Low & middle income vs Thailand: Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height
Low & middle income
1.9%
in 2024
Thailand
2.5%
in 2022
Low & middle income rank
6th
Thailand rank
7th
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height over time
- Low & middle income
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 2.5% against 1.9% in Low & middle income, a difference of 0.6%.
That makes Thailand's figure about 1.3 times Low & middle income's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Low & middle income ahead.
Low & middle income ranks 6th and Thailand ranks 7th of 14 groups.
Across the 3 decades both report, Low & middle income averaged higher in 2 and Thailand in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Low & middle income | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 2.6% | 1.4% | 1.2% | Low & middle income |
| 2010s | 2.1% | 2.1% | 0.0% | Low & middle income |
| 2020s | 1.9% | 2.5% | 0.6% | Thailand |
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 Thailand?
- Thailand, at 2.5% 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 Thailand?
- 0.6%, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Low & middle income and Thailand?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2022.
- How do Low & middle income and Thailand rank globally for prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height?
- Low & middle income ranks 6th and Thailand ranks 7th 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.