked at 14.75 in 1990 and was at its lowest, 10, in 2022.
Mauritania ranks 21st of 193 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 33 years of available data.
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 14.75 | — |
| 1991 | 14.59 | -1.1% |
| 1992 | 14.43 | -1.1% |
| 1993 | 14.26 | -1.2% |
| 1994 | 14.09 | -1.2% |
| 1995 | 13.92 | -1.2% |
| 1996 | 13.73 | -1.4% |
| 1997 | 13.53 | -1.5% |
| 1998 | 13.32 | -1.6% |
| 1999 | 13.1 | -1.7% |
| 2000 | 12.87 | -1.8% |
| 2001 | 12.64 | -1.8% |
| 2002 | 12.43 | -1.7% |
| 2003 | 12.22 | -1.7% |
| 2004 | 12.03 | -1.6% |
| 2005 | 11.85 | -1.5% |
| 2006 | 11.67 | -1.5% |
| 2007 | 11.49 | -1.5% |
| 2008 | 11.29 | -1.7% |
| 2009 | 11.08 | -1.9% |
| 2010 | 10.89 | -1.7% |
| 2011 | 10.71 | -1.7% |
| 2012 | 10.55 | -1.5% |
| 2013 | 10.44 | -1.0% |
| 2014 | 10.36 | -0.8% |
| 2015 | 10.29 | -0.7% |
| 2016 | 10.23 | -0.6% |
| 2017 | 10.17 | -0.6% |
| 2018 | 10.12 | -0.5% |
| 2019 | 10.08 | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 10.05 | -0.3% |
| 2021 | 10.02 | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 10 | -0.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13.97 | 13.1 | 14.75 | 10 |
| 2000s | 11.96 | 11.08 | 12.87 | 10 |
| 2010s | 10.38 | 10.08 | 10.89 | 10 |
| 2020s | 10.02 | 10 | 10.05 | 3 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Mauritania?
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 in Mauritania was 10 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 14.75 in 1990.
- What is the lowest percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 in 2022.
- How does Mauritania rank for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
- Mauritania ranks 21st out of 193 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Mauritania data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 standard deviations below the median (crude estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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