Share of children under 5 who are wasted (low weight-for-height), a marker of acute undernutrition. Source: UNICEF. Retrieved 15 Aug 2026.
2 observations are available since 2006. At least 4 are needed to show a trend chart.
| Period | Child Wasting |
|---|---|
| 2009 | 14.3% |
| 2006 | 13.3% |
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.
134 of 207 indicators carry a figure for Somalia, grouped by topic.