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Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male

Prevalence of wasting, male, is the proportion of boys under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months.

Latest, 20211%of children under 5Annual release · Not updated
vs 2015No change1%
High since 19874.6% of children under 51995 · World Bank
Low since 19871% of children under 52009 · World Bank

Over time

1987 - 2021

Recent years

  1. 20211% of children under 5No change
  2. 20151% of children under 5No change
  3. 20091% of children under 5−1.2 pp
  4. 20022.2% of children under 5−2.3 pp
  5. 20004.5% of children under 5+1.0 pp
  6. 19993.5% of children under 5−1.1 pp
  7. 19954.6% of children under 5+1.8 pp
  8. 19872.8% of children under 5