Proportion of children moderately or severely wasted (%) by country

Countries reporting
75
Highest
18.7%
India
Lowest
0.2%
Republic of Korea
Median
4.4%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
1,311

What the numbers show

Proportion of children moderately or severely wasted (%) is currently reported for 75 countries. The highest value is 18.7% in India; the lowest is 0.2% in Republic of Korea.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.4%, and the mean is 5.3%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 93.

Over the past decade 24 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Mongolia (up 170.0%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 62.1%).

Proportion of children moderately or severely wasted: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 India 18.7% 2020 down 6.5% falling
2 Yemen 16.8% 2022 up 26.3% falling
3 Mauritania 13.6% 2022 up 16.2% falling
4 Nigeria 11.6% 2021 up 13.7% falling
5 Malaysia 11.0% 2022 up 35.8% falling
6 Niger 10.9% 2022 down 18.7% falling
7 Bangladesh 10.7% 2022 down 2.7% falling
7 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10.7% 2023 up 81.4% falling
9 Senegal 10.2% 2023 up 13.3% falling
10 Cambodia 9.6% 2021 down 12.7% falling
11 Burkina Faso 9.3% 2021 down 10.6% falling
11 Sri Lanka 9.3% 2024 down 56.3% falling
13 Indonesia 8.4% 2023 down 37.8% falling
14 Benin 8.3% 2021 up 62.7% falling
14 Timor-Leste 8.3% 2020 down 56.1% falling
16 CΓ΄te d'Ivoire 8.1% 2021 up 52.8% falling
17 Burundi 7.8% 2024 down 2.5% falling
17 Guinea-Bissau 7.8% 2019 up 62.5% falling
17 Chad 7.8% 2022 down 52.1% falling
20 Myanmar 7.4% 2018 down 6.3% falling
21 Madagascar 7.2% 2021 up 26.3% falling
21 Thailand 7.2% 2022 up 7.5% rising
21 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.2% 2023 down 11.1% falling
24 Nepal 7.0% 2022 down 37.5% falling
25 Ethiopia 6.8% 2019 down 30.6% falling
26 Guyana 6.5% 2019 up 18.2% falling
27 Guinea 6.4% 2022 down 36.0% falling
27 Tajikistan 6.4% 2023 down 35.4% volatile
29 Sierra Leone 6.3% 2021 down 16.0% falling
30 Ghana 5.8% 2022 down 6.5% falling
31 Togo 5.7% 2017 down 5.0% flat
32 Mali 5.4% 2024 down 58.8% falling
32 Philippines 5.4% 2021 down 22.9% falling
34 Gambia 5.1% 2020 down 46.3% falling
34 Zimbabwe 5.1% 2024 up 59.4% falling
36 Haiti 5.0% 2023 down 20.6% falling
37 Kenya 4.5% 2022 down 25.0% falling
38 Viet Nam 4.4% 2023 down 33.3% falling
39 Cameroon 4.3% 2018 down 43.4% falling
40 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.1% 2009 up 5.1% flat
41 Saudi Arabia 3.9% 2020 down 9.3% volatile
42 Mozambique 3.8% 2022 down 37.7% falling
43 Azerbaijan 3.5% 2023 up 9.4% falling
43 Kuwait 3.5% 2023 up 25.0% flat
45 Liberia 3.4% 2019 down 20.9% falling
46 Egypt 3.3% 2021 down 58.2% falling
46 Russian Federation 3.3% 2005 down 32.7% falling
48 Jamaica 3.2% 2018 up 28.0% rising
48 Uganda 3.2% 2022 down 23.8% falling
50 United Republic of Tanzania 3.1% 2022 down 50.0% falling
51 Iraq 3.0% 2018 down 48.3% falling
51 Kyrgyzstan 3.0% 2023 up 7.1% falling
53 Algeria 2.7% 2019 down 34.1% volatile
53 Mongolia 2.7% 2023 up 170.0% volatile
55 Malawi 2.6% 2020 down 35.0% falling
56 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.5% 2017 down 51.9% falling
57 Jordan 2.3% 2023 down 4.2% falling
58 Dominican Republic 2.2% 2019 down 4.3% rising
59 China 1.9% 2017 down 26.9% falling
59 Honduras 1.9% 2019 up 35.7% rising
61 Eswatini 1.8% 2021 up 125.0% falling
62 Finland 1.6% 2023 up 33.3% rising
62 Lesotho 1.6% 2024 down 42.9% falling
64 Uruguay 1.4% 2018 unchanged falling
65 Belarus 1.3% 2023 β€” falling
65 State of Palestine 1.3% 2020 down 60.6% falling
67 Rwanda 1.1% 2020 down 62.1% volatile
68 Mexico 1.0% 2022 down 37.5% volatile
69 Guatemala 0.8% 2021 down 20.0% volatile
70 Ecuador 0.7% 2024 down 56.2% falling
71 Peru 0.6% 2023 up 50.0% falling
72 Australia and New Zealand 0.5% 2024 up 66.7% rising
73 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 0.4% 2019 down 20.0% volatile
74 Chile 0.3% 2014 down 40.0% falling
75 Republic of Korea 0.2% 2020 down 60.0% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Proportion of children moderately or severely wasted (%)
Unit
per pop u5
Source
United Nations Statistics Division, SDG Global Database
Licence
UN SDG Global Database (open, attribution requested)
Coverage
103 places, 1,311 data points, 2000–2024
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