Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka: Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) was 9.3 % in 2024. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Sri Lanka, 2000–2024
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Sri Lanka recorded 9.3 % for percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in 2024.
That represents a change of down 7.0% on the previous year and down 56.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Sri Lanka peaked at 21.3 % in 2012 and was at its lowest, 8.2 %, in 2021.
That places Sri Lanka 10th out of 69 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Sri Lanka, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15.9 % | — |
| 2007 | 15.2 % | -4.4% |
| 2009 | 11.8 % | -22.4% |
| 2012 | 21.3 % | +80.5% |
| 2016 | 15.1 % | -29.1% |
| 2019 | 9.9 % | -34.4% |
| 2020 | 8.6 % | -13.1% |
| 2021 | 8.2 % | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 10.1 % | +23.2% |
| 2023 | 10 % | -1.0% |
| 2024 | 9.3 % | -7.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.3 % | 11.8 % | 15.9 % | 3 |
| 2010s | 15.43 % | 9.9 % | 21.3 % | 3 |
| 2020s | 9.24 % | 8.2 % | 10.1 % | 5 |
Countries ranked near Sri Lanka
- 7 Bangladesh 10.7 % 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 United Republic of Tanzania 3.1 % compare
- 11 Democratic People's Republic of Korea 2.5 % compare
- 12 Indonesia 8.4 % compare
- 13 Benin 8.3 % compare
More agriculture & rural data for Sri Lanka
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual 9.1 % change on previous year (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.0836 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 418.3 current US$ per person (2025)
- Rural population, annual growth rate -0.9172 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Rural population, per capita 0.7955 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 8.4% (2025)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 8.4% (2025)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 2.7% (2024)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 1.9% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Sri Lanka?
- Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Sri Lanka was 9.3 % 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 Sri Lanka?
- The highest recorded value was 21.3 % in 2012.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) recorded in Sri Lanka?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.2 % in 2021.
- How does Sri Lanka rank for percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent)?
- Sri Lanka ranks 10th out of 69 countries with data for 2024.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) rising or falling in Sri Lanka?
- Over the last ten years it is down 56.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Sri Lanka 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.