Mali - 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 Mali was 7.90 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 14.50 in 2006, while its lowest value was 7.60 in 2010.

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
2001 11.60
2006 14.50
2010 7.60
2011 8.60
2014 12.60
2015 11.90
2016 10.00
2017 9.10
2018 7.60
2019 7.90

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

Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5) in Mali was 10.70 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 18 years was 16.40 in 2006, while its lowest value was 10.00 in 2010.

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
2001 13.50
2006 16.40
2010 10.00
2011 12.10
2014 13.60
2015 15.00
2016 11.30
2017 11.80
2018 10.40
2019 10.70

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

Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5) in Mali was 9.30 as of 2019. Its highest value over the past 32 years was 22.00 in 1996, while its lowest value was 8.90 in 2010.

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
1987 11.30
1996 22.00
2001 12.60
2006 15.40
2010 8.90
2011 10.40
2014 13.10
2015 13.50
2016 10.60
2017 10.50
2018 9.00
2019 9.30

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Nutrition