Sri Lanka - 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 Sri Lanka was 14.80 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 20.50 in 2012, while its lowest value was 11.50 in 2009.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 13.90 |
| 2000 | 15.10 |
| 2007 | 13.70 |
| 2009 | 11.50 |
| 2012 | 20.50 |
| 2016 | 14.80 |
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5)
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5) in Sri Lanka was 15.30 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 23 years was 22.10 in 2012, while its lowest value was 12.10 in 2009.
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 |
|---|---|
| 1993 | 16.10 |
| 2000 | 16.60 |
| 2007 | 16.50 |
| 2009 | 12.10 |
| 2012 | 22.10 |
| 2016 | 15.30 |
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5) in Sri Lanka was 15.10 as of 2016. Its highest value over the past 29 years was 21.30 in 2012, while its lowest value was 11.80 in 2009.
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 | 14.90 |
| 1993 | 15.00 |
| 1995 | 15.30 |
| 2000 | 15.90 |
| 2007 | 15.20 |
| 2009 | 11.80 |
| 2012 | 21.30 |
| 2016 | 15.10 |
Classification
Topic: Health Indicators
Sub-Topic: Nutrition
