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 |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 6.3% |
| 2019 | 5.4% |
| 2014 | 4.6% |
| 2010 | 7.5% |
| 2005 | 10.2% |
| 2000 | 11.6% |
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.
149 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Sierra Leone, grouped by topic.