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The Poverty Mapping Project: Global Subnational Prevalence of Child Malnutrition data set consists of estimates of the percentage of children with weight-for-age z-scores that are more than two standard deviations below the median of the NCHS/CDC/WHO International Reference Population. Data are reported for the most recent year with subnational information available at the time of development. The data products include a shapefile (vector data) of percentage rates, grids (raster data) of rates (per thousand in order to preserve precision in integer format), the number of children under five (the rate denominator), and the number of underweight children under five (the rate numerator), and a tabular data set of the same and associated data. This data set is produced by the Columbia University Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN).

Product Summary

Platforms
MODELS
Instruments
Computer
Spatial Extent
N: 85 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Geographic Region
GLOBAL,
AMERICAN SAMOA,
ANGUILLA,
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA,
ARUBA,
BAHAMAS,
BARBADOS,
BERMUDA,
BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY,
BRUNEI,
CAPE VERDE,
CAYMAN ISLANDS,
CHRISTMAS ISLAND,
COCOS ISLANDS,
COMOROS,
COOK ISLANDS,
CUBA,
CYPRUS,
DOMINICA,
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC,
FAEROE ISLANDS,
FALKLAND ISLANDS,
FIJI,
FRENCH POLYNESIA,
FRENCH SOUTHERN TERRITORIES,
GRENADA,
GUADELOUPE,
GUAM,
HAITI,
HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS,
ISLE OF MAN,
JAMAICA,
KIRIBATI,
MADAGASCAR,
MALAYSIA,
MALDIVES,
MALTA,
MARSHALL ISLANDS,
MARTINIQUE,
MAURITIUS,
MAYOTTE,
MONTSERRAT,
NAURU,
NETHERLANDS ANTILLES,
NEW CALEDONIA,
NIUE,
NORFOLK ISLAND,
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS,
PALAU,
PAPUA NEW GUINEA,
PHILIPPINES,
PITCAIRN ISLANDS,
PUERTO RICO,
REUNION,
SAMOA,
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE,
SEYCHELLES,
SINGAPORE,
SOLOMON ISLANDS,
SOUTH GEORGIA ISLAND,
SOUTH SANDWICH ISLANDS,
SPRATLY ISLANDS,
SRI LANKA,
ST HELENA,
ST KITTS AND NEVIS,
ST LUCIA,
ST PIERRE AND MIQUELON,
ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES,
SUMATRA,
SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN,
TIMOR-LESTE,
TOKELAU,
TONGA,
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO,
TURKS AND CAICOS ISLANDS,
TUVALU,
UNITED STATES MINOR OUTLYING ISLANDS,
VANUATU,
VIRGIN ISLANDS,
WALLIS AND FUTUNA ISLANDS,
AFGHANISTAN,
ALBANIA,
ALGERIA,
ANDORRA,
ANGOLA,
ANGOLA,
ANTARCTICA,
ARGENTINA,
ARMENIA,
AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRIA,
AZERBAIJAN,
BAHRAIN,
BANGLADESH,
BELARUS,
BELGIUM,
BELIZE,
BENIN,
BHUTAN,
BOLIVIA,
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA,
BOTSWANA,
BRAZIL,
BULGARIA,
BURKINA FASO,
BURUNDI,
CAMBODIA,
CAMEROON,
CANADA,
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC,
CHAD,
CHILE,
COLOMBIA,
CONGO,
CONGO, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC,
COSTA RICA,
COTE D'IVOIRE,
CROATIA,
CZECHIA,
DENMARK,
DJIBOUTI,
ECUADOR,
EGYPT,
EL SALVADOR,
EQUATORIAL GUINEA,
ERITREA,
ESTONIA,
ETHIOPIA,
FINLAND,
FRANCE,
FRENCH GUIANA,
GABON,
GAMBIA,
GEORGIA,
GERMANY,
GHANA,
GIBRALTAR,
GREECE,
GREENLAND,
GUATEMALA,
GUERNSEY,
GUINEA,
GUINEA-BISSAU,
GUYANA,
HONDURAS,
HONG KONG,
HUNGARY,
ICELAND,
INDIA,
IRAN,
IRAQ,
IRELAND,
ISRAEL,
ITALY,
JAPAN,
JORDAN,
KAZAKHSTAN,
KENYA,
KUWAIT,
KYRGYZSTAN,
LATVIA,
LEBANON,
LESOTHO,
LIBERIA,
LIBYA,
LIECHTENSTEIN,
LITHUANIA,
LUXEMBOURG,
MALAWI,
MALI,
MAURITANIA,
MEXICO,
MOLDOVA,
MONACO,
MONGOLIA,
MOROCCO,
MOZAMBIQUE,
NAMIBIA,
NEPAL,
NETHERLANDS,
NEW ZEALAND,
NICARAGUA,
NIGER,
NIGERIA,
NORTH KOREA,
NORTH MACEDONIA,
NORWAY,
OMAN,
PAKISTAN,
PALESTINE,
PANAMA,
PARAGUAY,
PERU,
POLAND,
PORTUGAL,
QATAR,
ROMANIA,
RUSSIAN FEDERATION,
RWANDA,
SAN MARINO,
SAUDI ARABIA,
SENEGAL,
SERBIA,
SIERRA LEONE,
SLOVAKIA,
SLOVENIA,
SOMALIA,
SOUTH AFRICA,
SOUTH KOREA,
SPAIN,
SUDAN,
SURINAME,
SWEDEN,
SWITZERLAND,
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC,
TAIWAN,
TAJIKISTAN,
TANZANIA,
THAILAND,
TOGO,
TUNISIA,
TURKEY,
TURKMENISTAN,
UGANDA,
UKRAINE,
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES,
UNITED KINGDOM,
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
URUGUAY,
VATICAN CITY,
VENEZUELA,
VIETNAM,
YEMEN,
ZAMBIA,
ZIMBABWE
Coordinate System
CARTESIAN
Granule Spatial Representation
CARTESIAN
Temporal Extent
1990-01-01 to 2002-12-31
Data Partner
Earth Science Data Information System (ESDIS)
Concept ID
c3550192864-esdis
Data State
COMPLETE
Processing Level
4
Published
Updated

Citation

Citation is critically important for dataset documentation and discovery. This dataset is openly shared, without restriction, in accordance with the EOSDIS Data Use and Citation Guidance.

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Center For International Earth Science Information Network-CIESIN-Columbia University. (2005). Poverty Mapping Project: Global Subnational Prevalence of Child Malnutrition (Version 1.00) [Data set]. Palisades, NY: NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC). https://doi.org/10.7927/H4K64G12 Date Accessed: 2025-07-17

Data Center Citation

Center for International Earth Science Information Network - CIESIN - Columbia University. 2005. Poverty Mapping Project: Global Subnational Prevalence of Child Malnutrition. Palisades, NY: ESDIS. https://doi.org/10.7927/H4K64G12.

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