Malnutrition: Number of children who are wasted in Gambia
Gambia: Malnutrition: Number of children who are wasted was 19,160 in 2020. ▬ Flat
Malnutrition: Number of children who are wasted in Gambia, 2000–2020
Source: World Health Organization - Global Health Observatory (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for malnutrition: number of children who are wasted in Gambia is 19,160, measured in 2020. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
The figure is down 18.1% on the previous year and down 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are wasted in Gambia peaked at 39,460 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 19,160, in 2020.
That places Gambia 73rd out of 99 countries with data for 2020, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 22,960 | 21,880 | 24,040 | 2 |
| 2010s | 31,865 | 23,390 | 39,460 | 4 |
| 2020s | 19,160 | 19,160 | 19,160 | 1 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More environment data for Gambia
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 1.86 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.6737 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 0.5387 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0956 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.2132 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 1.15 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0018 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.3024 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are wasted in Gambia?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are wasted in Gambia was 19,160 in 2020, 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 39,460 in 2013.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are wasted recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,160 in 2020.
- How does Gambia rank for malnutrition: number of children who are wasted?
- Gambia ranks 73rd out of 99 countries with data for 2020.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are wasted rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Gambia 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.