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 |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 7.2% |
| 2017 | 6.4% |
| 2013 | 8.1% |
| 2010 | 8.5% |
| 2007 | 10.4% |
| 2001 | 15.9% |
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.
165 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Democratic Republic of the Congo, grouped by topic.