Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5) - Country Ranking - Central America & the Caribbean

Definition: Prevalence of severe wasting, female, is the proportion of girls under age 5 whose weight for height is more than three 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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Rank Country Value Year
1 Trinidad and Tobago 2.20 2011
2 Barbados 1.70 2012
3 Cuba 0.60 2019
4 Haiti 0.50 2017
4 Nicaragua 0.50 2012
6 Panama 0.40 2008
6 Belize 0.40 2015
6 Dominican Republic 0.40 2013
9 St. Lucia 0.30 2012
10 El Salvador 0.20 2014
10 Costa Rica 0.20 2018
10 Honduras 0.20 2012
13 Guatemala 0.10 2015
14 Jamaica 0.00 2016

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Aggregation method: Linear mixed-effect model estimates

Periodicity: Annual

General Comments: Undernourished children have lower resistance to infection and are more likely to die from common childhood ailments such as diarrheal diseases and respiratory infections. Frequent illness saps the nutritional status of those who survive, locking them int