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 |
|---|---|
| 2022 | 5.8% |
| 2017 | 6.8% |
| 2014 | 4.7% |
| 2011 | 6.2% |
| 2008 | 8.7% |
| 2006 | 6% |
| 2003 | 8.4% |
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.
169 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Ghana, grouped by topic.