Rwanda · Child Wasting, Under 5 (survey, %)
1.1%2020
Publisher note: Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey 2019-20 Final Report. Kigali, Rwanda, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: NISR 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 · 10 rows
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| Country | Year | Reading | Lower endpoint | Upper endpoint | Publisher note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rwanda | 1992 | 5 | 4.2 | 6 | Enquête démographique et de santé, Rwanda 1992. Demographic and Health Surveys. Kigali, Rwanda, 1994 |
| Rwanda | 1996 | 11 | Not reported | Not reported | National nutrition survey of women and children in Rwanda in 1996. Kigali, République Rwandaise, 1997 Adjusted National-Rural to National; Converted estimate |
| Rwanda | 2000 | 8.7 | 7.8 | 9.6 | Enquête démographique et de santé, Rwanda 2000. Demographic and Health Surveys. Kigali, Rwanda et Calverton, Maryland, USA: Ministère de la Santé, Office National de la Population et ORC Macro, 2001 |
| Rwanda | 2005 | 4.9 | 4.2 | 5.7 | Rwanda demographic and health survey 2005. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, U.S.A.: INSR and ORC Macro, 2006 |
| Rwanda | 2009 | 5.1 | Not reported | Not reported | Rwanda Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis 2009 Adjusted National-Rural to National; Age-adjusted |
| Rwanda | 2010 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 3.5 | Rwanda demographic and health survey 2010. Demographic and Health Surveys. Calverton, Maryland, USA: NISR, MOH, and ICF International, 2012 |
| Rwanda | 2012 | 2.4 | 1.9 | 3 | Rwanda 2012 Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis Reduced age range; Oedema data was not considered in the analysis |
| Rwanda | 2015 | 2.3 | 1.9 | 2.8 | Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey 2014-15. Kigali, Rwanda: National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda, Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning/Rwanda, Ministry of Health/Rwanda, and ICF International |
| Rwanda | 2018 | 2 | 1.6 | 2.4 | Comprehensive Food Security and Vulnerability Analysis, Rwanda 2018 Reduced age range; Oedema data was not considered in the analysis; Height/length modality (standing/lying) was not collected |
| Rwanda | 2020 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 1.5 | Rwanda Demographic and Health Survey 2019-20 Final Report. Kigali, Rwanda, and Rockville, Maryland, USA: NISR 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.