Share of children under 5 who are wasted (low weight-for-height), a marker of acute undernutrition. Source: UNICEF. Retrieved 15 Aug 2026.
| Period | Child Wasting |
|---|---|
| 2020 | 9.7% |
| 2019 | 8.1% |
| 2018 | 8.4% |
| 2017 | 8.6% |
| 2016 | 7.5% |
| 2015 | 10.2% |
| 2014 | 8.5% |
| 2013 | 8.1% |
| 2012 | 10.7% |
| 2011 | 10.4% |
| 2009 | 11.3% |
7 countries carry a recent wasting prevalence among children under 5 figure. Each opens its own page with the history, the source and the API request.
164 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Burkina Faso, grouped by topic.