Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Mexico

Mexico: Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value was 0.1 million No in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
0.1 million No
Change on year
down 50.0%
World rank
31st
of 42 countries
All-time high
0.6 million No
in 2005
All-time low
0.1 million No
in 2015
Years of data
10
2002–2022

Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Mexico, 2002–2022

0.10.20.30.40.50.62002201220222002: 0.3 million No2005: 0.6 million No2006: 0.2 million No2012: 0.2 million No2015: 0.1 million No2016: 0.2 million No2019: 0.2 million No2020: 0.2 million No2021: 0.2 million No2022: 0.1 million No

Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.

Analysis

Mexico recorded 0.1 million No for number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 10 years on record.

That represents a change of down 50.0% on the previous year and down 50.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Mexico peaked at 0.6 million No in 2005 and was at its lowest, 0.1 million No, in 2015.

Mexico ranks 31st of 42 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Mexico, year by year

Annual values for Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Mexico, 2002 to 2022.
Year million No Change
2002 0.3 million No
2005 0.6 million No +100.0%
2006 0.2 million No -66.7%
2012 0.2 million No +0.0%
2015 0.1 million No -50.0%
2016 0.2 million No +100.0%
2019 0.2 million No +0.0%
2020 0.2 million No +0.0%
2021 0.2 million No +0.0%
2022 0.1 million No -50.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 0.3667 million No 0.2 million No 0.6 million No 3
2010s 0.175 million No 0.1 million No 0.2 million No 4
2020s 0.1667 million No 0.1 million No 0.2 million No 3

Countries ranked near Mexico

  1. 31 Algeria 0.1 million No compare
  2. 31 Central African Republic 0.1 million No compare
  3. 31 Guinea 0.1 million No compare
  4. 31 Haiti 0.1 million No compare
  5. 31 Malawi 0.1 million No compare
  6. 31 Mauritania 0.1 million No compare
  7. 31 Saudi Arabia 0.1 million No compare
  8. 31 Sierra Leone 0.1 million No compare
  9. 31 Tajikistan 0.1 million No compare
  10. 31 Togo 0.1 million No compare
  11. 31 Zimbabwe 0.1 million No compare

See the full ranking of 81 places →

More agriculture & rural data for Mexico

All data for Mexico →

Frequently asked questions

What is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Mexico?
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Mexico was 0.1 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 Mexico?
The highest recorded value was 0.6 million No in 2005.
What is the lowest number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value recorded in Mexico?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1 million No in 2015.
How does Mexico rank for number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value?
Mexico ranks 31st out of 42 countries with data for 2022.
Is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value rising or falling in Mexico?
Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Mexico 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 10 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Mexico. Statizoid, drawing on Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/number-of-children-under-5-years-affected-by-wasting-million-value/mexico/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://agriculture.statizoid.com/stat/number-of-children-under-5-years-affected-by-wasting-million-value/mexico/">Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Mexico</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value
Unit
million No
Source
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO (FAO)
Coverage
81 places, 1,179 data points, 2000–2024
Last refreshed

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.