Child Welfare · Western Africa

Guinea-Bissau Child Wasting

6%as of 2014Reported-3.6% vs 2012

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

Trend

2000 – 2014 · UNICEF

History

most recent 5 periods · UNICEF
PeriodChild Wasting
20146%
20126.2%
20105.9%
20084.8%
200011.8%

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

Child Wasting in every African country

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