Country
|
GAM subjects
|
WHZ < -2 only %
|
MUAC <125 mm only %
|
Both criteria %
|
%WHZ minus %MUAC
|
Total WHZ < -2 %
|
Total MUAC <125 mm %
|
---|
Guatemala
|
77
|
13.0
|
70.1
|
16.9
|
−57.1
|
29.9
|
87.0
|
Tajikistan
|
843
|
17.1
|
57.2
|
25.7
|
−40.1
|
42.8
|
82.9
|
Malawi
|
2 343
|
20.5
|
59.5
|
20.1
|
−39.0
|
40.5
|
79.5
|
Mozambique
|
572
|
21.0
|
43.9
|
35.1
|
−22.9
|
56.1
|
79.0
|
Rwanda
|
1 882
|
21.7
|
44.8
|
33.5
|
−23.2
|
55.2
|
78.3
|
Afghanistan
|
7 628
|
22.6
|
43.7
|
33.7
|
−21.1
|
56.3
|
77.4
|
Angola
|
6 053
|
23.5
|
45.6
|
30.9
|
−22.2
|
54.4
|
76.5
|
Burundi
|
3 239
|
23.6
|
45.5
|
31.0
|
−21.9
|
54.5
|
76.4
|
Sierra Leone
|
9 476
|
23.7
|
37.8
|
38.5
|
−14.1
|
62.2
|
76.3
|
Zambia
|
251
|
23.9
|
52.2
|
23.9
|
−28.3
|
47.8
|
76.1
|
Uganda
|
5 790
|
24.4
|
46.1
|
29.4
|
−21.7
|
53.9
|
75.6
|
Tanzania
|
1 034
|
25.9
|
37.4
|
36.7
|
−11.5
|
62.6
|
74.1
|
Madagascar
|
742
|
29.5
|
35.2
|
35.3
|
−5.7
|
64.8
|
70.5
|
Ivory Coast
|
644
|
30.9
|
36.6
|
32.5
|
−5.7
|
63.4
|
69.1
|
DRC
|
23 416
|
32.6
|
42.7
|
24.6
|
−10.1
|
57.3
|
67.4
|
Liberia
|
6 289
|
33.4
|
33.5
|
33.1
|
−0.1
|
66.5
|
66.6
|
Haiti
|
2 415
|
33.8
|
40.5
|
25.8
|
−6.7
|
59.5
|
66.2
|
Eritrea
|
275
|
33.8
|
42.2
|
24.0
|
−8.4
|
57.8
|
66.2
|
CAR
|
3 675
|
33.9
|
39.4
|
26.8
|
−5.5
|
60.6
|
66.1
|
Myanmar
|
2 323
|
34.6
|
30.5
|
34.9
|
4.1
|
69.5
|
65.4
|
Guinea
|
1 014
|
36.0
|
34.6
|
29.4
|
1.4
|
65.4
|
64.0
|
Pakistan
|
3 769
|
36.8
|
35.2
|
28.0
|
1.7
|
64.8
|
63.2
|
Nepal
|
1 082
|
39.4
|
26.6
|
34.0
|
12.8
|
73.4
|
60.6
|
Nigeria
|
3 856
|
40.1
|
29.1
|
30.8
|
10.9
|
70.9
|
59.9
|
Zimbabwe
|
128
|
41.4
|
32.8
|
25.8
|
8.6
|
67.2
|
58.6
|
Ethiopia
|
10 883
|
41.8
|
30.3
|
27.9
|
11.5
|
69.7
|
58.2
|
Niger
|
7 963
|
44.7
|
21.6
|
33.7
|
23.1
|
78.4
|
55.3
|
Bangladesh
|
3 321
|
46.8
|
25.2
|
28.0
|
21.5
|
74.8
|
53.2
|
Somalia
|
19 550
|
48.6
|
26.4
|
25.1
|
22.2
|
73.6
|
51.4
|
Chad
|
17 582
|
50.9
|
18.7
|
30.4
|
32.2
|
81.3
|
49.1
|
Timor
|
285
|
51.2
|
20.7
|
28.1
|
30.5
|
79.3
|
48.8
