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

Prevalence of wasting, male,is the proportion of boys 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, male (% of children under 5)Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)Year
1
South Sudan
25.7%
2010
2
Djibouti
22.7%
2012
3
Sri Lanka
22.3%
2012
4
Niger
19.7%
2012
5
Madagascar
18%
2004
6
Yemen
17.8%
2013
7
Eritrea
16.6%
2010
8
Burkina Faso
16.5%
2010
9
Somalia
16.4%
2009
10
Mali
16.2%
2006
11
India
15.6%
2014
12
Bangladesh
15.1%
2014
13
Sudan
15%
2006
14
Papua New Guinea
14.9%
2011
15
Chad
14.4%
2015
16
Indonesia
14.2%
2013
17
Maldives
13.5%
2009
18
Mauritania
13.1%
2012
19
East Timor
12.9%
2013
20
Saudi Arabia
12.7%
2005
21
Syria
12.5%
2009
22
Nepal
12.3%
2011
23
Gambia
11.9%
2013
24
Albania
11.5%
2009
25
Comoros
11.4%
2012
26
São Tomé and Príncipe
11.3%
2008
27
Pakistan
11.1%
2012
28
Sierra Leone
10.7%
2013
29
Ethiopia
10.1%
2014
30
Tajikistan
9.9%
2012
31
Cambodia
9.4%
2014
32
Egypt
9.4%
2014
33
Democratic Republic Of Congo
9.3%
2013
34
Ivory Coast
9.1%
2012
35
Namibia
9%
2013
36
Benin
9%
2006
37
Central African Republic
8.9%
2010
38
Nigeria
8.7%
2014
39
Myanmar
8.7%
2009
40
Ukraine
8.5%
2000
41
Barbados
8.3%
2012
42
Solomon Islands
8.3%
1989
43
Philippines
8.2%
2013
44
South Africa
8.2%
2004
45
Kenya
8.2%
2009
46
Angola
8.2%
2007
47
Oman
8.1%
2009
48
Iraq
7.9%
2011
49
Afghanistan
7.9%
2004
50
Lebanon
7.8%
2004
51
Togo
7.6%
2014
52
Botswana
7.5%
2007
53
Thailand
7.4%
2012
54
Turkmenistan
7.2%
2006
55
Guyana
6.9%
2009
56
Laos
6.9%
2011
57
Libya
6.8%
2007
58
Mozambique
6.7%
2011
59
Burundi
6.6%
2010
60
Guinea
6.6%
2012
61
Cameroon
6.6%
2011
62
Zambia
6.5%
2013
63
Tanzania
6.3%
2011
64
Vanuatu
6.2%
2007
65
Bhutan
6.2%
2010
66
Republic of the Congo
6.1%
2011
67
Senegal
6%
2014
68
Liberia
5.9%
2013
69
Trinidad and Tobago
5.8%
2000
70
Suriname
5.8%
2010
71
Guinea-Bissau
5.6%
2010
72
Haiti
5.6%
2012
73
Tonga
5.4%
2012
74
Uzbekistan
5.3%
2006
75
Czech Republic
5.2%
2001
76
Armenia
4.9%
2010
77
Uganda
4.8%
2011
78
Fiji
4.7%
2004
79
Hungary
4.6%
1984
80
Vietnam
4.6%
2010
81
Algeria
4.4%
2012
82
Kazakhstan
4.4%
2010
83
Malawi
4.4%
2010
84
Lesotho
4.2%
2009
85
Ghana
4.2%
2014
86
North Korea
4.1%
2012
87
Azerbaijan
4%
2013
88
Singapore
3.8%
2000
89
Gabon
3.7%
2012
90
Zimbabwe
3.7%
2014
91
Tunisia
3.6%
2012
92
Romania
3.6%
2002
93
Rwanda
3.5%
2010
94
Bulgaria
3.4%
2004
95
Belize
3.2%
2011
96
Netherlands
3.2%
1980
97
Montenegro
3.1%
2013
98
Jamaica
3%
2012
99
Kyrgyzstan
2.9%
2012
100
Japan
2.9%
2010
101
Ecuador
2.9%
2012
102
Belarus
2.8%
2005
103
Dominican Republic
2.8%
2013
104
Morocco
2.8%
2011
105
Kuwait
2.8%
2014
106
Brunei
2.7%
2009
107
Serbia
2.7%
2010
108
Equatorial Guinea
2.7%
2010
109
El Salvador
2.4%
2008
110
Jordan
2.4%
2012
111
China
2.4%
2010
112
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2.3%
2012
113
Paraguay
2.3%
2012
114
Republic of Macedonia
2.2%
2011
115
Moldova
2.1%
2012
116
Bolivia
2%
2008
117
Mexico
1.8%
2012
118
Brazil
1.8%
2007
119
Georgia
1.8%
2009
120
Honduras
1.8%
2012
121
Mongolia
1.5%
2010
122
Nicaragua
1.5%
2006
123
Turkey
1.4%
2013
124
South Korea
1.3%
2010
125
Germany
1.2%
2005
126
Canada
1.2%
1971
127
Panama
1.1%
2008
128
Uruguay
1.1%
2011
129
Argentina
1.1%
2005
130
Guatemala
1%
2015
131
Greece
0.9%
2003
132
Colombia
0.9%
2010
133
Peru
0.7%
2014
134
Costa Rica
0.6%
2008
135
Swaziland
0.5%
2010
136
United States
0.4%
2012
137
Chile
0.3%
2014
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