Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5) (World) - 2022
* Data Description : Prevalence of severe wasting is the proportion of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than three standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59.
* Data Source : Worldbank.org
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* Countries with the highest value of "Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)" in the World (2022) : Mauritania(2,6), Mali(2,2), Niger(2,1), Burundi(1,4), Chad(1,3), Nepal(0,9), United Republic of Tanzania(0,9), Kenya(0,6).