Weight-for-height <-3 SD (severe wasting) by country
Countries reporting
84
Highest
7.53
India
Lowest
0
United States
Median
1.03
Years covered
39
1986–2024
Data points
2,174
What the numbers show
Weight-for-height <-3 SD (severe wasting) is currently reported for 84 countries. The highest value is 7.53 in India; the lowest is 0 in United States.
The median across all reporting countries is 1.03, and the mean is 1.28.
Over the past decade 29 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 287.5%), and the largest decrease in United States (down 100.0%).
Weight-for-height <-3 SD: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 7.53 | 2020 | up 11.1% | flat |
| 2 | Yemen | 5.17 | 2022 | up 52.1% | falling |
| 3 | Nigeria | 3.1 | 2021 | down 1.2% | falling |
| 3 | Oman | 3.1 | 2017 | up 287.5% | volatile |
| 5 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 2.7 | 2023 | up 93.1% | volatile |
| 6 | Mauritania | 2.6 | 2022 | up 39.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Thailand | 2.51 | 2022 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 8 | Benin | 2.44 | 2021 | up 121.9% | volatile |
| 9 | Pakistan | 2.43 | 2018 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 10 | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.39 | 2021 | up 197.3% | volatile |
| 11 | Sierra Leone | 2.36 | 2021 | up 46.0% | volatile |
| 12 | Cambodia | 2.35 | 2021 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 13 | Djibouti | 2.3 | 2023 | down 33.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Niger | 2.13 | 2022 | down 19.8% | falling |
| 15 | Burundi | 2.1 | 2024 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 16 | Indonesia | 2.08 | 2023 | down 68.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Maldives | 2.01 | 2017 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 18 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 1.9 | 2023 | down 33.6% | falling |
| 19 | Guyana | 1.85 | 2019 | up 48.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Armenia | 1.75 | 2016 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 21 | Bangladesh | 1.74 | 2022 | down 13.2% | falling |
| 22 | Central African Republic | 1.6 | 2022 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 22 | Tajikistan | 1.6 | 2023 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 22 | Zimbabwe | 1.6 | 2024 | up 121.7% | volatile |
| 25 | Cameroon | 1.59 | 2018 | down 39.7% | flat |
| 26 | Guinea-Bissau | 1.53 | 2019 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Zambia | 1.52 | 2018 | down 34.9% | falling |
| 28 | Chad | 1.5 | 2022 | down 76.3% | falling |
| 29 | Madagascar | 1.48 | 2021 | up 51.7% | falling |
| 30 | Timor-Leste | 1.47 | 2020 | down 80.5% | volatile |
| 31 | Egypt | 1.47 | 2021 | down 61.1% | rising |
| 32 | Kyrgyzstan | 1.3 | 2023 | up 3.6% | falling |
| 33 | Russian Federation | 1.28 | 2005 | down 11.4% | falling |
| 34 | Algeria | 1.28 | 2019 | down 26.6% | volatile |
| 35 | Guinea | 1.26 | 2022 | down 68.8% | falling |
| 36 | Saudi Arabia | 1.2 | 2020 | unchanged | volatile |
| 37 | Ghana | 1.17 | 2022 | down 16.6% | falling |
| 38 | Ethiopia | 1.11 | 2019 | down 61.5% | falling |
| 39 | Senegal | 1.1 | 2023 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 40 | Togo | 1.1 | 2017 | up 56.6% | volatile |
| 41 | Uzbekistan | 1.09 | 2021 | down 32.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 1.05 | 2015 | down 54.4% | falling |
| 43 | Uganda | 1 | 2022 | up 201.9% | falling |
| 43 | Viet Nam | 1 | 2020 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 45 | Jamaica | 0.9919 | 2018 | up 263.6% | volatile |
| 46 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.9196 | 2022 | down 45.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Haiti | 0.9108 | 2023 | down 49.4% | volatile |
| 48 | Myanmar | 0.9 | 2018 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 48 | Mongolia | 0.9 | 2023 | up 143.5% | volatile |
| 50 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.8988 | 2016 | up 85.7% | falling |
| 51 | Kuwait | 0.8625 | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 52 | Burkina Faso | 0.8617 | 2021 | down 60.5% | volatile |
| 53 | Nepal | 0.8096 | 2022 | down 72.3% | falling |
| 54 | Sri Lanka | 0.8 | 2024 | down 73.7% | falling |
| 55 | Philippines | 0.753 | 2021 | down 62.2% | falling |
| 56 | Mozambique | 0.7284 | 2022 | down 69.4% | falling |
| 57 | China | 0.7 | 2010 | up 40.0% | falling |
| 57 | Mali | 0.7 | 2024 | down 76.6% | volatile |
| 57 | El Salvador | 0.7 | 2021 | up 48.6% | rising |
| 60 | Türkiye | 0.6469 | 2018 | up 99.0% | falling |
| 61 | Azerbaijan | 0.6382 | 2023 | down 42.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Palestine, State of | 0.6364 | 2020 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 63 | Gambia | 0.5948 | 2020 | down 81.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Kenya | 0.5765 | 2022 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 65 | Liberia | 0.5148 | 2019 | down 35.6% | volatile |
| 66 | Dominican Republic | 0.51 | 2019 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 67 | Morocco | 0.5 | 2019 | down 48.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Eswatini | 0.4903 | 2021 | up 36.2% | volatile |
| 69 | Honduras | 0.4721 | 2019 | up 44.8% | rising |
| 70 | Colombia | 0.4034 | 2016 | down 5.1% | falling |
| 71 | Jordan | 0.3904 | 2023 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 72 | Paraguay | 0.3597 | 2016 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 73 | Uruguay | 0.2469 | 2018 | down 38.3% | falling |
| 74 | Lesotho | 0.2463 | 2024 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 75 | Finland | 0.2 | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 75 | Guatemala | 0.2 | 2021 | up 23.2% | volatile |
| 75 | Malawi | 0.2 | 2020 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 78 | Rwanda | 0.1967 | 2020 | down 78.2% | volatile |
| 79 | United Kingdom | 0.1 | 2019 | unchanged | volatile |
| 79 | Korea | 0.1 | 2020 | unchanged | falling |
| 81 | Ecuador | 0.0806 | 2024 | down 86.3% | volatile |
| 82 | Mexico | 0.0511 | 2022 | down 87.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Peru | 0.0451 | 2023 | down 77.2% | volatile |
| 84 | United States | 0 | 2018 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia (World Bank regions) 4.6
- Asia Meridional 4.5
- Southern Asia (UNSDG) 4.4
- South-East Asia (WHO regions) 4.3
- Central and Southern Asia (UNSDG) 4.2
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) (UNSDG) 3.2
- Asia (UNSDG) 2.8
- World Bank (lower middle income) 2.7
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO regions) 2.2
- World 1.9
- South-eastern Asia (UNSDG) 1.8
- Oriente Medio y África del Norte 1.6