Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Kenya
Kenya: Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value was 0.3 million No in 2022. ▼ Falling
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Kenya, 2000–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
The most recent figure for number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Kenya is 0.3 million No, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Kenya peaked at 0.5 million No in 2008 and was at its lowest, 0.3 million No, in 2014.
That places Kenya 11th out of 42 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top quarter.
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Kenya, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.4 million No | — |
| 2003 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.4 million No | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.5 million No | +25.0% |
| 2011 | 0.4 million No | -20.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3 million No | -25.0% |
| 2016 | 0.5 million No | +66.7% |
| 2022 | 0.3 million No | -40.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.425 million No | 0.4 million No | 0.5 million No | 4 |
| 2010s | 0.4 million No | 0.3 million No | 0.5 million No | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.3 million No | 0.3 million No | 0.3 million No | 1 |
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More agriculture & rural data for Kenya
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 16.52 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2316 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 547.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.47 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6779 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 23.2% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 23.2% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 12.9% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 2.0% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Kenya?
- Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Kenya was 0.3 million No in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value recorded in Kenya?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5 million No in 2008.
- What is the lowest number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value recorded in Kenya?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3 million No in 2014.
- How does Kenya rank for number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value?
- Kenya ranks 11th out of 42 countries with data for 2022.
- Is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value rising or falling in Kenya?
- Over the last ten years it is down 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Kenya data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The Suite of Food Security Indicators presents the core set of food security indicators. Following the recommendation of experts gathered in the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Round Table on hunger measurement, hosted at FAO headquarters in September 2011, an initial set of indicators aiming to capture various aspects of food insecurity is presented here. The choice of the indicators has been informed by expert judgement and the availability of data with sufficient coverage to enable comparisons across regions and over time. Many of these indicators are produced and published elsewhere by FAO and other international organizations. They are reported here in a single database with the aim of building a wide food security information system. More indicators will be added to this set as more data will become available. Indicators are classified along the four dimensions of food security -- availability, access, utilization and stability.