Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Caribbean
Caribbean: Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) was 2.9 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Caribbean, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Caribbean recorded 2.9 % for percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 6.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Caribbean peaked at 3.4 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 2.9 %, in 2021.
That places Caribbean 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Caribbean, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 3.4 % | — |
| 2001 | 3.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 3.3 % | -2.9% |
| 2003 | 3.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 3.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 3.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 3.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 3.2 % | -3.0% |
| 2008 | 3.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 3.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 3.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 3.1 % | -3.1% |
| 2012 | 3.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 3.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 3.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 3.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 3 % | -3.2% |
| 2017 | 3 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 3 % | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 3 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 3 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 2.9 % | -3.3% |
| 2022 | 2.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 2.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 2.9 % | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.29 % | 3.2 % | 3.4 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.07 % | 3 % | 3.2 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 2.92 % | 2.9 % | 3 % | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Caribbean?
- Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Caribbean was 2.9 % in 2024, 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 Caribbean?
- The highest recorded value was 3.4 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) recorded in Caribbean?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.9 % in 2021.
- How does Caribbean rank for percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent)?
- Caribbean ranks 20th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) rising or falling in Caribbean?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Caribbean 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.