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Indicator description

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Geographical coverage

Rwanda
Unit of measurement

Percentage (%)
Definitions

Is the percentage of children under five years old whose weight for height are less than minus two standards deviations (wasting) and above than plus two standards deviations (overweight) from the median weight for height of the reference population ages 0–59 months. The nutritional status of children in the survey population was compared with the 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards (WHO, 2006)
Calculations

(Number of children under age five that fall below minus two standard deviations from the median weight for height of the 2006 WHO Child Growth Standards / total number of children under age five that were measured) * 100
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This table provides information on metadata for SDG indicators as defined by the UN Statistical Commission. Complete global metadata is provided by the UN Statistics Division.

Indicator name

Prevalence of malnutrition (weight for height >+2 or <-2 standard deviation from the median of the WHO Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age, by type (wasting and overweight)
Indicator number

2.2.2
Target name

By 2030, end all forms of malnutrition, including achieving, by 2025, the internationally agreed targets on stunting and wasting in children under 5 years of age, and address the nutritional needs of adolescent girls, pregnant and lactating women and older persons
Target number

Not available for this indicator
Global indicator description

Prevalence of wasting (weight for height <-2 standard deviation from the median of the World Health Organization (WHO) Child Growth Standards) among children under 5 years of age. Child growth is an internationally accepted outcome reflecting child nutritional status. Child wasting refers to a child who is too thin for his or her height and is the result of recent rapid weight loss or the failure to gain weight. A child who is moderately or severely wasted has an increased risk of death, but treatment is possible. Child wasting is one of the World Health Assembly nutrition target indicators.
UN designated tier

Tier I
UN custodian agency

United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Link to UN metadata United Nations Sustainable Development Goals Metadata (pdf 232kB) opens in a new window

Source 1

Organisation

National Institute of Statistics of Rwanda (NISR)
Periodicity

3-5 years
Earliest available data

1992
Geographical coverage

Rwanda
Link to data source Rwanda Demographic Health Survey (RDHS) opens in a new window
Release date 2014/15
Next release

TBD
Statistical classification

Official
Contact details

http://www.statistics.gov.rw/
Other information

info@statistics.gov.rw
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