Malnutrition: Share of children who are wasted in Dominican Republic
Dominican Republic: Malnutrition: Share of children who are wasted was 2.2% in 2019. ▬ Flat
Malnutrition: Share of children who are wasted in Dominican Republic, 1986–2019
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
Dominican Republic recorded 2.2% for malnutrition: share of children who are wasted in 2019.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are wasted in Dominican Republic peaked at 2.4% in 1986 and was at its lowest, 1.5%, in 2000.
That places Dominican Republic 76th out of 99 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Malnutrition: Share of children who are wasted in Dominican Republic, year by year
| Year | % of children under 5 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 2.4% | — |
| 1991 | 2.1% | -12.5% |
| 1996 | 2.0% | -4.8% |
| 2000 | 1.5% | -25.0% |
| 2002 | 2.2% | +46.7% |
| 2006 | 1.7% | -22.7% |
| 2007 | 2.3% | +35.3% |
| 2013 | 2.4% | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 2.2% | -8.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 1 |
| 1990s | 2.0% | 2.0% | 2.1% | 2 |
| 2000s | 1.9% | 1.5% | 2.3% | 4 |
| 2010s | 2.3% | 2.2% | 2.4% | 2 |
Countries ranked near Dominican Republic
More reference data data for Dominican Republic
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.7575 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.46 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.79 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0601 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 2.79 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 2.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.9595 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 7.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 13.84 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3273 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: share of children who are wasted in Dominican Republic?
- Malnutrition: share of children who are wasted in Dominican Republic was 2.2% in 2019, 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 Dominican Republic?
- The highest recorded value was 2.4% in 1986.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are wasted recorded in Dominican Republic?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.5% in 2000.
- How does Dominican Republic rank for malnutrition: share of children who are wasted?
- Dominican Republic ranks 76th out of 99 countries with data for 2019.
- Is malnutrition: share of children who are wasted rising or falling in Dominican Republic?
- Over the last ten years it is down 4.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Dominican Republic 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.