Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height
Prevalence of severe wasting is the proportion of children 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, 20210.2%of children under 5Annual release · Not updated
vs 2015+0.1 pp0.1%
High since 19871.6% of children under 52000 · World Bank
Low since 19870.1% of children under 52015 · World Bank
Recent years
- 20210.2% of children under 5+0.1 pp
- 20150.1% of children under 5−0.1 pp
- 20090.2% of children under 5−0.6 pp
- 20020.8% of children under 5−0.8 pp
- 20001.6% of children under 5+0.2 pp
- 19991.4% of children under 5−0.1 pp
- 19951.5% of children under 5+1.0 pp
- 19870.5% 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