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 | 13.6% |
| 2021 | 10.1% |
| 2020 | 6.4% |
| 2019 | 11.1% |
| 2018 | 11.5% |
| 2015 | 14.8% |
| 2012 | 11.7% |
| 2011 | 13.9% |
| 2008 | 8.1% |
| 2007 | 13.6% |
| 2000 | 15.3% |
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.
146 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Mauritania, grouped by topic.