Severe wasting in children — all countries

Severe wasting in children — Honduras

Severe wasting in children in Honduras in 2019 — 0.5%. Ranked 9 in the world out of 45.

2019 0.5% +0.2 pp vs 2012
World rank 9of 45
Period maximum 0.6%2004
Period minimum 0.2%2001

Trend over time

1991–2019 · % of children under 5

Severe wasting in children — Honduras, 1991–201900.20.40.619911994199720002003200620092012201520181991: 0.5%1996: 0.3%2001: 0.2%2004: 0.6%2006: 0.3%2012: 0.3%2019: 0.5%
Change over the period: +0 pp Annual average: 0 pp

Comparison, 2019

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Honduras

Honduras 0.5%
World 1.95%
Severe wasting in children — Honduras, by year Honduras All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2019 0.5
2012 0.3
2006 0.3
2004 0.6
2001 0.2
1996 0.3
1991 0.5

Central America, 2019

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of children under five whose weight falls short of the WHO norm for their height by more than three standard deviations. This is a subset of wasting, its extreme degree: without treatment mortality in this group runs into the tens of percent, which is why such cases are counted as a medical emergency and are treated with special therapeutic food. The indicator is the most sensitive of the child ones: it responds to a crisis earlier than the rest.

Important: Part of the wasting indicator rather than an addition to it: the two series cannot be added. The aggregate by group is weighted by the number of children aged 0–14.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.