Low & middle income vs Mauritania: Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height
Low & middle income
1.9%
in 2024
Mauritania
2.6%
in 2022
Low & middle income rank
6th
Mauritania rank
6th
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height over time
- Low & middle income
- Mauritania
How they compare
Mauritania currently reports 2.6% against 1.9% in Low & middle income, a difference of 0.7%.
That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.4 times Low & middle income's.
The two have swapped places 6 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mauritania ahead.
Low & middle income ranks 6th and Mauritania ranks 6th of 14 groups.
Across the 3 decades both report, Low & middle income averaged higher in 1 and Mauritania in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low & middle income | Mauritania | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.6% | 4.0% | 1.4% | Mauritania |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 2.7% | 0.6% | Mauritania |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 1.8% | 0.2% | Low & middle income |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, Low & middle income or Mauritania?
- Mauritania, at 2.6% against 1.9% in Low & middle income as of 2022.
- What is the difference in prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height between Low & middle income and Mauritania?
- 0.7%, with Mauritania ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low & middle income and Mauritania?
- 11 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do Low & middle income and Mauritania rank globally for prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height?
- Low & middle income ranks 6th and Mauritania ranks 6th of 14 groups.
- 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.