|
Cameroun
|
570
|
52.8
|
18.8
|
28.4
|
34.0
|
81.2
|
47.2
|
South Sudan
|
33 770
|
52.9
|
18.2
|
28.9
|
34.6
|
81.8
|
47.1
|
Benin
|
652
|
53.7
|
19.5
|
26.8
|
34.2
|
80.5
|
46.3
|
India
|
1 498
|
54.9
|
11.7
|
33.4
|
43.3
|
88.3
|
45.1
|
Sudan
|
15 336
|
55.1
|
15.3
|
29.7
|
39.8
|
84.7
|
44.9
|
Burkina Faso
|
5 173
|
55.8
|
15.1
|
29.1
|
40.8
|
84.9
|
44.2
|
Mali
|
2 625
|
57.1
|
17.3
|
25.7
|
39.8
|
82.7
|
42.9
|
Mauritania
|
4 851
|
59.5
|
22.2
|
18.3
|
37.3
|
77.8
|
40.5
|
Guinea-Bissau
|
147
|
60.5
|
19.0
|
20.4
|
41.5
|
81.0
|
39.5
|
Togo
|
432
|
65.0
|
13.7
|
21.3
|
51.4
|
86.3
|
35.0
|
Thailand
|
129
|
72.1
|
10.9
|
17.1
|
61.2
|
89.1
|
27.9
|
Kenya
|
6 657
|
72.9
|
11.1
|
16.0
|
61.8
|
88.9
|
27.1
|
Gambia
|
738
|
73.7
|
7.2
|
19.1
|
66.5
|
92.8
|
26.3
|
Philippines
|
325
|
76.6
|
7.4
|
16.0
|
69.2
|
92.6
|
23.4
|
Sri Lanka
|
873
|
77.2
|
7.8
|
15.0
|
69.4
|
92.2
|
22.8
|
Senegal
|
3 648
|
78.4
|
6.8
|
14.8
|
71.6
|
93.2
|
21.6
|
Total/%a
|
225 824
|
43.8
|
28.0
|
28.2
|
15.8
|
56.2
|
43.8
|
Mean ± SDb
|
-
|
43 ± 18
|
29.9 ± 15.3
|
27.1 ± 6.3
|
28.6 ± 20.4c
|
70.1 ± 15.3
|
57 ± 18
|
Countries with total number of GAM children in surveys <75
|
Indonesia
|
74
|
27.0
|
51.4
|
21.6
|
−24.3
|
48.6
|
73.0
|
Congo-B
|
47
|
48.9
|
17.0
|
34.0
|
31.9
|
83.0
|
51.1
|
Nicaragua
|
15
|
53.3
|
40.0
|
6.7
|
13.3
|
60.0
|
46.7
|
Albania
|
43
|
55.8
|
18.6
|
25.6
|
37.2
|
81.4
|
44.2
|
Macedonia
|
16
|
56.3
|
37.5
|
6.3
|
18.8
|
62.5
|
43.8
|
Kosovar
|
14
|
57.1
|
21.4
|
21.4
|
35.7
|
78.6
|
42.9
|
Venezuela
|
18
|
61.1
|
27.8
|
11.1
|
33.3
|
72.2
|
38.9
|
Syria
|
25
|
72.0
|
16.0
|
12.0
|
56.0
|
84.0
|
28.0
|
- The data are presented as percent of the total number of GAM children fulfilling either WHZ or MUAC criteria
-
DRC Democratic Republic of Congo; CAR Central African Republic; Congo-B Congo Brazzaville
-
aTotal children with GAM and percent of all children in the database with that characteristic
-
bThe mean and SD of the 47 countries
-
ccalculated using absolute numbers