Eswatini · Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)
1.8%2021
Publisher note: Eswatini Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2021-2022, Survey Findings Report. Mbabane, Eswatini: Central Statistical Office (CSO).
Unit: percent of children under age 5. 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.
Measurement basis: survey-based estimate; reference years are irregular.
Reference-period cadence: irregular survey reference years.
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World Health Organization (Global Health Observatory); retrieved 2026-09-07. Retrieval time is separate from an official publisher release vintage.
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eswatini | 2000 | 1.7 | 1.3 | 2.2 | Multiple indicator cluster survey (MICS): Model full report. Maseru, Swaziland: Central Statistical Office, 2002 |
| Eswatini | 2006 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Swaziland demographic and health survey 2006-07. Demographic and Health Surveys. Mbabane, Swaziland: Central Statistical Office and Macro International Inc., 2008 |
| Eswatini | 2008 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.4 | Swaziland national nutrition survey report (November 2008). Mbabane, Swaziland: Ministry of Health, 2009. |
| Eswatini | 2010 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 1.3 | Swaziland multiple indicator cluster survey 2010 (MICS): Final report. Mbabane, Swaziland, Central Statistical Office and UNICEF, 2011 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Eswatini | 2014 | 2 | 1.3 | 3 | Swaziland Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2014. Final Report. Mbabane, Swaziland, Central Statistical Office and UNICEF |
| Eswatini | 2021 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 2.6 | Eswatini Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2021-2022, Survey Findings Report. Mbabane, Eswatini: Central Statistical Office (CSO). |
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.