This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from Ghana statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from Ghana statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other Ghana-specific metadata information.
| Goal |
Goal 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition, and promote sustainable agriculture. |
|---|---|
| Target |
Target 2.2: By 2030 end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons. |
| Indicator |
Indicator 2.2.2: Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age, by type (wasting and overweight). |
| Series |
Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight [2.2.2] Proportion of children moderately or severely wasted [2.2.2] Proportion of children underweight |
| Definition and concepts |
Definition: The prevalence of undernourishment is an estimate of the proportion of the population whose habitual food consumption is insufficient to provide the dietary energy levels that are required to maintain a normal active and healthy life. It is expressed as a percentage. BMI is defined as weight (in kg) divided by height squared (in m2). Child wasting refers to a child who is too thin for his or her height and is the result of recent rapid weight loss or the failure to gain weight. A child who is moderately or severely wasted has an increased risk of death, but treatment is possible. Child growth is an internationally accepted outcome reflecting child nutritional status. Concepts: Overweight can however also be assessed with other indicators such as body mass index for age. In general, BMI for age is not used in the joint dataset but has been considered in the absence of any other available estimates. |
| Unit of measure |
Percentage (%) |
| Data sources |
Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), 2011 Ghana Demographic and Health Survey (GDHS), 2014 Ghana Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS), 2018 |
| Data providers |
Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) |
| Comment and limitations |
Survey estimates come with levels of uncertainty due to both sampling error and non-sampling error (e.g. measurement technical error, recording error etc.,). Surveys are carried out in a specific period of the year, usually over a few months. However, this indicator can be affected by seasonality, factors related to food availability (e.g. pre-harvest periods (i.e rainy season) and diseases (e.g. diarrhoea, malaria,… etc.)) and natural disasters and conflicts. Hence, country-year estimates may not necessarily be comparable over time. Consequently, only latest estimates are provided. |
| Data availability and disaggregation |
There is no available disaggregation for this indicator. |
| References and Documentation | |
| Metadata last updated | Nov 11, 2022 |