Malnutrition: Number of children who are wasted in Burundi
Burundi: Malnutrition: Number of children who are wasted was 170,550 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Malnutrition: Number of children who are wasted in Burundi, 1987–2024
Source: World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
Burundi recorded 170,550 for malnutrition: number of children who are wasted in 2024. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
The figure is up 67.4% on the previous year and up 7.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are wasted in Burundi peaked at 170,550 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 81,730, in 1987.
That places Burundi 37th out of 99 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 12 years of available data.
Malnutrition: Number of children who are wasted in Burundi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 81,730 | — |
| 2000 | 93,850 | +14.8% |
| 2005 | 125,550 | +33.8% |
| 2010 | 109,180 | -13.0% |
| 2012 | 158,200 | +44.9% |
| 2016 | 109,230 | -31.0% |
| 2018 | 102,800 | -5.9% |
| 2019 | 102,650 | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 121,650 | +18.5% |
| 2022 | 107,430 | -11.7% |
| 2023 | 101,860 | -5.2% |
| 2024 | 170,550 | +67.4% |
Burundi compared with similar countries
- Burundi's 170,550 is below the median for low income countries, which is 229,410, 74% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
- Burundi's 170,550 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 175,595, 97% of the median. (34 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 81,730 | 81,730 | 81,730 | 1 |
| 2000s | 109,700 | 93,850 | 125,550 | 2 |
| 2010s | 116,412 | 102,650 | 158,200 | 5 |
| 2020s | 125,372 | 101,860 | 170,550 | 4 |
Countries ranked near Burundi
More environment data for Burundi
- Historical exposure to drought — Land soil moisture anomaly -3.89 Percentage change (2025)
- Historical exposure to drought — Cropland soil moisture anomaly -3.95 Percentage change (2025)
- Standard Deviation, annual growth rate -27.74 % change on previous year (2013)
- Standard Deviation 0.284 °C (2013)
- Temperature change 1.27 °C (2013)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), annual 2.86 % change on previous year (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per unit 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF (Mt CO2e), per capita 0 Mt CO2e per person (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), annual growth rate 4.57 % change on previous year (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture (Mt CO2e), per unit of GDP 0 Mt CO2e per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are wasted in Burundi?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are wasted in Burundi was 170,550 in 2024, according to World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest malnutrition: number of children who are wasted recorded in Burundi?
- The highest recorded value was 170,550 in 2024.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are wasted recorded in Burundi?
- The lowest recorded value was 81,730 in 1987.
- How does Burundi rank for malnutrition: number of children who are wasted?
- Burundi ranks 37th out of 99 countries with data for 2024.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are wasted rising or falling in Burundi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burundi data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization – Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Malnutrition: Number of children who are wasted. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Estimated number of children younger than five who are 'wasted'. Wasting is when a child’s weight is significantly lower than the average for their height, for example because of acute food shortage or disease.