Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)

This dataset provides data on the prevalence of wasting in children under 5. Wasting is defined as low weight for height.

Data Resources (1)

Field	Value
Dataset topic category	Food security Public health SDG2 Zero Hunger
Language	English
Use limitations	The Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license allows users to copy, modify and distribute data in any format for any purpose, including commercial use. Users are only obligated to give appropriate credit (attribution) and indicate if they have made any changes, including translations.
Temporal extent's start date	January 1, 1983
Temporal extent's end date	December 31, 2017
GeoNames	Global
Process Step	Go to the World Bank Open Data website (https://data.worldbank.org), search for wasting in children under 5 and the website will display the numbers. It is possible to download the datasets.
Lineage	The World Bank Open Data
Responsible party	The World Bank https://www.worldbank.org/en/about/contacts
Format version	the dataset is in xls format
License	Creative Commons Attribution
Copyright	Yes
Keywords	wasting,malnutrition,undernutrition
Date uploaded	December 17, 2019, 08:38 (UTC)
Date modified	January 6, 2020, 08:21 (UTC)