Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Central America
Central America: Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) was 0.9 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Central America, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Central America recorded 0.9 % for percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 10.0% on the previous year and down 30.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Central America peaked at 2.2 % in 2000 and was at its lowest, 0.9 %, in 2024.
Central America ranks 26th 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.
Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Central America, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2.2 % | — |
| 2001 | 2.1 % | -4.5% |
| 2002 | 2 % | -4.8% |
| 2003 | 1.9 % | -5.0% |
| 2004 | 1.9 % | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.8 % | -5.3% |
| 2006 | 1.7 % | -5.6% |
| 2007 | 1.7 % | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.6 % | -5.9% |
| 2009 | 1.6 % | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1.5 % | -6.3% |
| 2011 | 1.5 % | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1.4 % | -6.7% |
| 2013 | 1.4 % | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1.3 % | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 1.3 % | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 1.2 % | -7.7% |
| 2017 | 1.2 % | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 1.1 % | -8.3% |
| 2019 | 1.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 1.1 % | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 1 % | -9.1% |
| 2022 | 1 % | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 1 % | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.9 % | -10.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 1.85 % | 1.6 % | 2.2 % | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.3 % | 1.1 % | 1.5 % | 10 |
| 2020s | 1 % | 0.9 % | 1.1 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Central America
- 23 Guinea 6.4 % compare
- 23 Tajikistan 6.4 % compare
- 25 Sierra Leone 6.3 % compare
- 26 Ghana 5.8 % compare
- 27 Togo 5.7 % compare
- 28 Mali 5.4 % compare
- 28 Philippines 5.4 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Central America
- Sugar Crops Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -2.24 % change on previous year (2024)
- Cabbages — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.72 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Production, annual growth rate -5.48 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.1882 % change on previous year (2024)
- Vegetables Primary — Area harvested, annual growth rate -5.66 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Production, annual growth rate -1.88 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sugar Crops Primary — Yield, annual growth rate 0.3756 % change on previous year (2024)
- Roots and Tubers, Total — Production, annual growth rate 3.99 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Yield/Carcass Weight, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2024)
- Sheep and Goat Meat — Production, annual growth rate 0.487 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Central America?
- Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Central America was 0.9 % 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 Central America?
- The highest recorded value was 2.2 % in 2000.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) recorded in Central America?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.9 % in 2024.
- How does Central America rank for percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent)?
- Central America ranks 26th out of 29 groups with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) rising or falling in Central America?
- Over the last ten years it is down 30.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Central America 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.