Weight-for-height <-3 SD in Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions)
Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions): Weight-for-height <-3 SD was 0.3 in 2024. ▼ Falling
Weight-for-height <-3 SD in Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions), 2000–2024
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions) recorded 0.3 for weight-for-height <-3 sd in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
The figure is down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, weight-for-height <-3 sd in Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions) peaked at 0.6 in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.3, in 2016.
That places Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions) 40th out of 56 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Weight-for-height <-3 SD in Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.6 | — |
| 2001 | 0.5 | -16.7% |
| 2002 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.5 | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.4 | -20.0% |
| 2009 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3 | -25.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.3 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.49 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.36 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions)
More health data for Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions)
- Live Births Surviving to Age 1 5,103 (2100)
- Prevalence of overweight among adults, BMI ≥ 25 65.27 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among adults, BMI ≥ 30 29.82 (2022)
- Prevalence of underweight among adults, BMI < 18.5 2.49 (2022)
- Percentage of overweight among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +1 36.17 (2022)
- Prevalence of obesity among children aged 5-19 years, BMI > +2 15.71 (2022)
- Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 2.48 (2022)
- Prevalence of low birth weight among new-borns 9.71 (2020)
- Weight-for-height <-2 SD 1.3 (2024)
All data for Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions) →
Frequently asked questions
- What is weight-for-height <-3 sd in Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions)?
- Weight-for-height <-3 sd in Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions) was 0.3 in 2024, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest weight-for-height <-3 sd recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions)?
- The highest recorded value was 0.6 in 2000.
- What is the lowest weight-for-height <-3 sd recorded in Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions)?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3 in 2016.
- How does Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions) rank for weight-for-height <-3 sd?
- Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions) ranks 40th out of 56 groups with data for 2024.
- Is weight-for-height <-3 sd rising or falling in Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latin America and the Caribbean (World Bank regions) data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Weight-for-height <-3 SD (severe wasting). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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