Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, female (% of children under 5)
✦ DISCOVERED BY ORIONAITABLEUNICEF, 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., UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), note: Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology;
World Health Organization (WHO), note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME); Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology;
World Bank (WB), note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME); Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodologyHealthGlobal
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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 months.
Columns (4)
countrystringiso3stringyearstringvaluenumber
Sample rows
| iso3 | year | value | country |
|---|---|---|---|
| AFE | 2024 | Africa Eastern and Southern | |
| AFW | 2024 | Africa Western and Central | |
| ARB | 2024 | Arab World | |
| CSS | 2024 | Caribbean small states | |
| CEB | 2024 | Central Europe and the Baltics | |
| EAR | 2024 | Early-demographic dividend | |
| EAS | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific | |
| EAP | 2024 | East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) |
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