El Salvador vs Kenya: Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male
El Salvador
0.6%
in 2021
Kenya
0.6%
in 2022
El Salvador rank
60th
Kenya rank
60th
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male over time
- El Salvador
- Kenya
How they compare
El Salvador currently reports 0.6% against 0.6% in Kenya, a difference of 0.0%.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.
El Salvador ranks 60th and Kenya ranks 60th of 84 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | El Salvador | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.6% | 3.0% | 2.5% | Kenya |
| 2000s | 0.5% | 2.5% | 2.0% | Kenya |
| 2010s | 0.5% | 1.1% | 0.6% | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male, El Salvador or Kenya?
- El Salvador, at 0.6% against 0.6% in Kenya as of 2021.
- What is the difference in prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male between El Salvador and Kenya?
- 0.0%, with El Salvador ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Kenya?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2014.
- How do El Salvador and Kenya rank globally for prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male?
- El Salvador ranks 60th and Kenya ranks 60th of 84 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNICEF, WHO, World Bank: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME). Aggregation is based on UNICEF, WHO, and the World Bank harmonized dataset (adjusted, comparable data) and methodology., UN Children', published as Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Prevalence of severe wasting, male, is the proportion of boys under age 5 whose weight for height is more than three standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months.