Browse maps

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

Prevalence of severe wasting, male, is the proportion of boys 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:
#Flag
Country
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)Year
1
South Sudan
11.7%
2010
2
Djibouti
10.4%
2012
3
Madagascar
7.6%
2004
4
Albania
7.5%
2009
5
Niger
7.4%
2012
6
Indonesia
7.2%
2013
7
Mali
6.3%
2006
8
Burkina Faso
6.2%
2010
9
Papua New Guinea
6.1%
2011
10
Yemen
5.9%
2013
11
Syria
5.9%
2009
12
Sudan
5.9%
2006
13
São Tomé and Príncipe
5.8%
2008
14
Somalia
5.3%
2009
15
Saudi Arabia
5.1%
2005
16
Chad
5.1%
2015
17
Sierra Leone
5%
2013
18
Eritrea
5%
2010
19
India
4.8%
2014
20
Egypt
4.8%
2014
21
South Africa
4.7%
2004
22
Gambia
4.6%
2013
23
Comoros
4.3%
2012
24
Angola
4.3%
2007
25
Tajikistan
4.3%
2012
26
Iraq
4.1%
2011
27
Namibia
4%
2013
28
Ukraine
3.9%
2000
29
Bangladesh
3.9%
2014
30
Pakistan
3.8%
2012
31
Nepal
3.7%
2011
32
Sri Lanka
3.4%
2012
33
Benin
3.4%
2006
34
Libya
3.3%
2007
35
Lebanon
3.3%
2004
36
Democratic Republic Of Congo
3.3%
2013
37
Philippines
3.1%
2013
38
Afghanistan
2.9%
2004
39
Thailand
2.8%
2012
40
Zambia
2.8%
2013
41
Botswana
2.8%
2007
42
Mozambique
2.8%
2011
43
Ethiopia
2.8%
2014
44
Solomon Islands
2.7%
1989
45
Cambodia
2.6%
2014
46
Cameroon
2.5%
2011
47
Armenia
2.5%
2010
48
Mauritania
2.4%
2012
49
East Timor
2.4%
2013
50
Myanmar
2.4%
2009
51
Kenya
2.4%
2009
52
Liberia
2.3%
2013
53
Turkmenistan
2.3%
2006
54
Nigeria
2.3%
2014
55
Ivory Coast
2.3%
2012
56
Barbados
2.2%
2012
57
Bhutan
2.2%
2010
58
Central African Republic
2.2%
2010
59
Tunisia
2.1%
2012
60
Uzbekistan
2%
2006
61
Vanuatu
1.9%
2007
62
Kazakhstan
1.9%
2010
63
Lesotho
1.9%
2009
64
Tonga
1.9%
2012
65
Malawi
1.8%
2010
66
Guinea
1.8%
2012
67
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.8%
2012
68
Tanzania
1.8%
2010
69
Laos
1.8%
2011
70
Montenegro
1.8%
2013
71
Algeria
1.7%
2012
72
Togo
1.7%
2014
73
Vietnam
1.7%
2010
74
Guyana
1.6%
2009
75
Republic of the Congo
1.6%
2011
76
Kyrgyzstan
1.5%
2012
77
Gabon
1.5%
2012
78
Azerbaijan
1.4%
2013
79
Fiji
1.4%
2004
80
Burundi
1.3%
2010
81
Jamaica
1.3%
2004
82
Dominican Republic
1.3%
2013
83
Bulgaria
1.3%
2004
84
Rwanda
1.2%
2010
85
Czech Republic
1.2%
2001
86
Haiti
1.1%
2012
87
Equatorial Guinea
1.1%
2010
88
Morocco
1.1%
2011
89
Uganda
1%
2011
90
Maldives
1%
2009
91
Guinea-Bissau
1%
2010
92
Zimbabwe
1%
2010
93
Oman
0.9%
2009
94
Belize
0.9%
2011
95
Hungary
0.9%
1984
96
Suriname
0.9%
2010
97
Ecuador
0.8%
2012
98
Georgia
0.8%
2009
99
Ghana
0.8%
2014
100
China
0.8%
2010
101
Trinidad and Tobago
0.8%
2000
102
Senegal
0.7%
2014
103
Serbia
0.7%
2010
104
Kuwait
0.7%
2014
105
El Salvador
0.7%
2008
106
Romania
0.6%
2002
107
Paraguay
0.6%
2012
108
Bolivia
0.6%
2008
109
Belarus
0.6%
2005
110
Nicaragua
0.6%
2006
111
North Korea
0.6%
2012
112
Jordan
0.5%
2012
113
Mexico
0.5%
2012
114
Moldova
0.5%
2012
115
Singapore
0.5%
2000
116
Panama
0.4%
1997
117
Brunei
0.4%
2009
118
Mongolia
0.4%
2010
119
Honduras
0.4%
2012
120
Netherlands
0.4%
1980
121
Turkey
0.3%
2013
122
Germany
0.3%
2005
123
Brazil
0.3%
2007
124
Canada
0.3%
1971
125
Japan
0.3%
2010
126
Republic of Macedonia
0.3%
2011
127
Argentina
0.2%
2005
128
Colombia
0.2%
2010
129
Peru
0.1%
2014
130
Greece
0.1%
2003
131
South Korea
0.1%
2010
132
Guatemala
0.1%
2015
133
Swaziland
0.1%
2010
134
Uruguay
0%
2011
135
United States
0%
2012
Browse maps
Data table
Map colors on
Terrain base map
Fullscreen
Search maps
  • Toggle legend
  • View selections
  • Clear selections