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VietnamChild Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)
Unit: percent of children under age 5
Source: World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory) [WHO.CHILD_WASTING]
Measurement definition and metadata source
Publisher measure: Wasting prevalence among children under 5 years of age (% weight-for-height <-2 SD), survey-based estimates
Weight-for-height below -2 SD, WHO country-level survey estimates, both sexes, no additional disaggregation; retain survey comments. Reference years are irregular survey labels; fieldwork windows were not supplied by the retained projection. Matching year labels do not prove matching collection periods.
Publisher metadata, retrieved . That is when the definition was last checked, not when these figures were published.
Measurement basis: survey-based estimate; reference years are irregular.
Reference-period cadence: irregular survey reference years.
Label correction: These are survey-based country estimates for children under five, both sexes. They are not interpolated annual observations or subgroup estimates. Correction record.
These are source-reported readings. A “<” sign means strictly below the stated number. Upper bounds remain visible in tables and downloads; point charts and statistics omit them. A common year can include a reported upper bound.
Source retrieved 2026-09-07. Download this immutable source capture. Read the source correction.
Same-year comparison · 2023
Every value is for 2023, the latest year before 2026 in this history range with a figure for every selected country, so the values compare directly. Figures for past years can still be revised.
| Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 4.4% | 2023 |
Displayed values are rounded. Downloads retain stored numerical precision and identify missing readings.
The year is the one the source reports. Check the source definition and notes for what is measured; the date the data was retrieved is not the date the source published it.
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.
History · 1988–2023
Reported estimates and uncertainty · 36 rows
Each comparison sign applies to its own reading or uncertainty endpoint. Values retain source precision. “Not reported” identifies an absent reading or uncertainty endpoint in this source capture.
| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 1988 | 11.1 | Not reported | Not reported | Report on re-analyzed data collected by the General Nutrition Survey 1987-89. Department of Planning. Hanoi, Viet Nam, 1991 Converted estimate |
| Vietnam | 1989 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Vietnam | 1990 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Vietnam | 1991 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Vietnam | 1992 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Vietnam | 1993 | 6.7 | 5.8 | 7.7 | Viet Nam living standards survey 1992-93 (VNLSS). Washington, D.C.: The World Bank, 1998 |
| Vietnam | 1994 | 13.5 | Not reported | Not reported | Viet Nam: Xerophthalmia free; 1994 national Vitamin A deficiency and protein-energy malnutrition prevalence survey. Consultancy report 5-17 March 1995. National Institute of Nutrition. Hanoi, Viet Nam, 1995 Converted estimate |
| Vietnam | 1995 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Vietnam | 1996 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Vietnam | 1997 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Vietnam | 1998 | 11.9 | Not reported | Not reported | National protein energy malnutrition survey, Viet Nam 1998. National Institute of Nutrition, Hanoi, Viet Nam and Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Newcastle, Australia, 1999 Converted estimate |
| Vietnam | 1999 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 11.3 | 1999 Annual national nutrition monitoring. Nutrition Surveillance Department. Hanoi, Vietnam: National Institute of Nutrition, 2009 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Vietnam | 2000 | 6.1 | 4.8 | 7.7 | Multiple indicator cluster survey Viet Nam, 2000. New York: UNICEF, 2004. Standard tables Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Vietnam | 2001 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Vietnam | 2002 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 9.1 | 2002 Annual national nutrition monitoring. Nutrition Surveillance Department. Hanoi, Vietnam: National Institute of Nutrition, 2009 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Vietnam | 2003 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 11.2 | 2003 Annual national nutrition monitoring. Nutrition Surveillance Department. Hanoi, Vietnam: National Institute of Nutrition, 2009 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Vietnam | 2004 | 11.2 | 10.8 | 11.6 | 2004 Annual national nutrition monitoring. Nutrition Surveillance Department. Hanoi, Vietnam: National Institute of Nutrition, 2009 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Vietnam | 2005 | 10.6 | 10.3 | 10.9 | 2005 Annual national nutrition monitoring. Nutrition Surveillance Department. Hanoi, Vietnam: National Institute of Nutrition, 2009 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Vietnam | 2006 | 9.8 | 9.6 | 10.1 | 2006 Annual national nutrition monitoring. Nutrition Surveillance Department. Hanoi, Vietnam: National Institute of Nutrition, 2009 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Vietnam | 2007 | 10 | 9.7 | 10.3 | 2007 Annual national nutrition monitoring. Nutrition Surveillance Department. Hanoi, Vietnam: National Institute of Nutrition, 2009 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Vietnam | 2008 | 9.4 | 9.2 | 9.7 | 2008 Annual national nutrition monitoring. Nutrition Surveillance Department. Hanoi, Vietnam: National Institute of Nutrition, 2009 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Vietnam | 2009 | 7.1 | 6.6 | 7.6 | General nutrition survey 2009-2010. Hanoi, Viet Nam: Medical Publishing House, 2010. |
| Vietnam | 2010 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 5 | Viet Nam multiple indicator cluster survey 2011 (MICS), final report. Ha Noi, Viet Nam, 2011 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Vietnam | 2011 | 6.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Nutrition surveillance profile 2011, Ha Noi, Viet Nam. |
| Vietnam | 2012 | 6.7 | Not reported | Not reported | Nutrition Surveillance Profiles 2012. Ha Noi, Viet Nam, 2014. |
| Vietnam | 2013 | 6.6 | Not reported | Not reported | Nutrition surveillance profiles 2013. Hanoi, Viet Nam, 2014. |
| Vietnam | 2014 | 6.8 | Not reported | Not reported | Nutrition surveillance profiles 2014. Hanoi, Viet Nam, 2016. |
| Vietnam | 2015 | 6.4 | Not reported | Not reported | Viet Nam 2015 Nutrition Surveillance Profiles. Hanoi, Viet Nam, 2017 |
| Vietnam | 2016 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Vietnam | 2017 | 5.8 | Not reported | Not reported | Viet Nam National Nutrition Surveillance Network, 2017 |
| Vietnam | 2018 | 5.4 | Not reported | Not reported | Viet Nam National Nutrition Surveillance Network, 2018 |
| Vietnam | 2019 | 5.2 | Not reported | Not reported | Viet Nam National Nutrition Surveillance Network, 2019 |
| Vietnam | 2020 | 4.7 | Not reported | Not reported | Viet Nam National Nutrition Surveillance Network, 2020 |
| Vietnam | 2021 | Not reported | Not reported | Not reported | — |
| Vietnam | 2022 | 4.4 | Not reported | Not reported | Viet Nam National Nutrition Surveillance Network, 2022 |
| Vietnam | 2023 | 4.4 | Not reported | Not reported | Viet Nam National Nutrition Surveillance Network, 2023 |
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Thresholds have an empty numeric value and separate number/operator fields; value_kind distinguishes upper bounds from absent readings.
History downloads use the displayed range. Gaps are preserved; no interpolation or nearest-year substitution is applied.
Key indicators · latest available
Each country’s most recent figure, so the year can differ between countries and indicators. For a like-for-like comparison of one indicator in a single year, use the same-year comparison above. Figures marked “IMF projection” are forecasts that the IMF revises at each release.
One row per country, indicator and year, with raw values, source links and reuse notices. Empty values mean missing data.
Sources: IMF World Economic Outlook and World Bank. The year under each value is the year it describes. IMF figures for 2026 and later are projections, revised at each release; figures for earlier years can still be estimates. Read the methodology.
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