Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Yemen
Yemen: Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) was 16.8 % in 2022. ▼ Falling
Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Yemen, 2003–2022
Source: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Measured in %.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 16.8 % for percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in 2022. That is the highest value across all 6 years on record.
That represents a change of up 68.0% on the previous year and up 26.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Yemen peaked at 16.8 % in 2022 and was at its lowest, 10 %, in 2021.
Yemen ranks 2nd of 69 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Yemen, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 15.3 % | — |
| 2005 | 13.8 % | -9.8% |
| 2011 | 13.3 % | -3.6% |
| 2013 | 16.4 % | +23.3% |
| 2021 | 10 % | -39.0% |
| 2022 | 16.8 % | +68.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.55 % | 13.8 % | 15.3 % | 2 |
| 2010s | 14.85 % | 13.3 % | 16.4 % | 2 |
| 2020s | 13.4 % | 10 % | 16.8 % | 2 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 1 India 18.7 % compare
- 1 Lao People's Democratic Republic 10.7 % compare
- 3 Mauritania 13.6 % compare
- 3 Timor-Leste 8.3 % compare
- 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
More agriculture & rural data for Yemen
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), annual -14.18 % change on previous year (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 0.2875 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Agriculture, forestry, and fishing, value added (current US$), per 182.21 current US$ per person (2018)
- Rural population, annual growth rate 2.57 % change on previous year (2025)
- Rural population, per unit of GDP 0.001 units per US$ of GDP (2018)
- Rural population, per capita 0.6297 units per person (2025)
- Share of GDP from agriculture 28.7% (2018)
- Agriculture as a share of GDP vs. GDP per capita 28.7% (2018)
- Agricultural raw materials exports 0.0% (2019)
- Agricultural raw materials imports 0.6% (2019)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Yemen?
- Percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) in Yemen was 16.8 % 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 Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 16.8 % in 2022.
- What is the lowest percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 10 % in 2021.
- How does Yemen rank for percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent)?
- Yemen ranks 2nd out of 69 countries with data for 2022.
- Is percentage of children under 5 years affected by wasting (percent) rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 26.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Yemen 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.