Children aged <5 years wasted for age in Chile
Chile: Children aged <5 years wasted for age was 0.3% in 2014. ▼ Falling
Children aged <5 years wasted for age in Chile, 1984–2014
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for children aged <5 years wasted for age in Chile is 0.3%, measured in 2014. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 40.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children aged <5 years wasted for age in Chile peaked at 0.7% in 1986 and was at its lowest, 0.3%, in 2007.
Chile ranks 77th of 77 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Children aged <5 years wasted for age in Chile, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1984 | 0.5% | — |
| 1986 | 0.7% | +40.0% |
| 1994 | 0.5% | -28.6% |
| 1995 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.6% | +20.0% |
| 1999 | 0.5% | -16.7% |
| 2001 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | -40.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.6% | 0.5% | 0.7% | 2 |
| 1990s | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.6% | 5 |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.3% | 0.5% | 7 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 2 |
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More health data for Chile
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.71 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4062 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,755 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 115 (2100)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 0.4646 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per capita 0.3459 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, annual growth rate 0.4296 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, per capita 0.6886 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children aged <5 years wasted for age in Chile?
- Children aged <5 years wasted for age in Chile was 0.3% in 2014, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest children aged <5 years wasted for age recorded in Chile?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7% in 1986.
- What is the lowest children aged <5 years wasted for age recorded in Chile?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3% in 2007.
- How does Chile rank for children aged <5 years wasted for age?
- Chile ranks 77th out of 77 countries with data for 2014.
- Is children aged <5 years wasted for age rising or falling in Chile?
- Over the last ten years it is down 40.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Chile data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Children aged <5 years wasted for age (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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