Prevalence of wasting among children worldwide in 2022, by region
In the year 2022, around 6.8 percent of children globally were affected by wasting. Wasting is the process by which muscle and fat tissues "waste" away, it is sometimes called acute malnutrition. Data on wasting indicates the vast majority of such children live in Asia. This statistic shows the percentage of children under five worldwide who were affected by wasting in 2022.