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Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)

Prevalence of severe wasting is the proportion of children under age 5 whose weight for height is more than three standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months.

wb-indicators:SH.SVR.WAST.ZS

Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)

World Bank

Publisher
World Bank
Source
World Bank Indicators (wb-indicators)
Status
Active
Formats
JSON
Licence
CC-BY-4.0 — World Bank Terms — CC BY 4.0 (Indicators API) · open
Standard
WB API v2
Dataset id
wb-indicators:SH.SVR.WAST.ZS
Last verified
2026-08-16