Peru vs United States of America: Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2

Peru
1.39
in 2022
United States of America
1.31
in 2022
Peru rank
178th
United States of America rank
180th

Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 over time

  • Peru
  • United States of America
00.511.52199020062022

How they compare

Peru currently reports 1.39 against 1.31 in United States of America, a difference of 0.08.

That makes Peru's figure about 1.1 times United States of America's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Peru ahead.

Peru ranks 178th and United States of America ranks 180th of 193 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Peru averaged higher in 2 and United States of America in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Peru United States of America Difference Ahead
1990s 1.61 1.41 0.2 Peru
2000s 1.25 1.26 0.001 United States of America
2010s 1.2 1.22 0.017 United States of America
2020s 1.35 1.29 0.0567 Peru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2, Peru or United States of America?
Peru, at 1.39 against 1.31 in United States of America as of 2022.
What is the difference in percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2 between Peru and United States of America?
0.08, with Peru ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Peru and United States of America?
33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
How do Peru and United States of America rank globally for percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, bmi < -2?
Peru ranks 178th and United States of America ranks 180th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UNICEF, published as Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 standard deviations below the median (crude estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Peru vs United States of America: Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2. Statizoid, drawing on UNICEF. Retrieved 15 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/percentage-of-thinness-among-children-aged-5-19-years-bmi-2-standard-deviations-below-the/peru/united-states/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/percentage-of-thinness-among-children-aged-5-19-years-bmi-2-standard-deviations-below-the/peru/united-states/">Peru vs United States of America: Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Percentage of thinness among children aged 5-19 years, BMI < -2 standard deviations below the median (crude estimate)
Source
UNICEF
Licence
UNICEF Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
349 places, 9,957 data points, 1990–2022
Last refreshed