Malnutrition: Number of children who are wasted in Mauritania
Mauritania: Malnutrition: Number of children who are wasted was 106,800 in 2022. ▲ Rising
Malnutrition: Number of children who are wasted in Mauritania, 1988–2022
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 Mauritania is 106,800, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
The figure is up 37.2% on the previous year and up 44.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: number of children who are wasted in Mauritania peaked at 106,800 in 2022 and was at its lowest, 35,910, in 1996.
That places Mauritania 47th out of 99 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 62,510 | 62,510 | 62,510 | 1 |
| 1990s | 35,910 | 35,910 | 35,910 | 1 |
| 2000s | 60,607 | 43,820 | 70,910 | 3 |
| 2010s | 85,062 | 73,960 | 101,130 | 5 |
| 2020s | 77,660 | 48,360 | 106,800 | 3 |
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More environment data for Mauritania
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 17.51 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 3.39 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 7.33 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.2865 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 0.7099 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0008 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 9.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.001 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.0174 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 0.9576 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: number of children who are wasted in Mauritania?
- Malnutrition: number of children who are wasted in Mauritania was 106,800 in 2022, 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 Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 106,800 in 2022.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: number of children who are wasted recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 35,910 in 1996.
- How does Mauritania rank for malnutrition: number of children who are wasted?
- Mauritania ranks 47th out of 99 countries with data for 2022.
- Is malnutrition: number of children who are wasted rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 44.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Mauritania 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.