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Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male

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

Latest, 20210.3%of children under 5Annual release · Not updated
vs 2015+0.1 pp0.2%
High since 19871.9% of children under 52000 · World Bank
Low since 19870.2% of children under 52009 · World Bank

Over time

1987 - 2021

Recent years

  1. 20210.3% of children under 5+0.1 pp
  2. 20150.2% of children under 5No change
  3. 20090.2% of children under 5−0.8 pp
  4. 20021% of children under 5−0.9 pp
  5. 20001.9% of children under 5+0.1 pp
  6. 19991.8% of children under 5No change
  7. 19951.8% of children under 5+1.3 pp
  8. 19870.5% of children under 5