social2023
Child wasting
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years.
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Key Insights
Global Average
2,095.3deaths
Median: 24.9deaths
Countries Covered
204
with available data
Highest
Nigeria
88,592.2deaths
Lowest
San Marino
0.0deaths
Top 5 Countries
1Nigeria88,592.2deaths
2India68,120.1deaths
3Niger23,920.8deaths
4Chad23,876.4deaths
5Pakistan23,178.5deaths
By Region
Africa13,364.9deaths(9 countries)
Asia4,712.9deaths(26 countries)
Other1,458.2deaths(124 countries)
North America388.4deaths(4 countries)
South America293.1deaths(7 countries)
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Low (0.0deaths)High (88,592.2deaths)
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 2,095.3deaths)
Africa (9)
Asia (26)
Other (124)
North America (4)
South America (7)
Europe (32)
Oceania (2)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest
About This Statistic
Latest available country observation from Our World in Data, based on the chart's cited sources. The series currently runs through 2023; countries can have different observation years. Source: Our World in Data.
Methodology
Country values are taken from the latest observation available in the linked source series.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nigeria | 88,592.2deaths |
| 2 | India | 68,120.1deaths |
| 3 | Niger | 23,920.8deaths |
| 4 | Chad | 23,876.4deaths |
| 5 | Pakistan | 23,178.5deaths |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 15,448.0deaths |
| 7 | Ethiopia | 13,964.4deaths |
| 8 | Somalia | 13,259.3deaths |
| 9 | Mali | 8,347.3deaths |
| 10 | Indonesia | 7,993.7deaths |
| 11 | Afghanistan | 7,832.3deaths |
| 12 | Madagascar | 7,594.8deaths |
| 13 | South Sudan | 6,792.5deaths |
| 14 | Cameroon | 6,634.3deaths |
| 15 | Bangladesh | 6,431.8deaths |
| 16 | Mozambique | 5,875.0deaths |
| 17 | Angola | 5,332.6deaths |
| 18 | Cote d'Ivoire | 5,264.5deaths |
| 19 | Central African Republic | 4,773.6deaths |
| 20 | United Republic of Tanzania | 4,577.3deaths |
| 21 | Burkina Faso | 4,147.0deaths |
| 22 | Philippines | 3,882.2deaths |
| 23 | Uganda | 3,813.3deaths |
| 24 | South Africa | 3,768.4deaths |
| 25 | Guinea | 3,652.7deaths |
| 26 | Zimbabwe | 3,639.2deaths |
| 27 | Kenya | 3,518.9deaths |
| 28 | Burundi | 3,174.0deaths |
| 29 | Sierra Leone | 2,953.0deaths |
| 30 | Zambia | 2,805.6deaths |
| 31 | Benin | 2,603.0deaths |
| 32 | Egypt | 2,537.2deaths |
| 33 | Myanmar | 2,501.4deaths |
| 34 | Haiti | 2,260.7deaths |
| 35 | Yemen | 2,253.7deaths |
| 36 | Eritrea | 2,162.0deaths |
| 37 | Ghana | 2,007.1deaths |
| 38 | Malawi | 1,868.2deaths |
| 39 | Togo | 1,678.1deaths |
| 40 | Papua New Guinea | 1,645.0deaths |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 1,564.6deaths |
| 42 | Senegal | 1,384.4deaths |
| 43 | Sudan | 1,270.3deaths |
| 44 | Nepal | 1,166.3deaths |
| 45 | Rwanda | 1,055.2deaths |
| 46 | Liberia | 1,044.7deaths |
| 47 | Mexico | 901.4deaths |
| 48 | People's Republic of China | 879.9deaths |
| 49 | Brazil | 730.8deaths |
| 50 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 668.4deaths |
| 51 | Tajikistan | 634.1deaths |
| 52 | Republic of the Congo | 599.6deaths |
| 53 | Iraq | 594.2deaths |
| 54 | Cambodia | 586.5deaths |
| 55 | Mauritania | 561.6deaths |
| 56 | Colombia | 529.6deaths |
| 57 | Guatemala | 525.0deaths |
| 58 | Venezuela | 445.2deaths |
| 59 | Guinea-Bissau | 391.1deaths |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 389.7deaths |
| 61 | Vietnam | 378.5deaths |
| 62 | Ecuador | 373.6deaths |
| 63 | Peru | 350.6deaths |
| 64 | Namibia | 345.2deaths |
| 65 | Bolivia | 320.9deaths |
| 66 | Algeria | 311.2deaths |
| 67 | Djibouti | 264.6deaths |
| 68 | Republic of The Gambia | 264.0deaths |
| 69 | Morocco | 252.1deaths |
| 70 | Saudi Arabia | 223.4deaths |
| 71 | Turkmenistan | 222.7deaths |
| 72 | Botswana | 216.9deaths |
| 73 | Lesotho | 216.7deaths |
| 74 | Timor-Leste | 182.6deaths |
| 75 | Thailand | 178.9deaths |
| 76 | Kazakhstan | 173.5deaths |
| 77 | Türkiye | 148.1deaths |
| 78 | Russian Federation | 137.8deaths |
| 79 | North Korea | 133.8deaths |
| 80 | Islamic Republic of Iran | 123.0deaths |
| 81 | Comoros | 121.5deaths |
| 82 | United States of America | 118.7deaths |
| 83 | Dominican Republic | 105.9deaths |
