Prevalence of wasting (% of children under 5) - Nutrition - Health - World Development Indicators

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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) - Nutrition - Health - World Development Indicators (Most Recent Data)

Rank

Country

Value
1Burkina Faso (2006)22.9
2Sudan (2006)21
3India (2006)20
4Djibouti (2002)19.4
5South Asia (2000)18.38
6Bangladesh (2007)17.5
7Togo (2006)16.3
8Chad (2004)16.1
9Mali (2006)15.3
10Yemen (2003)15.2
11Madagascar (2004)15.2
12Eritrea (2002)14.9
13Indonesia (2007)14.8
14Sri Lanka (2007)14.7
15Pakistan (2001)14.2
16Democratic Republic of the Congo (2007)14
17Timor-Leste (2002)13.7
18Maldives (2001)13.4
19Mauritania (2007)13.4
20Comoros (2000)13.3
21Somalia (2006)13.2
22Least developed countries: UN classification (2000)12.75
23Nepal (2006)12.7
24Niger (2006)12.4
25Ethiopia (2005)12.3
26Saudi Arabia (2005)11.8
27Low income (2000)11.58
28Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) (2000)11.55
29Lower middle income (2000)11.51
30Sub-Saharan Africa (2000)11.46
31Nigeria (2003)11.2
32Low & middle income (2000)10.84
33Guinea (2005)10.8
34Morocco (2004)10.8
35Burma (2003)10.7
36Middle income (2000)10.61
37Central African Republic (2000)10.5
38Haiti (2006)10.3
39Syria (2006)10.3
40Sierra Leone (2005)10.2
41Algeria (2002)9.6
42Guinea-Bissau (2006)8.9
43Cambodia (2008)8.9
44Senegal (2005)8.7
45South Korea (2002)8.7
46North Korea (2002)8.7
47Tajikistan (2005)8.7
48Ivory Coast (2006)8.6
49Afghanistan (2004)8.6
50Benin (2006)8.4
51Vietnam (2006)8.4
52Guyana (2007)8.3
53Burundi (2000)8.2
54Ukraine (2000)8.2
55Republic of the Congo (2005)8
56Egypt (2008)7.9
57Liberia (2007)7.8
58Angola (2001)7.7
59Namibia (2007)7.5
60Solomon Islands (1989)7.4
61Gambia (2006)7.4
62Laos (2006)7.3
63Albania (2005)7.3
64Oman (1999)7.3
65Cameroon (2006)7.3
66Zimbabwe (2006)7.3
67Suriname (2000)7
68Azerbaijan (2006)6.8
69Lebanon (2004)6.6
70Libya (2007)6.5
71Uganda (2006)6.3
72Kenya (2003)6.2
73Ghana (2006)6.1
74Philippines (2003)6
75Botswana (2000)6
76Moldova (2005)5.8
77Iraq (2006)5.8
78Lesotho (2005)5.6
79Zambia (2007)5.6
80Armenia (2005)5.5
81Mozambique (2003)5.4
82Trinidad and Tobago (2000)5.2
83Rwanda (2005)4.8
84Thailand (2006)4.7
85Czech Republic (2002)4.6
86Serbia (2006)4.5
87Uzbekistan (2006)4.5
88Papua New Guinea (2005)4.4
89Gabon (2001)4.3
90East Asia & Pacific (2000)4.21
91Hungary (1988)4.2
92Malawi (2006)4.2
93Montenegro (2006)4.2
94Bosnia and Herzegovina (2006)4
95Sao Tome and Principe (2000)3.9
96Kazakhstan (2006)3.7
97Singapore (2000)3.6
98Tanzania (2005)3.5
99Romania (2002)3.5
100Tunisia (2006)3.4
101Kyrgyzstan (2006)3.4
102Macedonia (2005)3.4
103Bulgaria (2004)3.2
104Georgia (2005)3
105China (2002)3
106Uruguay (2004)3
107Swaziland (2007)2.9
108Equatorial Guinea (2004)2.8
109Mongolia (2005)2.7
110Jordan (2002)2.5
111Bhutan (1999)2.5
112Dominican Republic (2007)2.3
113Ecuador (2004)2.3
114Belarus (2005)2.2
115Mexico (2006)2
116Jamaica (2007)2
117Belize (2006)1.9
118Guatemala (2002)1.8
119West Bank and Gaza (2007)1.8
120Bolivia (2004)1.7
121Brazil (2007)1.6
122Colombia (2005)1.5
123Panama (1997)1.4
124Honduras (2006)1.4
125El Salvador (2003)1.3
126Argentina (2005)1.2
127Turkey (2004)1.1
128Peru (2005)1
129Germany (2006)1
130Paraguay (1990)0.6
131United States (2004)0.6
132Nicaragua (2005)0.3
133Chile (2008)0.3
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