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 |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 7.8% |
| 2022 | 5% |
| 2020 | 5.7% |
| 2019 | 4.8% |
| 2018 | 4.8% |
| 2016 | 5.1% |
| 2012 | 8% |
| 2010 | 6% |
| 2005 | 9% |
| 2000 | 8.1% |
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.
148 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Burundi, grouped by topic.