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Prevalence of wasting weight for height percentage of children under 5

Prevalence of wasting is the proportion of children 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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Country
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)Year
1
South Sudan
22.7%
2010
2
Djibouti
21.5%
2012
3
India
21%
2015
4
Sudan
16.3%
2014
5
Yemen
16.3%
2013
6
Mauritius
15.7%
1995
7
Eritrea
15.3%
2010
8
Madagascar
15.2%
2004
9
Sri Lanka
15.1%
2016
10
Somalia
15%
2009
11
Mauritania
14.8%
2015
12
Papua New Guinea
14.3%
2010
13
Bangladesh
14.3%
2014
14
Mali
13.5%
2015
15
Indonesia
13.5%
2013
16
Chad
13%
2015
17
Kiribati
12.6%
1985
18
Saudi Arabia
11.8%
2005
19
Malaysia
11.5%
2016
20
Syria
11.5%
2009
21
Comoros
11.1%
2012
22
Gambia
11.1%
2013
23
East Timor
11%
2013
24
Nigeria
10.8%
2016
25
Pakistan
10.5%
2012
26
Niger
10.3%
2016
27
Maldives
10.2%
2009
28
Ethiopia
9.9%
2016
29
Tajikistan
9.9%
2012
30
Nepal
9.7%
2016
31
Cambodia
9.6%
2014
32
Egypt
9.5%
2014
33
Afghanistan
9.5%
2013
34
Albania
9.4%
2009
35
Sierra Leone
9.4%
2013
36
Ukraine
8.2%
2000
37
Republic of the Congo
8.2%
2015
38
Guinea
8.1%
2016
39
Democratic Republic Of Congo
8.1%
2013
40
Solomon Islands
7.9%
2015
41
Burkina Faso
7.6%
2016
42
Oman
7.5%
2014
43
Iraq
7.4%
2011
44
Central African Republic
7.4%
2010
45
Senegal
7.2%
2016
46
Botswana
7.2%
2007
47
Namibia
7.1%
2013
48
Philippines
7.1%
2015
49
Myanmar
7%
2016
50
Cape Verde
6.9%
1994
51
Barbados
6.8%
2012
52
Togo
6.7%
2014
53
Lebanon
6.6%
2004
54
Bahrain
6.6%
1995
55
Libya
6.5%
2007
56
Guyana
6.4%
2014
57
Vietnam
6.4%
2015
58
Laos
6.4%
2011
59
Trinidad and Tobago
6.3%
2011
60
Fiji
6.3%
2004
61
Zambia
6.3%
2013
62
Mozambique
6.1%
2011
63
Ivory Coast
6%
2016
64
Guinea-Bissau
6%
2014
65
Bhutan
5.9%
2010
66
Liberia
5.6%
2013
67
Thailand
5.4%
2016
68
Haiti
5.2%
2012
69
Cameroon
5.2%
2014
70
Tonga
5.2%
2012
71
Burundi
5.1%
2016
72
Suriname
5%
2010
73
Angola
4.9%
2016
74
Ghana
4.7%
2014
75
Czech Republic
4.6%
2001
76
Tanzania
4.5%
2015
77
Uzbekistan
4.5%
2006
78
Benin
4.5%
2014
79
Vanuatu
4.4%
2013
80
Seychelles
4.3%
2012
81
Turkmenistan
4.2%
2015
82
Armenia
4.2%
2016
83
Venezuela
4.1%
2009
84
Algeria
4.1%
2012
85
Iran
4%
2011
86
North Korea
4%
2012
87
Kenya
4%
2014
88
São Tomé and Príncipe
4%
2014
89
Serbia
3.9%
2014
90
Samoa
3.7%
2014
91
Saint Lucia
3.7%
2012
92
Jamaica
3.6%
2014
93
Uganda
3.6%
2016
94
Singapore
3.6%
2000
95
Romania
3.5%
2002
96
Gabon
3.4%
2012
97
Tuvalu
3.3%
2007
98
Bulgaria
3.2%
2004
99
Zimbabwe
3.2%
2015
100
Kuwait
3.1%
2015
101
Azerbaijan
3.1%
2013
102
Equatorial Guinea
3.1%
2011
103
Kazakhstan
3.1%
2015
104
Brunei
2.9%
2009
105
Kyrgyzstan
2.8%
2014
106
Lesotho
2.8%
2014
107
Montenegro
2.8%
2013
108
Tunisia
2.8%
2012
109
Malawi
2.7%
2015
110
South Africa
2.5%
2016
111
Cuba
2.4%
2000
112
Dominican Republic
2.4%
2013
113
Jordan
2.4%
2012
114
Morocco
2.3%
2011
115
Japan
2.3%
2010
116
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2.3%
2012
117
Nicaragua
2.2%
2012
118
Rwanda
2.2%
2015
119
Belarus
2.2%
2005
120
Qatar
2.1%
1995
121
El Salvador
2.1%
2014
122
Bolivia
2%
2016
123
Swaziland
2%
2014
124
China
1.9%
2013
125
Moldova
1.9%
2012
126
Republic of Macedonia
1.8%
2011
127
Belize
1.8%
2015
128
Turkey
1.7%
2013
129
Ecuador
1.6%
2014
130
Georgia
1.6%
2009
131
Brazil
1.6%
2007
132
Honduras
1.4%
2012
133
Uruguay
1.3%
2011
134
South Korea
1.2%
2010
135
Argentina
1.2%
2005
136
Panama
1.2%
2008
137
Nauru
1%
2007
138
Peru
1%
2016
139
Mexico
1%
2015
140
Mongolia
1%
2013
141
Costa Rica
1%
2008
142
Paraguay
1%
2016
143
Germany
1%
2005
144
Colombia
0.9%
2010
145
Guatemala
0.7%
2015
146
United States
0.5%
2012
147
Chile
0.3%
2014
148
Australia
0%
2007
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