Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: 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 Sri Lanka, 2000–2024
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 Sri Lanka is 0.2 million No, measured in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 50.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Sri Lanka peaked at 0.4 million No in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0.1 million No, in 2020.
That places Sri Lanka 17th out of 42 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.3 million No | — |
| 2007 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.2 million No | -33.3% |
| 2012 | 0.4 million No | +100.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3 million No | -25.0% |
| 2019 | 0.2 million No | -33.3% |
| 2020 | 0.1 million No | -50.0% |
| 2021 | 0.1 million No | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2 million No | +100.0% |
| 2023 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.2667 million No | 0.2 million No | 0.3 million No | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.3 million No | 0.2 million No | 0.4 million No | 3 |
| 2020s | 0.16 million No | 0.1 million No | 0.2 million No | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 17 Benin 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Burundi 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Cambodia 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Cameroon 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Ghana 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Iraq 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Mali 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Mozambique 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Nepal 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Russian Federation 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Senegal 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Thailand 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Uganda 0.2 million No compare
- 20 Côte d'Ivoire 0.4 million No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Sri Lanka?
- Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Sri Lanka 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4 million No in 2012.
- What is the lowest number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1 million No in 2020.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value?
- Sri Lanka ranks 17th out of 42 countries with data for 2024.
- Is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 50.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.