Prevalence of wasting, weight for height
Prevalence of wasting is the proportion of children 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, 20210.8%of children under 5Annual release · Not updated
vs 2015No change0.8%
High since 19873.8% of children under 51995 · World Bank
Low since 19870.8% of children under 52015 · World Bank
Recent years
- 20210.8% of children under 5No change
- 20150.8% of children under 5−0.2 pp
- 20091% of children under 5−0.9 pp
- 20021.9% of children under 5−1.8 pp
- 20003.7% of children under 5+0.8 pp
- 19992.9% of children under 5−0.9 pp
- 19953.8% of children under 5+1.4 pp
- 19872.4% of children under 5
Related
- Projected population, national totalBanguat18,312,373people2026+1.3%vs 2025
- National povertyWorld Bank56%of population2023The latest figure is older than its frequency allows
- Child stuntingWorld Bank46%of children under 52021−0.7 ppvs 2015The latest figure is older than its frequency allows
- Life expectancyWorld Bank72.75years2024+0.2%vs 2023