Weight-for-height <-2 SD in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)
Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG): Weight-for-height <-2 SD was 1.3 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Weight-for-height <-2 SD in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG), 2000–2024
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) recorded 1.3 for weight-for-height <-2 sd in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 18.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, weight-for-height <-2 sd in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) peaked at 2 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 1.3, in 2022.
Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) ranks 41st of 56 groups on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Weight-for-height <-2 SD in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2 | — |
| 2001 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 2 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.9 | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 1.9 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.8 | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 1.8 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.8 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.7 | -5.6% |
| 2009 | 1.7 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.7 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1.6 | -5.9% |
| 2012 | 1.6 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1.6 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.6 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 1.5 | -6.3% |
| 2016 | 1.5 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 1.5 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.4 | -6.7% |
| 2019 | 1.4 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.4 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1.4 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 1.3 | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 1.3 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 1.3 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.86 | 1.7 | 2 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.54 | 1.4 | 1.7 | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.34 | 1.3 | 1.4 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)
More health data for Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 5,117 (2100)
- Child deaths 19,510 (2024)
- Mortality rate age 1-11 months 5.02 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-59 months 65,579 (2024)
- Child mortality rate 2.08 (2024)
- Deaths age 1-11 months 46,069 (2024)
- Mortality rate 1-59 months 7.1 (2024)
- Neonatal deaths as a percentage of under-five deaths 0.5402 (2024)
- Deaths aged 20 to 24 76,696 (2024)
- Deaths aged 10 to 19 63,158 (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is weight-for-height <-2 sd in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)?
- Weight-for-height <-2 sd in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) was 1.3 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest weight-for-height <-2 sd recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)?
- The highest recorded value was 2 in 2000.
- What is the lowest weight-for-height <-2 sd recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.3 in 2022.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) rank for weight-for-height <-2 sd?
- Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) ranks 41st out of 56 groups with data for 2024.
- Is weight-for-height <-2 sd rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 18.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean (UNSDG) data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Weight-for-height <-2 SD (wasting). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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