Bangladesh | Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of wasting is the proportion of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. Limitations and exceptions: Survey estimates come with levels of uncertainty due to both sampling error and non-sampling error (e.g., measurement technical error, recording error etc.,). None of the two sources of errors have been fully taken into account for deriving estimates neither at country nor at regional or worldwide levels. Surveys are carried out in a specific period of the year, usually over a few months. However, this indicator can be affected by seasonality, factors related to food availability (e.g., pre-harvest periods), disease (e.g.,rainy season and diarrhoea, malaria, etc.), and natural disasters and conflicts. Hence, country-year estimates may not necessarily be comparable over time. Consequently, only latest estimates are provided.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Records
63
Source
Bangladesh | Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)
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1967
1968
1969
1970
1971
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
1978
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986 17.3
1987
1988
1989
1990 17.5
1991 15.2
1992 16.1
1993 14
1994 16.7
1995 15.1
1996 15.5
1997 20.7
1998 15
1999 13.7
2000 12.5
2001 12.7
2002 12.4
2003 12.5
2004 14.6
2005 14.5
2006 11.9
2007 17.5
2008
2009
2010
2011 15.7
2012 13.4
2013 9.6
2014 14.4
2015 15.6
2016
2017
2018 8.4
2019 9.8
2020
2021
2022

Bangladesh | Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of wasting is the proportion of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. Limitations and exceptions: Survey estimates come with levels of uncertainty due to both sampling error and non-sampling error (e.g., measurement technical error, recording error etc.,). None of the two sources of errors have been fully taken into account for deriving estimates neither at country nor at regional or worldwide levels. Surveys are carried out in a specific period of the year, usually over a few months. However, this indicator can be affected by seasonality, factors related to food availability (e.g., pre-harvest periods), disease (e.g.,rainy season and diarrhoea, malaria, etc.), and natural disasters and conflicts. Hence, country-year estimates may not necessarily be comparable over time. Consequently, only latest estimates are provided.
Publisher
The World Bank
Origin
People's Republic of Bangladesh
Records
63
Source