Table 1 Number of included surveys, children and prevalence of wasting by country and region, 2001–2016
Number of surveys | Number of children | Prevalence of wasting by WHZ Median (IQR) | Prevalence of wasting by MUAC Median (IQR) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Latin America and the Caribbean | 16 | 11,808 | 3.95% (2.87–4.46) | 2.99% (2.17–4.35) |
Bolivia | 1 | 884 | 1.28% | 0.35% |
Guatemala | 2 | 1432 | 2.10% (0.39–3.80) | 3.83% (0.20–7.46) |
Haiti | 13 | 9492 | 4.27% (3.81–4.55) | 3.00% (2.77–4.15) |
Eastern and Southern Africa | 190 | 128,404 | 9.15% (5.76–17.88) | 4.66% (2.91–7.49) |
Angola | 1 | 870 | 5.77% | 4.53% |
Botswana | 1 | 215 | 3.66% | 0.61% |
Burundi | 7 | 3493 | 5.76% (4.23–7.08) | 3.03% (2.08–9.33) |
Eritrea | 2 | 859 | 20.22% (18.89–21.55) | 4.31% (4.02–4.60) |
Ethiopia | 59 | 29,554 | 16.93% (8.94–21.77) | 4.95% (3.59–8.50) |
Kenya | 46 | 30,173 | 10.92% (7.88–15.73) | 3.74% (2.66–5.28) |
Madagascar | 1 | 635 | 7.47% | 6.45% |
Mozambique | 1 | 406 | 3.26% | 3.26% |
Rwanda | 13 | 4694 | 4.74% (3.85–5.97) | 1.98% (1.82–3.11) |
Somalia | 3 | 2688 | 15.85% (15.10–37.79) | 5.70% (2.22–25.35) |
South Sudan | 17 | 15,518 | 11.4% (8.19–22.15) | 7.55% (6.17–9.84) |
Tanzania | 5 | 2487 | 1.90% (1.54–2.61) | 1.18% (0.74–3.33) |
Uganda | 32 | 36,022 | 4.93% (3.76–8.92) | 6.78% (4.34–9.08) |
Zambia | 2 | 790 | 4.40% (4.38–4.42) | 6.38% (2.35–10.40) |
Democratic Republic of Congo | 130 | 118,871 | 7.40% (4.36–10.46) | 7.97% (5.36–12.51) |
West and Central Africa | 146 | 90,857 | 9.60% (6.31–14.99) | 5.89% (3.00–9.69) |
Burkina Faso | 11 | 5593 | 12.41% (6.21–14.99) | 6.11% (2.51–8.78) |
Cameroon | 12 | 5614 | 9.24% (7.33–12.28) | 6.86% (4.65–7.92) |
Central African Republic | 8 | 6357 | 5.75% (5.40–6.63) | 8.02% (6.78–9.04) |
Chad | 67 | 39,428 | 9.66% (6.34–18.89) | 3.76% (2.06–11.09) |
Guinea | 5 | 4054 | 6.01% (5.16–7.81) | 3.67% (2.88–4.80) |
Liberia | 9 | 4518 | 3.57% (3.13–4.39) | 4.00% (1.98–5.43) |
Mali | 8 | 6342 | 10.74% (9.20–16.41) | 6.29% (5.71–7.33) |
Mauritania | 6 | 3693 | 12.61% (8.77–14.81) | 5.36% (4.14–7.90) |
Niger | 14 | 9825 | 13.08% (11.07–15.95) | 8.58% (6.53–13.32) |
Sierra Leone | 6 | 5433 | 7.01% (6.15–7.13) | 9.89% (5.88–10.67) |
South East Asia and Pacific | 87 | 63,411 | 11.95% (7.36–17.20) | 8.00% (4.54–13.28) |
Afghanistan | 24 | 21,220 | 8.57% (5.90–11.41) | 9.06% (6.46–14.38) |
Bangladesh | 22 | 11,373 | 12.69% (9.70–14.25) | 5.35% (4.28–6.74) |
India | 1 | 465 | 20.58% | 10.07% |
Myanmar | 13 | 9993 | 18.26% (5.48–20.75) | 11.64% (9.66–15.05) |
Nepal | 9 | 5946 | 14.31% (12.50–19.58) | 10.55% (6.49–15.32) |
Pakistan | 13 | 10,887 | 18.45% (11.40–19.55) | 9.76% (6.92–14.79) |
Philippines | 4 | 2630 | 6.06% (4.77–8.64) | 1.21% (0.88–1.42) |
Tajikistan | 1 | 897 | 9.81% | 16.01% |
Sudan | 150 | 130,735 | 18.96% (14.06–23.82) | 10.21% (7.05–14.26) |
Middle East North Africa | 14 | 5602 | 6.69% (2.28–12.02) | 3.46% (1.23–5.75) |
Djibouti | 6 | 2190 | 11.42% (10.39–13.84) | 5.20% (3.78–7.27) |
Iraq | 1 | 575 | 2.28% | 3.14% |
Jordan | 4 | 1610 | 1.18% (0.88–2.04) | 1.01% (0.69–1.15) |
Yemen | 3 | 1227 | 5.59% (3.61–17.17) | 4.14% (2.38–6.53) |
All Surveys | 733 | 549,688 | 10.47% (6.34–17.55) | 6.66% (4.12–10.88) |