Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) was 10.7 % in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Bangladesh, 2000–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Bangladesh recorded 10.7 % for percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in 2022.
That represents a change of up 9.2% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Bangladesh peaked at 17.5 % in 2007 and was at its lowest, 8.4 %, in 2018.
That places Bangladesh 7th out of 69 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 12.5 % | — |
| 2001 | 12.7 % | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 12.4 % | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 12.5 % | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 14.6 % | +16.8% |
| 2005 | 14.5 % | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 11.9 % | -17.9% |
| 2007 | 17.5 % | +47.1% |
| 2011 | 15.7 % | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 11 % | -29.9% |
| 2013 | 9.6 % | -12.7% |
| 2014 | 14.4 % | +50.0% |
| 2015 | 10 % | -30.6% |
| 2018 | 8.4 % | -16.0% |
| 2019 | 9.8 % | +16.7% |
| 2022 | 10.7 % | +9.2% |
Bangladesh compared with similar countries
- Bangladesh's 10.7 % is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 5.75 %, 1.9× the median. (24 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 13.57 % | 11.9 % | 17.5 % | 8 |
| 2010s | 11.27 % | 8.4 % | 15.7 % | 7 |
| 2020s | 10.7 % | 10.7 % | 10.7 % | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
- 4 Democratic Republic of the Congo 7.2 % compare
- 4 Nigeria 11.6 % compare
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 8.1 % compare
- 5 Malaysia 11 % compare
- 6 Niger 10.9 % compare
- 7 Viet Nam 4.4 % compare
- 8 Senegal 10.2 % compare
- 8 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 4.1 % compare
- 9 Cambodia 9.6 % compare
- 10 Burkina Faso 9.3 % compare
- 10 Sri Lanka 9.3 % compare
- 10 United Republic of Tanzania 3.1 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Bangladesh
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 3.73 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1142 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 296.72 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 0.38 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0003 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6676 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 11.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 11.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 6.0% (2018)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Bangladesh?
- Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Bangladesh was 10.7 % in 2022, according to Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
- What is the highest percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 17.5 % in 2007.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4 % in 2018.
- How does Bangladesh rank for percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent)?
- Bangladesh ranks 7th out of 69 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, published as part of Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) — 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.