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Prevalence of severe wasting weight for height female percentage of children under 5

Prevalence of severe wasting, female, is the proportion of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than three standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59.Source:
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Country
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)Year
1
South Sudan
8.1%
2010
2
Djibouti
7.8%
2012
3
Papua New Guinea
7%
2011
4
Niger
6.4%
2012
5
Indonesia
6.2%
2013
6
Mali
5.7%
2006
7
Sudan
5.5%
2006
8
Burkina Faso
5.5%
2010
9
Syria
5%
2009
10
Somalia
5%
2009
11
Yemen
4.8%
2013
12
Comoros
4.5%
2012
13
India
4.4%
2014
14
Albania
4.3%
2009
15
Afghanistan
4.3%
2004
16
Angola
4.2%
2007
17
São Tomé and Príncipe
4.1%
2008
18
Gambia
4%
2013
19
Tajikistan
4%
2012
20
Saudi Arabia
3.9%
2005
21
Madagascar
3.7%
2004
22
Sierra Leone
3.7%
2013
23
Botswana
3.6%
2007
24
Egypt
3.6%
2008
25
Ukraine
3.6%
2000
26
Eritrea
3.5%
2010
27
South Africa
3.3%
2004
28
Chad
3.2%
2015
29
Iraq
3%
2011
30
Pakistan
2.9%
2012
31
Fiji
2.8%
2004
32
Benin
2.7%
2006
33
Sri Lanka
2.6%
2012
34
Lebanon
2.6%
2004
35
Maldives
2.5%
2009
36
Libya
2.5%
2007
37
Philippines
2.5%
2013
38
Bangladesh
2.5%
2014
39
Democratic Republic Of Congo
2.4%
2013
40
Equatorial Guinea
2.3%
2010
41
Nepal
2.2%
2011
42
Zambia
2.2%
2013
43
Ethiopia
2.2%
2014
44
Cambodia
2.1%
2014
45
Turkmenistan
2%
2006
46
Vanuatu
2%
2007
47
Bhutan
1.9%
2010
48
Kenya
1.9%
2009
49
Laos
1.9%
2011
50
Mozambique
1.9%
2011
51
Myanmar
1.9%
2009
52
Uganda
1.9%
2011
53
Nigeria
1.7%
2014
54
Thailand
1.7%
2012
55
Barbados
1.7%
2012
56
Republic of the Congo
1.7%
2011
57
Liberia
1.6%
2013
58
Namibia
1.6%
2013
59
Central African Republic
1.6%
2010
60
Burundi
1.5%
2010
61
East Timor
1.5%
2013
62
Belize
1.5%
2011
63
Armenia
1.5%
2010
64
Togo
1.4%
2014
65
Kazakhstan
1.4%
2010
66
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.4%
2012
67
Haiti
1.4%
2012
68
Vietnam
1.4%
2010
69
Malawi
1.3%
2010
70
Uzbekistan
1.3%
2006
71
Bulgaria
1.3%
2004
72
Ivory Coast
1.3%
2012
73
Cameroon
1.3%
2011
74
Mauritania
1.3%
2012
75
Solomon Islands
1.2%
1989
76
Lesotho
1.2%
2009
77
Tunisia
1.2%
2012
78
Algeria
1.1%
2012
79
Gabon
1.1%
2012
80
Kyrgyzstan
1.1%
2012
81
Trinidad and Tobago
1.1%
2000
82
Czech Republic
0.9%
2001
83
Guinea
0.9%
2012
84
Morocco
0.9%
2011
85
Guinea-Bissau
0.9%
2010
86
Guyana
0.9%
2009
87
Jamaica
0.9%
2004
88
Serbia
0.8%
2010
89
Tanzania
0.8%
2010
90
Suriname
0.8%
2010
91
Senegal
0.8%
2014
92
Azerbaijan
0.8%
2013
93
Jordan
0.8%
2012
94
Romania
0.8%
2002
95
Zimbabwe
0.7%
2010
96
Mongolia
0.7%
2010
97
Rwanda
0.7%
2010
98
Oman
0.7%
2009
99
Georgia
0.7%
2009
100
Swaziland
0.6%
2010
101
China
0.6%
2010
102
Montenegro
0.6%
2013
103
Hungary
0.6%
1984
104
Ecuador
0.6%
2012
105
Ghana
0.6%
2014
106
North Korea
0.6%
2012
107
Belarus
0.6%
2005
108
Singapore
0.5%
2000
109
Brazil
0.5%
2007
110
Kuwait
0.5%
2014
111
Brunei
0.5%
2009
112
Turkey
0.4%
2013
113
Mexico
0.4%
2012
114
Moldova
0.4%
2012
115
Dominican Republic
0.4%
2013
116
Nicaragua
0.4%
2006
117
Bolivia
0.4%
2008
118
Panama
0.3%
1997
119
Greece
0.3%
2003
120
Honduras
0.2%
2012
121
Netherlands
0.2%
1980
122
El Salvador
0.2%
2008
123
Japan
0.2%
2010
124
Argentina
0.2%
2005
125
Paraguay
0.2%
2012
126
Uruguay
0.1%
2011
127
Guatemala
0.1%
2015
128
Republic of Macedonia
0.1%
2011
129
Canada
0.1%
1971
130
South Korea
0.1%
2010
131
Peru
0.1%
2014
132
Colombia
0.1%
2010
133
Germany
0%
2005
134
United States
0%
2012
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