Source data year | Latin America and Caribbean | East Asia and the Pacific | South Asia | Central and Eastern Europe | East and Southern Africa | West and Central Africa | Middle East and North Africa | |
Nutrition status | ||||||||
Underweight, moderate and severe | 2009–2013 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 2 | 18 | 23 | 7 |
Stunting, moderate and severe | 2009–2013 | 11 | 12 | 38 | 11 | 39 | 36 | 18 |
Wasting, moderate and severe (under 5 years) | 2009–2013 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 8 |
Overweight, moderate and severe (under 5 years) | 2009–2013 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 10 |
Overweight and obese, under 20 years (boys) | 2013 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 18 | 10 | 11 | 23 |
Overweight and obese, under 20 years (girls) | 2013 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 21 | 14 | 12 | 30 |
Obese, under 20 years (boys) | 2013 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 9 |
Obese, under 20 years (girls) | 2013 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 11 |
Behaviour risk | ||||||||
Current cigarette smokers 13–15 years (per 100 youth population) (boys) | 2008–2010 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 10 |
Current cigarette smokers 13–15 years (per 100 youth population) (girls) | 2008–2010 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Current tobacco use 13–15 years (%) (boys) | 2008–2010 | 20 | 3 | 12 | 19 | 20 | 14 | 19 |
Current tobacco use 13–15 years (%) (girls) | 2008–2010 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 8 |
Current alcohol drinkers 15–19 years (%) (boys) | 2010 | 55 | 25 | 9 | 69 | 39 | 35 | 14 |
Current alcohol drinkers 15–19 years (%) (girls) | 2010 | 38 | 15 | 4 | 49 | 26 | 22 | 11 |
Original data sources: (1) UNICEF global databases, 2015. Based on Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys (MICS), Demographic Health Surveys (DHS) and other nationally representative sources. (2) Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study.70 (3) †WHO, Global School-based Student Health Survey, 2015 (see http://www.who.int/chp/gshs/en/).