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

This dataset provides data on the prevalence of wasting in children under 5. Wasting is defined as low weight for height.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Dataset topic category
  • Food security
  • Public health
  • SDG2 Zero Hunger
Language
  • English
Use limitations The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license allows users to copy, modify and distribute data in any format for any purpose, including commercial use. Users are only obligated to give appropriate credit (attribution) and indicate if they have made any changes, including translations.
Temporal extent's start date January 1, 1983
Temporal extent's end date December 31, 2017
GeoNames
  • Global
Process Step Go to the World Bank Open Data website (https://data.worldbank.org), search for wasting in children under 5 and the website will display the numbers. It is possible to download the datasets.
Lineage The World Bank Open Data
Responsible party The World Bank https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/contacts
Format version the dataset is in xls format
License Creative Commons Attribution
Copyright Yes
Keywords wasting,malnutrition,undernutrition
Date uploaded December 17, 2019, 08:38 (UTC)
Date modified January 6, 2020, 08:21 (UTC)