Liberia · Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)
3.4%2019
Publisher note: Liberia Demographic and Health Survey 2019-20. Monrovia, Liberia and Rockville, Maryland, USA/ Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), Ministry of Health [Liberia], and ICF. 2021.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 2000 | 7.4 | 6.5 | 8.4 | Liberia national nutrition survey 1999-2000. Monrovia, Liberia, 2001 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Liberia | 2007 | 7.9 | 6.8 | 9.1 | Liberia demographic and health survey 2007. Demographic and Health Surveys. Monrovia, Liberia: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and Macro International Inc., 2008 |
| Liberia | 2008 | 4.9 | Not reported | Not reported | The 2008 State of Food and Nutrition Security in Liberia. Reduced age range |
| Liberia | 2010 | 4 | 3.3 | 4.9 | Liberia Comprehensive Food Security & Nutrition Survey 2010 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis; Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Liberia | 2013 | 5.6 | 4.6 | 6.8 | Demographic and health survey 2013. Demographic and Health Surveys. Monrovia, Liberia: Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS) and ICF International, 2014 |
| Liberia | 2016 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 5.9 | Liberia 2016 National Nutrition and Mortality Survey Oedema data was not considered in the analysis; Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Liberia | 2019 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 4.3 | Liberia Demographic and Health Survey 2019-20. Monrovia, Liberia and Rockville, Maryland, USA/ Liberia Institute of Statistics and Geo-Information Services (LISGIS), Ministry of Health [Liberia], and ICF. 2021. |
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.