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Stunting and overweight are not one score

No blended score. TL stunting 46.7% (2020); among 2023 readings LA highest 32.8%. PH 26.7% (2021) above ID 22.0%, MY 21.2%, VN 18.2%, TH 12.4%. PH anaemia SEA-11 low 12.0% (2023). TH double-burden: child overweight 10.9%, adult 45.7% (2022). PH PoU 3.0% is not FIES 32.9% and is not stunting.

Mixed vintages

Child undernutrition

Stunting and wasting retain their survey vintages.

Child stunting

Mixed vintages
EconomyValueVintage
Brunei19.62009
Cambodia21.92021
Indonesia22.02023
Laos32.82023
Malaysia21.22022
Myanmar26.72018
Philippines26.72021
Singaporeceiling4.52000
Thailand12.42022
Vietnam18.22023
Timor-Leste46.72020

World Bank WDI SH.STA.STNT.ZS (WHO/UNICEF/WB JME)

Child wasting

Mixed vintages
EconomyValueVintage
Brunei2.92009
Cambodia9.62021
Indonesia8.42023
Laos10.72023
Malaysia11.02022
Myanmar7.42018
Philippines5.42021
Singaporeceiling3.62000
Thailand7.22022
Vietnam4.42023
Timor-Leste8.32020

World Bank WDI SH.STA.WAST.ZS (WHO/UNICEF/WB JME)

Mixed vintages

Child overweight

Child overweight stays apart from undernutrition and adult outcomes.

Child overweight

Mixed vintages
EconomyValueVintage
Brunei8.32009
Cambodia4.12021
Indonesia4.32023
Laos2.82023
Malaysia5.62022
Myanmar0.82018
Philippines3.92021
Singaporeceiling2.52000
Thailand10.92022
Vietnam9.42023
Timor-Leste1.32020

World Bank WDI SH.STA.OWGH.ZS (WHO/UNICEF/WB JME)

2023

Anaemia in women

Anaemia is not a child-anthropometry substitute.

Anaemia among women

2023
EconomyValueVintage
Brunei18.32023
Cambodia38.02023
Indonesia26.72023
Laos28.62023
Malaysia31.32023
Myanmar39.72023
Philippines12.02023
Singaporeceiling16.62023
Thailand20.72023
Vietnam20.52023
Timor-Leste29.72023

World Bank WDI SH.ANM.ALLW.ZS (WHO)

Mixed vintages

Adult weight outcomes

Adult overweight and obesity retain separate definitions.

Adult overweight

2022
EconomyValueVintage
Brunei69.632022
Cambodia25.142022
Indonesia38.082022
Laos31.022022
Malaysia54.932022
Myanmar27.042022
Philippines35.02022
Singaporeceiling40.732022
Thailand45.682022
Vietnam18.212022
Timor-Leste14.372022

World Bank WDI SH.STA.OWAD.ZS (WHO)

Adult obesity

2024
EconomyValueVintage
Brunei37.052024
Cambodia4.922024
Indonesia11.82024
Laos9.182024
Malaysia23.332024
Myanmar8.132024
Philippines9.622024
Singaporeceiling16.992024
Thailand16.362024
Vietnam2.42024
Timor-Leste3.612024

WHO GHO NCD_BMI_30A (age-standardized, adults 18+, both sexes)

Mixed vintages

Food-access companions

Undernourishment and food insecurity are not child anthropometry.

Prevalence of undernourishment

2023
EconomyValueVintage
BruneiGAPGAP
Cambodia5.22023
Indonesia6.32023
LaosGAPGAP
Malaysia2.52023
Myanmar5.42023
Philippines3.02023
SingaporeceilingGAPGAP
Thailand4.62023
Vietnam5.32023
Timor-Leste18.72023

World Bank WDI SN.ITK.DEFC.ZS (FAO PoU)

Moderate or severe food insecurity

Mixed vintages
EconomyValueVintage
BruneiGAPGAP
Cambodia40.02023
Indonesia4.52023
Laos35.62023
Malaysia16.72023
Myanmar32.72023
Philippines32.92023
Singaporeceiling9.52023
Thailand5.42023
Vietnam10.72023
Timor-Leste53.72021

World Bank WDI SN.ITK.MSFI.ZS (FAO FIES)

Every frame preserves its own unit and vintage. Empty cells are shown as GAP, never zero.

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