Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Uganda
Uganda: Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value was 0.2 million No in 2022. ▼ Falling
Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — Value in Uganda, 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 Uganda is 0.2 million No, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 33.3% on the previous year and down 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Uganda peaked at 0.4 million No in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.2 million No, in 2000.
That places Uganda 17th out of 42 countries with data for 2022, 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 Uganda, year by year
| Year | million No | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.2 million No | — |
| 2006 | 0.4 million No | +100.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3 million No | -25.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3 million No | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.4 million No | +33.3% |
| 2016 | 0.2 million No | -50.0% |
| 2018 | 0.2 million No | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.3 million No | +50.0% |
| 2022 | 0.2 million No | -33.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.3 million No | 0.2 million No | 0.4 million No | 3 |
| 2010s | 0.2833 million No | 0.2 million No | 0.4 million No | 6 |
| 2020s | 0.25 million No | 0.2 million No | 0.3 million No | 2 |
Countries ranked near Uganda
- 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 Sri Lanka 0.2 million No compare
- 17 Thailand 0.2 million No compare
More agriculture & rural data for Uganda
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 22.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2613 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 315.24 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0006 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6806 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 26.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 26.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 1.4% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Uganda?
- Number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value in Uganda was 0.2 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4 million No in 2006.
- What is the lowest number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2 million No in 2000.
- How does Uganda rank for number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value?
- Uganda ranks 17th out of 42 countries with data for 2022.
- Is number of children under 5 years affected by wasting (million) — value rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Uganda 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.