Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent)
Compare percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) across 24 countries or territories using one fixed 2023 FAOSTAT reference slice.
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Key Insights
- •24 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite % observation in the fixed 2023 slice.
- •Djibouti has the highest published value (12.1 %).
- •Peru has the lowest published value (0.6 %).
Country Rankings
Top 10 Countries
Bottom 10 Countries
Data Analysis
Value Distribution
How countries are distributed across the value range
Regional Comparison
Average values by world region (Global avg: 4.5%)
Percentile Profile
The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.
About This Statistic
Food Security and Nutrition: Suite of Food Security Indicators: Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent). Exact FAOSTAT item/indicator, element and other dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.
MapTheory uses only finite ISO-mapped observations from the fixed 2023 FAOSTAT slice recorded below. Aggregates, missing values, non-ISO geographies, conflicting duplicate observations, and every other year or dimension slice are excluded; MapTheory never imputes or interpolates missing countries.
Methodology
Food Security and Nutrition: Suite of Food Security Indicators: Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent). Exact FAOSTAT item/indicator, element and other dimensions are recorded in selectedDimensions.
Full Data
| Rank ↑ | Country ↕ | Value ↕ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Djibouti | 12.1% |
| 2 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 10.7% |
| 3 | Senegal | 10.2% |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 10.0% |
| 5 | Indonesia | 8.4% |
| 6 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 7.2% |
| 7 | Tajikistan | 6.4% |
| 8 | Bhutan | 5.1% |
| 9 | Haiti | 5.0% |
| 10 | Burundi | 4.7% |
| 11 | Vietnam | 4.4% |
| 12 | Kuwait | 3.5% |
| 13 | Azerbaijan | 3.5% |
| 14 | Kyrgyzstan | 3.0% |
| 15 | Mongolia | 2.7% |
| 16 | Jordan | 2.3% |
| 17 | Finland | 1.6% |
| 18 | Qatar | 1.6% |
| 19 | Belarus | 1.3% |
| 20 | Lebanon | 1.3% |
| 21 | Nauru | 1.3% |
| 22 | Ecuador | 0.9% |
| 23 | Belgium | 0.8% |
| 24 | Peru | 0.6% |
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Data Source
This data comes from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Statistics Division (2023).
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