Table 1 Prevalence of acute malnutrition among children 6–59 months by anthropometric indicator (WHZ, MUACZ and MUAC), by country and region

Latin America & Caribbean

Bolivia

1.36

0.91

0.57

Guatemala

1.98 (0.38–3.58)

7.20 (1.33–13.07)

4.52 (0.19–8.85)

Haiti

4.49 (3.89–4.86)

6.28 (4.17–7.60)

3.16 (2.47–3.90)

REGION TOTAL

4.35 (3.76–4.85)

6.25 (4.15–8.07)

2.99 (2.20–4.10)

Middle East & North Africa

Iraq

2.28 (2.28–2.28)

2.64 (2.64–2.64)

3.30 (3.30–3.30)

Jordan

1.23 (0.92–1.44)

0.83 (0.62–0.96)

0.96 (0.41–1.06)

Yemen

5.52 (3.58–16.93)

6.40 (2.05–9.66)

4.14 (2.38–6.53)

REGION TOTAL

2.28 (1.23–3.58)

1.33 (0.83–2.64)

1.23 (0.96–3.30)

West & Central Africa

Burkina Faso

12.79 (7.54–16.09)

16.35 (9.18–18.75)

7.28 (3.61–10.32)

Central African Republic

5.89 (5.56–7.72)

17.49 (14.7–20.76)

9.22 (7.61–9.73)

Ivory Coast

4.29 (4.29–4.29)

0.57 (0.57–0.57)

0.14 (0.14–0.14)

Cameroon

8.83 (6.90–11.93)

13.15 (8.81–14.70)

6.77 (4.49–7.62)

Republic of Congo

7.88 (4.89–11.23)

15.31 (10.54–22.52)

7.90 (5.50–13.41)

Guinea

6.44 (5.47–7.69)

7.52 (3.52–9.48)

4.01 (3.16–5.64)

Liberia

3.41 (3.13–4.19)

4.81 (2.30–5.60)

2.61 (0.92–4.47)

Mali

11.20 (8.70–16.14)

11.04 (5.43–15.95)

5.88 (2.62–7.65)

Mauritania

12.68 (8.77–14.81)

9.94 (7.42–13.21)

5.46 (4.45–7.90)

Niger

12.99 (11.40–15.77)

17.36 (14.94–24.31)

9.81 (7.25–16.18)

Nigeria

22.03 (16.25–27.81)

25.03 (14.38–35.69)

18.51 (8.71–28.31)

Sierra Leone

7.12 (6.43–7.40)

14.22 (11.15–15.78)

9.89 (7.67–10.67)

Chad

9.76 (6.34–18.89)

7.62 (5.35–19.46)

3.76 (2.06–11.89)

REGION TOTAL

9.46 (6.10–13.95)

13.00 (7.29–19.65)

6.69 (3.67–10.80)

8.58 (4.97–11.44)

16.70 (11.48–22.60)

10.15 (6.93–13.85)

Eastern & Southern Africa

Angola

5.98

10.85

5.29

Burundi

5.73 (4.23–7.08)

7.08 (5.90–21.71)

3.03 (2.08–9.61)

Djibouti

10.81 (10.36–13.84)

7.96 (7.85–11.89)

4.65 (3.78–5.75)

Eritrea

20.22 (18.89–21.55)

8.63 (7.76–9.51)

4.31 (4.02–4.60)

Ethiopia

16.91 (8.71–21.77)

11.29 (7.98–17.88)

5.09 (3.36–8.50)

Kenya

11.11 (8.05–14.51)

9.62 (6.84–12.78)

3.76 (2.81–5.28)

Madagascar

6.39 (3.49–7.64)

16.70 (11.69–20.74)

7.94 (5.48–10.65)

Rwanda

4.71 (3.68–5.84)

4.28 (3.43–5.75)

2.28 (1.83–3.48)

Somalia

15.55 (14.46–16.14)

20.86 (11.27–27.19)

11.27 (3.96–18.21)

South Sudan

16.36 (9.31–25.16)

16.23 (10.26–18.66)

7.95 (5.60–9.52)

Tanzania

1.90 (1.54–2.61)

5.69 (4.03–5.95)

1.18 (0.74–3.33)

Uganda

6.02 (3.92–9.43)

12.41 (9.51–15.68)

7.60 (4.31–10.33)

Zimbabwe

4.40 (4.38–4.42)

15.07 (3.36–26.78)

6.38 (2.35–10.40)

REGION TOTAL

10.03 (6.20–16.87)

11.10 (7.48–16.19)

5.02 (3.11–8.24)

18.60 (13.61–22.22)

17.52 (13.45–21.59)

9.55 (6.97–12.54)

East Asia & Pacific

Indonesia

20.10 (17.93–24.58)

22.18 (17.87–24.16)

9.24 (6.53–10.91)

Myanmar

18.87 (8.49–20.82)

26.84 (23.74–30.18)

14.19 (10.58–15.06)

Philippines

5.96 (4.74–8.67)

2.56 (1.93–3.51)

1.26 (0.95–1.62)

REGION TOTAL

18.09 (6.15–20.46)

23.90 (13.93–28.20)

11.27 (5.00–14.98)

South Asia

Afghanistan

7.23 (5.50–9.37)

15.08 (12.14–23.14)

9.54 (6.90–14.26)

Bangladesh

13.10 (11.69–15.54)

13.79 (8.96–17.61)

5.91 (4.54–7.89)

India

23.76 (18.86–35.41)

27.10 (16.65–30.58)

11.19 (7.09–13.21)

Nepal

12.21 (6.40–17.91)

19.83 (4.64–32.07)

8.87 (2.64–16.63)

Pakistan

17.87 (11.83–20.85)

19.26 (17.34–29.20)

10.55 (8.49–17.07)

REGION TOTAL

11.69 (6.83–15.54)

16.28 (11.43–23.14)

8.48 (5.60–13.10)

10.57 (6.28–16.51)

14.01 (8.81–19.95)

7.27 (4.39–11.19)