Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Philippines
Philippines: Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value was 0.6 million No in 2021. ▼ Falling
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Philippines, 2003–2021
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
Philippines recorded 0.6 million No for number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 8 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Philippines peaked at 0.9 million No in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.6 million No, in 2018.
That places Philippines 8th out of 42 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the top quarter.
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Philippines, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.7 million No | — |
| 2008 | 0.8 million No | +14.3% |
| 2011 | 0.9 million No | +12.5% |
| 2013 | 0.9 million No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8 million No | -11.1% |
| 2018 | 0.6 million No | -25.0% |
| 2019 | 0.6 million No | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.6 million No | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.75 million No | 0.7 million No | 0.8 million No | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.76 million No | 0.6 million No | 0.9 million No | 5 |
| 2020s | 0.6 million No | 0.6 million No | 0.6 million No | 1 |
Countries ranked near Philippines
- 5 Viet Nam 0.3 million No compare
- 6 Ethiopia 1.2 million No compare
- 7 Yemen 1 million No compare
- 9 Niger 0.5 million No compare
- 10 Egypt 0.4 million No compare
- 11 Burkina Faso 0.3 million No compare
- 11 Chad 0.3 million No compare
- 11 Kenya 0.3 million No compare
- 11 Madagascar 0.3 million No compare
- 11 Malaysia 0.3 million No compare
- 11 Myanmar 0.3 million No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Philippines
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -0.2488 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0859 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 358.34 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.0874 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.6% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.6% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.1% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Philippines?
- Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Philippines was 0.6 million No in 2021, 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 Philippines?
- The highest recorded value was 0.9 million No in 2011.
- What is the lowest number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value recorded in Philippines?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.6 million No in 2018.
- How does Philippines rank for number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value?
- Philippines ranks 8th out of 42 countries with data for 2021.
- Is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value rising or falling in Philippines?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Philippines 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.