Malawi · Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)
2.6%2020
Publisher note: Malawi Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-20, Survey Findings Report. Zomba, Malawi: National Statistical Office
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 · 16 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malawi | 1992 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 7.7 | Malawi demographic and health survey 1992. Demographic and Health Surveys. National Statistics Office. Zomba, Malawi, 1993 |
| Malawi | 1995 | 8.5 | Not reported | Not reported | Malawi social indicators survey 1995. MICS surveys. National Statistical Office and the Centre for Social Research. Lilongwe, Malawi, 1996 Converted estimate |
| Malawi | 1998 | 8.7 | 7.6 | 10.1 | A relative profile of poverty in Malawi, 1998: A quintile-based poverty analysis of the Malawi integrated household survey, 1997-98. Poverty Monitoring System. Reduced age range; Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Malawi | 2000 | 6.8 | 6.2 | 7.5 | Malawi demographic and health survey 2000. Demographic and Health Surveys. Zomba, Malawi and Calverton, Maryland, USA: National Statistical Office and ORC Macro, 2001 |
| Malawi | 2002 | 6.3 | 5.5 | 7.2 | Malawi 2002 Core Welfare Indicators Questionnaire Survey Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Malawi | 2004 | 6.3 | 5.6 | 7 | Malawi demographic and health survey 2004. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland: NSO and ORC Macro, 2005 |
| Malawi | 2006 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 4.9 | Malawi multiple indicator cluster survey 2006, Final report. Lilongwe, Malawi: National Statistical Office and UNICEF, 2008. |
| Malawi | 2009 | 1.8 | 1 | 3.2 | The national micronutrient survey 2009. Lilongwe, Malawi: Ministry of Health, UNICEF, Irish Aid and CDC, 2011. Reduced age range |
| Malawi | 2010 | 4 | 3.4 | 4.9 | Malawi demographic and health survey 2010. Demographic and Health Surveys. Zomba, Malawi, and Calverton, Maryland, USA: NSO and ICF Macro. 2011 |
| Malawi | 2014 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.2 | Malawi MDG endline survey 2014. Final Report. Zomba, Malawi: National Statistical Office, 2014. |
| Malawi | 2015 | 2.8 | 2.3 | 3.4 | Malawi Demographic and Health Survey 2015-16. Zomba, Malawi, and Rockville, Maryland, USA. NSO and ICF. |
| Malawi | 2016 | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.7 | Report of the Seven Nutrition Surveys Conducted in Flood Affected Livelihood Zones of Malawi - Assessment Period November - December 2016 Reduced age range; Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Malawi | 2017 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 3 | Report of the Seven Nutrition Surveys Conducted in Flood Affected Livelihood Zones of Malawi - Assessment Period May 2017 Reduced age range; Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Malawi | 2018 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 1.9 | Report of the Seven Nutrition Surveys Conducted in Flood Affected Livelihood Zones of Malawi - Assessment Period January - February 2018 Reduced age range |
| Malawi | 2019 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.4 | Malawi Fifth Integrated Household Survey 2019-2020 Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Malawi | 2020 | 2.6 | 2.2 | 3 | Malawi Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2019-20, Survey Findings Report. Zomba, Malawi: National Statistical Office |
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.