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

Prevalence of wasting, female, is the proportion of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59.Source:
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Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)Year
1
Sri Lanka
20.5%
2012
2
Djibouti
20.3%
2012
3
South Sudan
19.7%
2010
4
Niger
17.8%
2012
5
Yemen
14.6%
2013
6
India
14.5%
2014
7
Burkina Faso
14.4%
2010
8
Mali
14.3%
2006
9
Eritrea
14.1%
2010
10
Sudan
13.9%
2006
11
Papua New Guinea
13.7%
2011
12
Bangladesh
13.5%
2014
13
Somalia
13.4%
2009
14
Indonesia
12.7%
2013
15
Madagascar
12.5%
2004
16
Chad
11.5%
2015
17
São Tomé and Príncipe
11.1%
2008
18
Comoros
10.8%
2012
19
Saudi Arabia
10.8%
2005
20
Syria
10.5%
2009
21
Gambia
10.2%
2013
22
Maldives
10.2%
2009
23
Mauritania
10.1%
2012
24
Nepal
10%
2011
25
Tajikistan
9.9%
2012
26
Pakistan
9.8%
2012
27
Afghanistan
9.3%
2004
28
Cambodia
9.1%
2014
29
East Timor
9%
2013
30
Fiji
8.2%
2004
31
Sierra Leone
8.1%
2013
32
Angola
8.1%
2007
33
Ukraine
7.9%
2000
34
Benin
7.8%
2006
35
Philippines
7.5%
2013
36
Ethiopia
7.4%
2014
37
Albania
7.3%
2009
38
Turkmenistan
7.3%
2006
39
Egypt
7.1%
2008
40
Myanmar
7.1%
2009
41
Nigeria
7.1%
2014
42
Democratic Republic Of Congo
6.9%
2013
43
Botswana
6.8%
2007
44
Iraq
6.8%
2011
45
Tanzania
6.8%
2011
46
South Africa
6.7%
2004
47
Solomon Islands
6.4%
1989
48
Ivory Coast
6.1%
2012
49
Thailand
6.1%
2012
50
Libya
6.1%
2007
51
Zambia
6%
2013
52
Guinea-Bissau
6%
2010
53
Oman
6%
2009
54
Central African Republic
5.9%
2010
55
Republic of the Congo
5.8%
2011
56
Laos
5.8%
2011
57
Kenya
5.8%
2009
58
Togo
5.7%
2014
59
Burundi
5.6%
2010
60
Vanuatu
5.5%
2007
61
Bhutan
5.5%
2010
62
Mozambique
5.5%
2011
63
Lebanon
5.4%
2004
64
Liberia
5.4%
2013
65
Senegal
5.3%
2014
66
Namibia
5.2%
2013
67
Ghana
5.1%
2014
68
Barbados
5%
2012
69
Cameroon
4.9%
2011
70
Haiti
4.8%
2012
71
Uganda
4.8%
2011
72
Trinidad and Tobago
4.6%
2000
73
Guinea
4.6%
2012
74
Vietnam
4.2%
2010
75
Serbia
4.2%
2010
76
Suriname
4.2%
2010
77
Czech Republic
4%
2001
78
Algeria
3.8%
2012
79
Malawi
3.8%
2010
80
North Korea
3.8%
2012
81
Guyana
3.8%
2009
82
Kazakhstan
3.7%
2010
83
Uzbekistan
3.7%
2006
84
Hungary
3.6%
1984
85
Equatorial Guinea
3.6%
2010
86
Lesotho
3.5%
2009
87
Romania
3.4%
2002
88
Belize
3.4%
2011
89
Armenia
3.3%
2010
90
Singapore
3.3%
2000
91
Bulgaria
3.1%
2004
92
Gabon
3.1%
2012
93
Brunei
3%
2009
94
Zimbabwe
2.9%
2014
95
Paraguay
2.9%
2012
96
Jamaica
2.9%
2012
97
Kyrgyzstan
2.7%
2012
98
Jordan
2.4%
2012
99
Rwanda
2.4%
2010
100
Montenegro
2.4%
2013
101
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2.4%
2012
102
Netherlands
2.1%
1980
103
China
2.1%
2010
104
Turkey
2.1%
2013
105
Mongolia
2%
2010
106
Kuwait
2%
2014
107
Azerbaijan
2%
2013
108
Dominican Republic
2%
2013
109
Tunisia
1.8%
2012
110
Moldova
1.8%
2012
111
Ecuador
1.8%
2012
112
Morocco
1.8%
2011
113
Japan
1.7%
2010
114
Belarus
1.6%
2005
115
Costa Rica
1.5%
2008
116
Georgia
1.5%
2009
117
Argentina
1.4%
2005
118
Mexico
1.4%
2012
119
Panama
1.4%
2008
120
Brazil
1.4%
2007
121
Nicaragua
1.4%
2006
122
Republic of Macedonia
1.4%
2011
123
Canada
1.1%
1971
124
Swaziland
1%
2010
125
Uruguay
1%
2011
126
Honduras
1%
2012
127
Colombia
0.9%
2010
128
Germany
0.8%
2005
129
Bolivia
0.8%
2008
130
El Salvador
0.7%
2008
131
United States
0.7%
2012
132
South Korea
0.6%
2010
133
Greece
0.6%
2003
134
Peru
0.5%
2014
135
Guatemala
0.5%
2015
136
Chile
0.2%
2014
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