Malnutrition: Share of children who are wasted in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: Malnutrition: Share of children who are wasted was 2.5% in 2017. ◆ Volatile
Malnutrition: Share of children who are wasted in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, 1998–2017
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
In 2017, malnutrition: share of children who are wasted in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of stood at 2.5%. That is the lowest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of down 51.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, malnutrition: share of children who are wasted in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of peaked at 20.8% in 1998 and was at its lowest, 2.5%, in 2017.
That places Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 72nd out of 99 countries with data for 2017, putting it in the middle of the range.
Malnutrition: Share of children who are wasted in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, year by year
| Year | % of children under 5 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 20.8% | — |
| 2000 | 12.2% | -41.3% |
| 2002 | 8.7% | -28.7% |
| 2004 | 8.5% | -2.3% |
| 2009 | 5.2% | -38.8% |
| 2012 | 4.0% | -23.1% |
| 2017 | 2.5% | -37.5% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 20.8% | 20.8% | 20.8% | 1 |
| 2000s | 8.7% | 5.2% | 12.2% | 4 |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 2.5% | 4.0% | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is malnutrition: share of children who are wasted in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- Malnutrition: share of children who are wasted in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of was 2.5% in 2017, 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 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 20.8% in 1998.
- What is the lowest malnutrition: share of children who are wasted recorded in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.5% in 2017.
- How does Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank for malnutrition: share of children who are wasted?
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 72nd out of 99 countries with data for 2017.
- Is malnutrition: share of children who are wasted rising or falling in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 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.