Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Senegal
Senegal: Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) was 10.2 % in 2023. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Senegal, 2000–2023
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Senegal stood at 10.2 %. That is the highest value across all 12 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Senegal peaked at 10.2 % in 2023 and was at its lowest, 7.1 %, in 2016.
That places Senegal 8th out of 69 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 12 years of available data.
Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Senegal, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 10 % | — |
| 2005 | 8.7 % | -13.0% |
| 2011 | 9.8 % | +12.6% |
| 2012 | 8.7 % | -11.2% |
| 2013 | 9 % | +3.4% |
| 2014 | 8 % | -11.1% |
| 2015 | 8.9 % | +11.3% |
| 2016 | 7.1 % | -20.2% |
| 2017 | 9 % | +26.8% |
| 2018 | 7.8 % | -13.3% |
| 2019 | 8.1 % | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 10.2 % | +25.9% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 9.35 % | 8.7 % | 10 % | 2 |
| 2010s | 8.49 % | 7.1 % | 9.8 % | 9 |
| 2020s | 10.2 % | 10.2 % | 10.2 % | 1 |
Countries ranked near Senegal
- 5 Côte d'Ivoire 8.1 % compare
- 5 Malaysia 11 % compare
- 6 Niger 10.9 % compare
- 7 Bangladesh 10.7 % compare
- 7 Viet Nam 4.4 % 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
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.5 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Senegal
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 26.22 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.1708 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 333.94 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.4423 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 17.1% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 17.1% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.8% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.2% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Senegal?
- Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Senegal was 10.2 % in 2023, 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 Senegal?
- The highest recorded value was 10.2 % in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) recorded in Senegal?
- The lowest recorded value was 7.1 % in 2016.
- How does Senegal rank for percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent)?
- Senegal ranks 8th out of 69 countries with data for 2023.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) rising or falling in Senegal?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Senegal 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.