Peru · Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)

0.6%2023

Publisher note: Peru Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar-ENDES 2023 Nacional y Departamental

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 · 24 rows

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Reported estimates and independently qualified uncertainty endpoints
CountryYearReadingLower endpointUpper endpointPublisher note
Peru19911.91.62.3Encuesta demografica y de salud familiar 1991/1992. Demographic and Health Surveys. Lima, Peru, 1992
Peru19961.61.41.9Peru demographic and health survey 1996. Demographic and Health Surveys. Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informacion. Lima, Peru, 1997
Peru19970.90.51.6Monitoreo de Indicadores Nutricionales en la Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 1997
Peru19980.90.61.4Monitoreo de Indicadores Nutricionales en la Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 1998
Peru19991.10.71.8Monitoreo de Indicadores Nutricionales en la Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 1999
Peru20001.111.4Encuesta demografica y de salud familiar 2000. Demographic and Health Surveys. Lima, Peru and Calverton, Maryland, USA: Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informacion y ORC Macro, 2001
Peru200110.51.9Monitoreo de Indicadores Nutricionales en la Encuesta Nacional de Hogares 2001
Peru200510.61.8Perú Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar - ENDES Continua 2005. Lima, Perú: INEI/Peru and ORC Macro
Peru20070.80.61.1Encuesta demografica y de salud familiar. Informe principal: ENDES continua 2007-2008. Demographic and Health Surveys. Lima, Peru: INEI, USAID y ORC Macro, 2009
Peru20090.60.50.8Encuesta demografica y de salud familiar - ENDES continua 2009. Demographic and Health Surveys. Lima, Peru: INEI, USAID y ORC Macro, 2010
Peru20100.70.51Encuesta demografica y de salud familiar - ENDES continua 2010. Demographic and Health Surveys. Lima, Peru: INEI, USAID y ORC Macro, 2011
Peru20110.40.30.5Encuesta demografica y de salud familiar - ENDES continua 2011. Demographic and Health Surveys. Lima, Peru: INEI, USAID y ORC Macro, 2012
Peru20120.60.50.9Encuesta demografica y de salud familiar - ENDES continua 2012. Demographic and Health Surveys. Lima, Peru: INEI, USAID y ORC Macro, 2013
Peru20130.40.30.7Encuesta demografica y de salud familiar - ENDES continua 2013. Demographic and Health Surveys. Lima, Peru: INEI, 2014.
Peru20140.60.40.8Perú Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar - ENDES 2014. Lima, Perú: INEI/Perú.
Peru20150.60.50.8Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar-ENDES 2015 Nacional y Departamental
Peru20160.60.50.7Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar-ENDES 2016 Nacional y Departamental
Peru20170.50.40.7Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar-ENDES 2017 Nacional y Departamental
Peru20180.50.40.6Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar-ENDES 2018 Nacional y Departamental
Peru201910.61.6Vigilancia Alimentaria y Nutricional por etapas de vida – VIANEV 2019
Peru20200.40.30.6Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar-ENDES 2020 Nacional y Departamental
Peru20210.40.30.5Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar-ENDES 2021 Nacional y Departamental
Peru20220.50.40.6Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar-ENDES 2022 Nacional y Departamental
Peru20230.60.50.7Peru Encuesta Demográfica y de Salud Familiar-ENDES 2023 Nacional y Departamental

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.