Child nutrition
Underweight, stunting, wasting and overweight among children under five assessed during Nutrition Month.
- Records
- 60
- Vintage
- 2025 · 2016–2024
- Last checked
- 13 October 2026
- Published by
- GovernmentFamily Health Bureau, Sri Lanka
What this dataset contains
Family Health Bureau Nutrition Month results for 2016–2025. The available measures include underweight, stunting, wasting, moderate wasting, severe wasting and overweight. Results for 2016–2024 come from the statistics tables; 2025 results come from the bureau’s homepage.
How it is used here
Compare the annual underweight and wasting percentages. Check each indicator’s available years before making other comparisons.
What it cannot tell you
These are Nutrition Month administrative assessments, not a representative household survey. Assessment coverage and denominators can vary. Moderate and severe wasting are parts of total wasting, so adding them to the total would double-count children. Some indicators are missing in some years.