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:

#	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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