Height-for-age <-3SD & Weight-for-height <-2SD, Survey Estimates

​​Percentage of children under 5 years of age who are both wasted and severely stunted from the median weight-for-height of the reference population​​​

Alternate (Display) Name

Wasted and Severely stunted (WHZ <-2 AND HAZ <-3)

Numerator Definition

Number of children under 5 falling below -2 standard deviations from the median weight-for-height and falling below -3 standard deviations from the median height for age of the reference population​​

Denominator Definition

​Children under 5 years of age in the surveyed population​ with valid heights-for-age and valid weights-for-height

Population used for aggregation

Not Classified

Aggregation method

Not Classified

Is SOWC: No
Is Emergency Indicator: No
Custodian: Division of Analysis, Planning & Monitoring, UNICEF