Lesotho · Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)
1.6%2024
Publisher note: Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey 2023–24: Final Report. Maseru, Lesotho, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: Ministry of Health and ICF.
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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Reported estimates and uncertainty · 7 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesotho | 1992 | 3.2 | Not reported | Not reported | National nutrition survey report, May-June 1992. Maseru, Kingdom of Lesotho, 1992 Converted estimate |
| Lesotho | 1993 | 22.4 | Not reported | Not reported | National survey on iodine, vitamin A and iron status of women and children in Lesotho. Maseru, Lesotho, 1994 Age-adjusted; Converted estimate |
| Lesotho | 2004 | 5.6 | 4.5 | 6.9 | Lesotho demographic and health survey 2004. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland: MOH, BOS, and ORC Macro, 2005 |
| Lesotho | 2009 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 4.7 | Lesotho demographic and health survey 2009. Demographic and Health Surveys. Maseru, Lesotho: MOHSW and ICF Macro, 2010 |
| Lesotho | 2014 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 3.8 | Lesotho demographic and health survey (2014 LDHS): Key indicators. Demographic and Health Surveys. Maseru, Lesotho: Ministry of Health and ICF International, 2015 |
| Lesotho | 2018 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 2.8 | Lesotho Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2018, Survey Findings Report. Maseru, Lesotho: Bureau of Statistics. |
| Lesotho | 2024 | 1.6 | 1 | 2.6 | Lesotho Demographic and Health Survey 2023–24: Final Report. Maseru, Lesotho, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: Ministry of Health and ICF. |
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.