Prevalence of wasting among children worldwide in 2020, by region

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John Elflein,
Aug 26, 2022
In the year 2020, around 6.7 percent of children globally were wasted. Wasting is the process by which muscle and fat tissues "waste" away, it is sometimes called acute malnutrition. Data on wasting indicates the vast majority of such children live in Asia.

Percentage of children worldwide with wasting in 2020, by region

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July 2022

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

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