Cote d'Ivoire vs Low income: Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height
Cote d'Ivoire
2.4%
in 2021
Low income
1.4%
in 2024
Cote d'Ivoire rank
8th
Low income rank
7th
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height over time
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Low income
How they compare
Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 2.4% against 1.4% in Low income, a difference of 1.0%.
That makes Cote d'Ivoire's figure about 1.7 times Low income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2007 it was Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 8th and Low income ranks 7th of 85 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Cote d'Ivoire averaged higher in 2 and Low income in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cote d'Ivoire | Low income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.7% | 2.9% | 2.8% | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 2010s | 1.3% | 2.2% | 1.0% | Low income |
| 2020s | 2.4% | 1.6% | 0.8% | Cote d'Ivoire |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, Cote d'Ivoire or Low income?
- Cote d'Ivoire, at 2.4% against 1.4% in Low income as of 2021.
- What is the difference in prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height between Cote d'Ivoire and Low income?
- 1.0%, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Low income?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2007 to 2021.
- How do Cote d'Ivoire and Low income rank globally for prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 8th and Low income ranks 7th of 85 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 (% 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 is the proportion of children 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.