Malnutrition: Share of children who are wasted in Bangladesh
Bangladesh: Malnutrition: Share of children who are wasted was 10.7% in 2022. ▼ Falling
Malnutrition: Share of children who are wasted in Bangladesh, 1986–2022
Source: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % of children under 5.
Analysis
The most recent figure for malnutrition: share of children who are wasted in Bangladesh is 10.7%, measured in 2022.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.2% on the previous year and down 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are wasted in Bangladesh peaked at 20.7% in 1997 and was at its lowest, 8.4%, in 2018.
That places Bangladesh 9th out of 99 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 27 years of available data.
Malnutrition: Share of children who are wasted in Bangladesh, year by year
| Year | % of children under 5 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 17.3% | — |
| 1990 | 17.5% | +1.2% |
| 1991 | 15.2% | -13.1% |
| 1992 | 16.1% | +5.9% |
| 1993 | 14.0% | -13.0% |
| 1994 | 16.7% | +19.3% |
| 1995 | 15.1% | -9.6% |
| 1996 | 15.5% | +2.6% |
| 1997 | 20.7% | +33.5% |
| 1998 | 15.0% | -27.5% |
| 1999 | 13.7% | -8.7% |
| 2000 | 12.5% | -8.8% |
| 2001 | 12.7% | +1.6% |
| 2002 | 12.4% | -2.4% |
| 2003 | 12.5% | +0.8% |
| 2004 | 14.6% | +16.8% |
| 2005 | 14.5% | -0.7% |
| 2006 | 11.9% | -17.9% |
| 2007 | 17.5% | +47.1% |
| 2011 | 15.7% | -10.3% |
| 2012 | 11.0% | -29.9% |
| 2013 | 9.6% | -12.7% |
| 2014 | 14.4% | +50.0% |
| 2015 | 10.0% | -30.6% |
| 2018 | 8.4% | -16.0% |
| 2019 | 9.8% | +16.7% |
| 2022 | 10.7% | +9.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 17.3% | 17.3% | 17.3% | 1 |
| 1990s | 15.9% | 13.7% | 20.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 13.6% | 11.9% | 17.5% | 8 |
| 2010s | 11.3% | 8.4% | 15.7% | 7 |
| 2020s | 10.7% | 10.7% | 10.7% | 1 |
Countries ranked near Bangladesh
More reference data data for Bangladesh
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.46 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 9.09 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 24.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 2.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 24.63 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 8.25 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 2.5 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 37.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 105.98 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 14.25 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: share of children who are wasted in Bangladesh?
- Malnutrition: share of children who are wasted in Bangladesh was 10.7% in 2022, according to Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest malnutrition: share of children who are wasted recorded in Bangladesh?
- The highest recorded value was 20.7% in 1997.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are wasted recorded in Bangladesh?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.4% in 2018.
- How does Bangladesh rank for malnutrition: share of children who are wasted?
- Bangladesh ranks 9th out of 99 countries with data for 2022.
- Is malnutrition: share of children who are wasted rising or falling in Bangladesh?
- Over the last ten years it is down 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bangladesh data come from?
- The figures come from Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Malnutrition: Share of children who are wasted. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The share of children younger than five years old that are defined as "wasted". Wasting is when a child’s weight is significantly lower than the average for their height, for example, because of acute food shortage or disease.