Prevalence of wasting (% of children under 5) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics



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Wasting prevalence is the proportion of children under five whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59.
Prevalence of wasting (% of children under 5) - Health Nutrition and Population Statistics (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value

1Djibouti (2006)26
2Sudan (2006)21
3India (2006)20
4South Asia (2009)19.04
5Bangladesh (2007)17.5
6Togo (2006)16.3
7Chad (2004)16.1
8Mauritius (1995)15.7
9Malaysia (1999)15.3
10Mali (2006)15.3
11Madagascar (2004)15.2
12Yemen (2003)15.2
13Eritrea (2002)14.9
14Indonesia (2007)14.8
15Nigeria (2008)14.4
16Timor-Leste (2003)14.3
17Pakistan (2001)14.2
18Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)14
19Maldives (2001)13.4
20Comoros (2000)13.3
21Somalia (2006)13.2
22Nepal (2006)12.7
23Kiribati (1985)12.6
24Niger (2006)12.4
25Lower middle income (2009)12.3
26Ethiopia (2005)12.3
27Least developed countries: UN classification (2009)11.97
28Sri Lanka (2009)11.8
29Saudi Arabia (2005)11.8
30Burkina Faso (2009)11.3
31Sub-Saharan Africa (developing only) (2009)11.27
32Sub-Saharan Africa (all income levels) (2009)11.26
33Low income (2009)10.99
34Morocco (2004)10.8
35Low & middle income (2009)10.79
36Middle income (2009)10.73
37Burma (2003)10.7
38Sao Tome and Principe (2009)10.5
39Sierra Leone (2008)10.5
40Central African Republic (2000)10.5
41Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2009)10.35
42Syria (2006)10.3
43Haiti (2006)10.3
44Arab World (2009)9.93
45Fiji (1993)9.8
46Vietnam (2008)9.7
47South Africa (1999)9.6
48Cambodia (2008)8.9
49Guinea-Bissau (2006)8.9
50Senegal (2005)8.7
51Tajikistan (2005)8.7
52Ghana (2008)8.7
53Afghanistan (2004)8.6
54Ivory Coast (2006)8.6
55South Korea (2004)8.5
56North Korea (2004)8.5
57Mauritania (2008)8.4
58Benin (2006)8.4
59Guyana (2007)8.3
60Guinea (2008)8.3
61Burundi (2000)8.2
62Republic of the Congo (2005)8
63Egypt (2008)7.9
64Liberia (2007)7.8
65Angola (2001)7.7
66Middle East & North Africa (all income levels) (2009)7.58
67St. Lucia (1976)7.5
68Namibia (2007)7.5
69Gambia (2006)7.4
70Albania (2005)7.3
71Cameroon (2006)7.3
72Oman (1999)7.3
73Zimbabwe (2006)7.3
74Laos (2006)7.3
75Middle East & North Africa (developing only) (2009)7.19
76Turkmenistan (2000)7.1
77Kenya (2009)7
78Cape Verde (1994)6.9
79Azerbaijan (2006)6.8
80Bahrain (1995)6.6
81Lebanon (2004)6.6
82Libya (2007)6.5
83Uganda (2006)6.3
84Iran (1998)6.1
85Philippines (2003)6
86Botswana (2000)6
87Vanuatu (2007)5.9
88Iraq (2006)5.8
89Moldova (2005)5.8
90Lesotho (2005)5.6
91Zambia (2007)5.6
92East Asia & Pacific (all income levels) (2009)5.54
93East Asia & Pacific (developing only) (2009)5.54
94Armenia (2005)5.5
95Mozambique (2003)5.4
96Trinidad and Tobago (2000)5.2
97Venezuela (2007)5
98Suriname (2006)4.9
99Rwanda (2005)4.8
100Thailand (2006)4.7
101Bhutan (2008)4.6
102Czech Republic (2002)4.6
103Serbia (2006)4.5
104Uzbekistan (2006)4.5
105Papua New Guinea (2005)4.4
106Gabon (2001)4.3
107Solomon Islands (2007)4.3
108Hungary (1988)4.2
109Malawi (2006)4.2
110Montenegro (2006)4.2
111Algeria (2005)4
112Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)4
113Barbados (1981)3.9
114Kazakhstan (2006)3.7
115Singapore (2000)3.6
116Romania (2002)3.5
117Tanzania (2005)3.5
118Macedonia (2005)3.4
119Kyrgyzstan (2006)3.4
120Tunisia (2006)3.4
121Tuvalu (2007)3.3
122Bulgaria (2004)3.2
123Costa Rica (1996)3.1
124Uruguay (2004)3
125Georgia (2005)3
126Swaziland (2007)2.9
127China (2005)2.9
128Equatorial Guinea (2004)2.8
129Mongolia (2005)2.7
130Seychelles (1988)2.7
131Netherlands (1980)2.7
132Cuba (2000)2.4
133Ecuador (2004)2.3
134Dominican Republic (2007)2.3
135Belarus (2005)2.2
136Qatar (1995)2.1
137Latin America & Caribbean (developing only) (2009)2.04
138Latin America & Caribbean (all income levels) (2009)2.04
139Jamaica (2007)2
140Mexico (2006)2
141Belize (2006)1.9
142Kuwait (2009)1.8
143West Bank and Gaza (2007)1.8
144Guatemala (2002)1.8
145Jordan (2009)1.6
146Brazil (2007)1.6
147Colombia (2005)1.5
148Honduras (2006)1.4
149Panama (1997)1.4
150Bolivia (2008)1.4
151Tonga (1986)1.3
152Western Samoa (1999)1.3
153El Salvador (2003)1.3
154Argentina (2005)1.2
155Italy (1977)1.2
156Japan (1981)1.2
157Croatia (1996)1.2
158Turkey (2004)1.1
159Peru (2005)1
160Germany (2006)1
161North America (2009)0.6
162Paraguay (1990)0.6
163United States (2004)0.6
164Ukraine (2002)0.3
165Chile (2008)0.3
166Nicaragua (2005)0.3
167Australia (1996)0
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