| 84 | Eswatini | 99.5deaths |
| 85 | Malaysia | 97.9deaths |
| 86 | Nicaragua | 92.2deaths |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 89.2deaths |
| 88 | Syrian Arab Republic | 86.2deaths |
| 89 | Tunisia | 85.9deaths |
| 90 | Gabon | 75.1deaths |
| 91 | Honduras | 72.6deaths |
| 92 | Equatorial Guinea | 64.1deaths |
| 93 | Sri Lanka | 52.0deaths |
| 94 | Argentina | 49.0deaths |
| 95 | Romania | 47.9deaths |
| 96 | Jordan | 43.9deaths |
| 97 | Panama | 43.2deaths |
| 98 | Lebanon | 42.0deaths |
| 99 | Libya | 40.9deaths |
| 100 | Paraguay | 39.9deaths |
| 101 | El Salvador | 38.6deaths |
| 102 | Guyana | 25.0deaths |
| 103 | Poland | 24.8deaths |
| 104 | Fiji | 18.5deaths |
| 105 | Armenia | 17.1deaths |
| 106 | United Arab Emirates | 16.6deaths |
| 107 | State of Palestine | 16.4deaths |
| 108 | Mongolia | 16.2deaths |
| 109 | Oman | 15.9deaths |
| 110 | Czech Republic | 15.8deaths |
| 111 | Chile | 15.6deaths |
| 112 | Sao Tome and Principe | 15.3deaths |
| 113 | France | 14.7deaths |
| 114 | Bhutan | 14.6deaths |
| 115 | Ukraine | 14.5deaths |
| 116 | Solomon Islands | 14.2deaths |
| 117 | Kiribati | 14.1deaths |
| 118 | Japan | 13.5deaths |
| 119 | Hungary | 12.8deaths |
| 120 | Slovakia | 12.0deaths |
| 121 | Bulgaria | 11.9deaths |
| 122 | Vanuatu | 11.8deaths |
| 123 | Suriname | 10.9deaths |
| 124 | Cuba | 10.2deaths |
| 125 | Cape Verde | 10.1deaths |
| 126 | Taiwan, Province of China | 9.8deaths |
| 127 | Germany | 8.6deaths |
| 128 | Canada | 8.5deaths |
| 129 | Jamaica | 7.8deaths |
| 130 | Albania | 6.3deaths |
| 131 | United Kingdom | 6.3deaths |
| 132 | Mauritius | 5.9deaths |
| 133 | Moldova, Republic of | 5.7deaths |
| 134 | Serbia | 5.5deaths |
| 135 | Georgia | 5.0deaths |
| 136 | Kuwait | 5.0deaths |
| 137 | Samoa | 5.0deaths |
| 138 | Italy | 4.4deaths |
| 139 | Spain | 4.2deaths |
| 140 | Israel | 3.7deaths |
| 141 | Belize | 3.6deaths |
| 142 | South Korea | 3.5deaths |
| 143 | Costa Rica | 3.4deaths |
| 144 | Croatia | 3.3deaths |
| 145 | Maldives | 3.2deaths |
| 146 | Belarus | 2.9deaths |
| 147 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2.9deaths |
| 148 | The Republic of North Macedonia | 2.9deaths |
| 149 | Australia | 2.8deaths |
| 150 | Uruguay | 2.5deaths |
| 151 | Puerto Rico | 2.4deaths |
| 152 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 1.9deaths |
| 153 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.9deaths |
| 154 | Qatar | 1.9deaths |
| 155 | Belgium | 1.8deaths |
| 156 | Bahrain | 1.5deaths |
| 157 | Denmark | 1.5deaths |
| 158 | Sweden | 1.3deaths |
| 159 | Netherlands | 1.3deaths |
| 160 | Singapore | 1.2deaths |
| 161 | Slovenia | 1.1deaths |
| 162 | Portugal | 1.1deaths |
| 163 | Guam | 1.0deaths |
| 164 | New Zealand | 1.0deaths |
| 165 | Lithuania | 0.9deaths |
| 166 | Bahamas | 0.9deaths |
| 167 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.8deaths |
| 168 | Switzerland | 0.8deaths |
| 169 | Tonga | 0.8deaths |
| 170 | Latvia | 0.8deaths |
| 171 | Greece | 0.7deaths |
| 172 | Seychelles | 0.7deaths |
| 173 | Saint Lucia | 0.6deaths |
| 174 | Ireland | 0.6deaths |
| 175 | Montenegro | 0.5deaths |
| 176 | Estonia | 0.5deaths |
| 177 | Marshall Islands | 0.4deaths |
| 178 | Grenada | 0.4deaths |
| 179 | American Samoa | 0.4deaths |
| 180 | Nauru | 0.4deaths |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.4deaths |
| 182 | Barbados | 0.4deaths |
| 183 | Austria | 0.3deaths |
| 184 | Cyprus | 0.3deaths |
| 185 | Finland | 0.3deaths |
| 186 | Norway | 0.3deaths |
| 187 | Brunei Darussalam | 0.3deaths |
| 188 | Tuvalu | 0.3deaths |
| 189 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2deaths |
| 190 | Palau | 0.2deaths |
| 191 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0.2deaths |
| 192 | Virgin Islands, U.S. | 0.1deaths |
| 193 | Dominica | 0.1deaths |
| 194 | Greenland | 0.1deaths |
| 195 | Luxembourg | 0.1deaths |
| 196 | Iceland | 0.1deaths |
| 197 | Cook Islands | 0.0deaths |
| 198 | Malta | 0.0deaths |
| 199 | Bermuda | 0.0deaths |
| 200 | Niue | 0.0deaths |
| 201 | Tokelau | 0.0deaths |
| 202 | Andorra | 0.0deaths |
| 203 | Monaco | 0.0deaths |
| 204 | San Marino | 0.0deaths |
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Data Source
This data comes from Our World in Data (2023).
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