Benchmark · Mothers & children

Wasting in children under 5 by country

Share of young children too thin for their height, a sign of recent hunger or illness.

In % of children under 5. The latest year differs by country, so compare the year too.

Source: World Bank Open Data, Wasting in children under 5 (% of children under 5). Retrieved 12 Nov 2026.

All countries, highest first

% of children under 5, latest year for each.

Chart and every country
  1. 1IndiaAPAC · 202018.7
  2. 2YemenMiddle East · 202216.8
  3. 3SudanAfrica · 201416.3
  4. 4NigeriaAfrica · 202111.6
  5. 5SyriaMiddle East · 201011.5
  6. 6MalaysiaAPAC · 202211.0
  7. 7NigerAfrica · 202210.9
  8. 8BangladeshAPAC · 202210.7
  9. 9Burkina FasoAfrica · 20219.3
  10. 10IndonesiaAPAC · 20238.4
  11. 11MyanmarAPAC · 20187.4
  12. 12DR CongoAfrica · 20237.2
  13. 13ThailandAPAC · 20227.2
  14. 14PakistanAPAC · 20187.1
  15. 15NepalAPAC · 20227.0
  16. 16EthiopiaAfrica · 20196.8
  17. 17GhanaAfrica · 20225.8
  18. 18MaliAfrica · 20245.4
  19. 19PhilippinesAPAC · 20215.4
  20. 20HaitiLatin America · 20235.0
  21. 21KenyaAfrica · 20224.5
  22. 22ZambiaAfrica · 20184.2
  23. 23Saudi ArabiaMiddle East · 20203.9
  24. 24MozambiqueAfrica · 20223.8
  25. 25AfghanistanAPAC · 20223.6
  26. 26South AfricaAfrica · 20173.6
  27. 27BrazilLatin America · 20193.4
  28. 28EgyptAfrica · 20213.3
  29. 29UgandaAfrica · 20223.2
  30. 30TanzaniaAfrica · 20223.1
  31. 31IraqMiddle East · 20183.0
  32. 32MalawiAfrica · 20202.6
  33. 33JapanAPAC · 20102.4
  34. 34MoroccoAfrica · 20192.4
  35. 35JordanMiddle East · 20232.3
  36. 36ChinaAPAC · 20171.9
  37. 37QatarMiddle East · 20231.6
  38. 38LebanonMiddle East · 20231.3
  39. 39PalestineMiddle East · 20201.3
  40. 40MexicoLatin America · 20221.0
  41. 41EcuadorLatin America · 20240.7
  42. 42GermanyEurope · 20160.5
  43. 43UKEurope · 20190.4
  44. 44USNorth America · 20220.1

Source: World Bank Open Data, Wasting in children under 5 (% of children under 5), latest year for each country. Retrieved 12 Nov 2026.

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Acuitas Health Analytics. Wasting in children under 5 by country, latest year. Data: World Bank. Retrieved 12 Nov 2026, from https://www.acuitashealthanalytics.com/benchmarks/wasting

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