Ethiopia - Prevalence of wasting

Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5) in Ethiopia was 5.50 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 10.90 in 2005, while its lowest value was 5.50 in 2019.

Definition: Prevalence of wasting, female, is the proportion of girls 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: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
2000 10.80
2005 10.90
2011 8.30
2014 7.40
2016 9.80
2019 5.50

Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5) in Ethiopia was 8.80 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 19 years was 13.90 in 2005, while its lowest value was 8.80 in 2019.

Definition: 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: World Health Organization, Global Database on Child Growth and Malnutrition. Country-level data are unadjusted data from national surveys, and thus may not be comparable across countries.

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Year Value
2000 13.90
2005 13.90
2011 11.20
2014 10.30
2016 10.20
2019 8.80

Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5) in Ethiopia was 7.20 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 27 years was 12.40 in 2005, while its lowest value was 7.20 in 2019.

Definition: 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: UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child malnutrition estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology.

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Year Value
1992 9.20
2000 12.40
2005 12.40
2011 9.80
2014 8.80
2016 10.00
2019 7.20

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition