North Korea · Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)
2.5%2017
Publisher note: DPR Korea Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2017, Survey Findings Report. Pyongyang, DPR Korea: Central Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Korea | 1998 | 20.8 | Not reported | Not reported | Nutrition survey of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Report by the EU, UNICEF and WFP of a study undertaken in collaboration with the Government to DPRK Converted estimate |
| North Korea | 2000 | 12.2 | Not reported | Not reported | Report of the second multiple indicator cluster survey 2000, DPRK (MICS). Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 2000. Converted estimate |
| North Korea | 2002 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 9.8 | Nutrition assessment 2002 D.P.R. Korea. Pyongyang: Government of D.P.R. Korea, United Nations Children's Fund and World Food Programme, 2003 Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| North Korea | 2004 | 8.5 | Not reported | Not reported | DPRK 2004 nutrition assessment, report of survey results. Democratic People's Republic of Korea: Central Bureau of Statistics, 2005. Converted estimate |
| North Korea | 2009 | 5.2 | Not reported | Not reported | The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPR Korea) multiple indicator cluster survey 2009 (MICS4). Final Report. Pyongyang, DPR Korea: CBS and UNICEF, 2010. |
| North Korea | 2012 | 4 | 3.5 | 4.5 | Final report of the national nutrition survey 2012, September 17th to October 17th 2012. Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, 2013. |
| North Korea | 2017 | 2.5 | Not reported | Not reported | DPR Korea Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey 2017, Survey Findings Report. Pyongyang, DPR Korea: Central Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF |
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.