BMI-for-age* GIRLS

2 to 5 years (z-scores)
Year: Month

Month

-3 SD

-2 SD

Z-scores (BMI in kg/m2)

-1 SD
Median

1 SD

2 SD

3 SD

0
1
2
3
4
5
6

24
25
26
27
28
29
30

-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684

15.6881
15.6590
15.6308
15.6037
15.5777
15.5523
15.5276

0.08454
0.08452
0.08449
0.08446
0.08444
0.08443
0.08444

12.4
12.4
12.3
12.3
12.3
12.3
12.3

13.3
13.3
13.3
13.3
13.3
13.2
13.2

14.4
14.4
14.4
14.4
14.3
14.3
14.3

15.7
15.7
15.6
15.6
15.6
15.6
15.5

17.1
17.1
17.0
17.0
17.0
17.0
16.9

18.7
18.7
18.7
18.6
18.6
18.6
18.5

20.6
20.6
20.6
20.5
20.5
20.4
20.4

2: 7
2: 8
2: 9
2:10
2:11
3: 0

31
32
33
34
35
36

-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684

15.5034
15.4798
15.4572
15.4356
15.4155
15.3968

0.08448
0.08455
0.08467
0.08484
0.08506
0.08535

12.2
12.2
12.2
12.2
12.1
12.1

13.2
13.2
13.1
13.1
13.1
13.1

14.3
14.3
14.2
14.2
14.2
14.2

15.5
15.5
15.5
15.4
15.4
15.4

16.9
16.9
16.9
16.8
16.8
16.8

18.5
18.5
18.5
18.5
18.4
18.4

20.4
20.4
20.3
20.3
20.3
20.3

3:
3:
3:
3:
3:
3:

1
2
3
4
5
6

37
38
39
40
41
42

-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684

15.3796
15.3638
15.3493
15.3358
15.3233
15.3116

0.08569
0.08609
0.08654
0.08704
0.08757
0.08813

12.1
12.1
12.0
12.0
12.0
12.0

13.1
13.0
13.0
13.0
13.0
12.9

14.1
14.1
14.1
14.1
14.1
14.0

15.4
15.4
15.3
15.3
15.3
15.3

16.8
16.8
16.8
16.8
16.8
16.8

18.4
18.4
18.4
18.4
18.4
18.4

20.3
20.3
20.3
20.3
20.4
20.4

3: 7
3: 8
3: 9
3:10
3:11
4: 0

43
44
45
46
47
48

-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684

15.3007
15.2905
15.2814
15.2732
15.2661
15.2602

0.08872
0.08931
0.08991
0.09051
0.09110
0.09168

11.9
11.9
11.9
11.9
11.8
11.8

12.9
12.9
12.9
12.9
12.8
12.8

14.0
14.0
14.0
14.0
14.0
14.0

15.3
15.3
15.3
15.3
15.3
15.3

16.8
16.8
16.8
16.8
16.8
16.8

18.4
18.5
18.5
18.5
18.5
18.5

20.4
20.4
20.5
20.5
20.5
20.6

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2:
2:
2:
2:
2:
2:

WHO Child Growth Standards

BMI-for-age* GIRLS
2 to 5 years (z-scores)
Year: Month

Month

-3 SD

-2 SD

Z-scores (BMI in kg/m2)

-1 SD
Median

1 SD

2 SD

3 SD

1
2
3
4
5
6

49
50
51
52
53
54

-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684

15.2556
15.2523
15.2503
15.2496
15.2502
15.2519

0.09227
0.09286
0.09345
0.09403
0.09460
0.09515

11.8
11.8
11.8
11.7
11.7
11.7

12.8
12.8
12.8
12.8
12.7
12.7

13.9
13.9
13.9
13.9
13.9
13.9

15.3
15.3
15.3
15.2
15.3
15.3

16.8
16.8
16.8
16.8
16.8
16.8

18.5
18.6
18.6
18.6
18.6
18.7

20.6
20.7
20.7
20.7
20.8
20.8

4: 7
4: 8
4: 9
4:10
4:11
5: 0

55
56
57
58
59
60

-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684
-0.5684

15.2544
15.2575
15.2612
15.2653
15.2698
15.2747

0.09568
0.09618
0.09665
0.09709
0.09750
0.09789

11.7
11.7
11.7
11.7
11.6
11.6

12.7
12.7
12.7
12.7
12.7
12.7

13.9
13.9
13.9
13.9
13.9
13.9

15.3
15.3
15.3
15.3
15.3
15.3

16.8
16.8
16.9
16.9
16.9
16.9

18.7
18.7
18.7
18.8
18.8
18.8

20.9
20.9
21.0
21.0
21.0
21.1

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4:
4:
4:

WHO Child Growth Standards

*

If a child aged less than 2 years is measured standing up, change the height to length by adding 0.7 cm BEFORE calculating BMI, because the BMI-for-age for Birth to 2 years is
based on length. For children 2 to 5 years measured lying down, convert length to height by subtracting 0.7 cm BEFORE calculating BMI for application of the BMI-for-age chart.

24 months corresponds to 731 days.