Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Southern Africa
Southern Africa: Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value was 0.2 million No in 2024. ▼ Falling
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Southern Africa, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in million No.
Analysis
Southern Africa recorded 0.2 million No for number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Southern Africa peaked at 0.3 million No in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.2 million No, in 2004.
Southern Africa ranks 23rd of 29 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Southern Africa, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3 million No | — |
| 2001 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2 million No | -33.3% |
| 2005 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3 million No | +50.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.2 million No | -33.3% |
| 2014 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.27 million No | 0.2 million No | 0.3 million No | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.23 million No | 0.2 million No | 0.3 million No | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.2 million No | 0.2 million No | 0.2 million No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Southern Africa
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 0.4 million No compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Southern Africa?
- Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Southern Africa was 0.2 million No in 2024, 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 Southern Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3 million No in 2000.
- What is the lowest number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value recorded in Southern Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2 million No in 2004.
- How does Southern Africa rank for number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value?
- Southern Africa ranks 23rd out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value rising or falling in Southern Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Southern Africa 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.