Child Welfare · Western Africa

Mauritania Child Wasting

13.6%as of 2022Reported+34.4% vs 2021

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 – 2022 · UNICEF

History

most recent 11 periods · UNICEF
PeriodChild Wasting
202213.6%
202110.1%
20206.4%
201911.1%
201811.5%
201514.8%
201211.7%
201113.9%
20088.1%
200713.6%
200015.3%

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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