Child Welfare · Middle Africa

Equatorial Guinea Child Wasting

3.1%as of 2011Reported+13.6% vs 2004

Share of children under 5 who are wasted (low weight-for-height), a marker of acute undernutrition. Source: UNICEF. Retrieved 15 Aug 2026.

History

most recent 3 periods · UNICEF

3 observations are available since 2000. At least 4 are needed to show a trend chart.

PeriodChild Wasting
20113.1%
20042.7%
20009.2%

Child Wasting across Africa

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CountryChild WastingPeriod
Nigeria11.6%2021
Kenya4.5%2022
South Africa3.6%2017
Egypt3.3%2021
Ghana5.8%2022
Ethiopia6.8%2019

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