Low & middle income vs Sierra Leone: Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height
Low & middle income
1.9%
in 2024
Sierra Leone
2.4%
in 2021
Low & middle income rank
6th
Sierra Leone rank
8th
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height over time
- Low & middle income
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 2.4% against 1.9% in Low & middle income, a difference of 0.5%.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.3 times Low & middle income's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Low & middle income ranks 6th and Sierra Leone ranks 8th of 14 groups.
Across the 3 decades both report, Low & middle income averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low & middle income | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.7% | 4.0% | 1.3% | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 1.5% | 0.6% | Low & middle income |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 2.4% | 0.5% | Sierra Leone |
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 Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 2.4% against 1.9% in Low & middle income as of 2021.
- What is the difference in prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height between Low & middle income and Sierra Leone?
- 0.5%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low & middle income and Sierra Leone?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
- How do Low & middle income and Sierra Leone rank globally for prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height?
- Low & middle income ranks 6th and Sierra Leone ranks 8th 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.