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

Prevalence of severe wasting is the proportion of children 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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Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)Year
1
South Sudan
9.9%
2010
2
Djibouti
9.1%
2012
3
India
7.5%
2015
4
Indonesia
6.7%
2013
5
Papua New Guinea
6.5%
2010
6
Albania
5.9%
2009
7
Madagascar
5.6%
2004
8
Syria
5.5%
2009
9
Yemen
5.2%
2013
10
Somalia
5.2%
2009
11
Egypt
4.8%
2014
12
Sudan
4.5%
2014
13
Saudi Arabia
4.5%
2005
14
Comoros
4.4%
2012
15
Gambia
4.3%
2013
16
Sierra Leone
4.3%
2013
17
Chad
4.2%
2015
18
Eritrea
4.2%
2010
19
Tajikistan
4.1%
2012
20
Afghanistan
4%
2013
21
Ukraine
3.8%
2000
22
Iraq
3.6%
2011
23
Mauritania
3.5%
2015
24
Mali
3.4%
2015
25
Pakistan
3.3%
2012
26
Botswana
3.2%
2007
27
Bangladesh
3.1%
2014
28
Solomon Islands
3.1%
2015
29
Sri Lanka
3%
2016
30
Nigeria
2.9%
2016
31
Guinea
2.9%
2016
32
Libya
2.9%
2007
33
Lebanon
2.9%
2004
34
Ethiopia
2.9%
2016
35
Namibia
2.8%
2013
36
Democratic Republic Of Congo
2.8%
2013
37
Maldives
2.6%
2009
38
Republic of the Congo
2.6%
2015
39
Zambia
2.5%
2013
40
Oman
2.4%
2014
41
Philippines
2.4%
2011
42
Mozambique
2.3%
2011
43
Cambodia
2.3%
2014
44
Tonga
2.1%
2012
45
Trinidad and Tobago
2.1%
2011
46
Fiji
2%
2004
47
Barbados
2%
2012
48
Liberia
2%
2013
49
Bhutan
2%
2010
50
East Timor
1.9%
2013
51
Niger
1.9%
2016
52
Laos
1.9%
2011
53
Central African Republic
1.9%
2010
54
Nepal
1.8%
2016
55
Equatorial Guinea
1.7%
2011
56
Guyana
1.7%
2014
57
Tunisia
1.7%
2012
58
Uzbekistan
1.7%
2006
59
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1.6%
2012
60
Armenia
1.5%
2016
61
Togo
1.5%
2014
62
Guinea-Bissau
1.4%
2014
63
Vietnam
1.4%
2015
64
Iran
1.4%
2011
65
Algeria
1.4%
2012
66
Burkina Faso
1.4%
2016
67
Thailand
1.4%
2016
68
Haiti
1.3%
2012
69
Cameroon
1.3%
2014
70
Gabon
1.3%
2012
71
Myanmar
1.3%
2016
72
Bulgaria
1.3%
2004
73
Uganda
1.3%
2016
74
Seychelles
1.2%
2012
75
Ivory Coast
1.2%
2016
76
Montenegro
1.2%
2013
77
Senegal
1.2%
2016
78
Tanzania
1.2%
2015
79
Jamaica
1.1%
2004
80
Samoa
1.1%
2014
81
Vanuatu
1.1%
2013
82
Azerbaijan
1.1%
2013
83
Turkmenistan
1.1%
2015
84
Kazakhstan
1.1%
2015
85
Serbia
1.1%
2014
86
Morocco
1%
2011
87
Angola
1%
2016
88
Zimbabwe
1%
2015
89
Czech Republic
1%
2001
90
Kenya
0.9%
2014
91
Benin
0.9%
2014
92
Bolivia
0.9%
2016
93
Burundi
0.9%
2016
94
Tuvalu
0.9%
2007
95
Suriname
0.8%
2010
96
Kyrgyzstan
0.8%
2014
97
São Tomé and Príncipe
0.8%
2014
98
Dominican Republic
0.8%
2013
99
China
0.7%
2010
100
Romania
0.7%
2002
101
Nicaragua
0.7%
2012
102
Jordan
0.7%
2012
103
Saint Lucia
0.7%
2012
104
Ghana
0.7%
2014
105
North Korea
0.6%
2012
106
Peru
0.6%
2016
107
Georgia
0.6%
2009
108
South Africa
0.6%
2016
109
Lesotho
0.6%
2014
110
Ecuador
0.6%
2014
111
Malawi
0.6%
2015
112
Rwanda
0.6%
2015
113
Kuwait
0.6%
2014
114
Belarus
0.6%
2005
115
Moldova
0.5%
2012
116
Belize
0.5%
2015
117
Singapore
0.5%
2000
118
Brunei
0.4%
2009
119
Brazil
0.4%
2007
120
Mongolia
0.4%
2013
121
Swaziland
0.4%
2014
122
Turkey
0.4%
2013
123
El Salvador
0.4%
2014
124
Mexico
0.4%
2015
125
Paraguay
0.4%
2016
126
Panama
0.3%
2008
127
Honduras
0.3%
2012
128
Argentina
0.2%
2005
129
Colombia
0.2%
2010
130
Japan
0.2%
2010
131
Nauru
0.2%
2007
132
Republic of Macedonia
0.2%
2011
133
Guatemala
0.1%
2015
134
South Korea
0.1%
2010
135
Germany
0.1%
2005
136
Australia
0%
2007
137
Uruguay
0%
2011
138
United States
0%
2012
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