How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Mauritania?

11 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.

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.

Low income vs Mauritania: Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height

Low income

1.4%

in 2024

Mauritania

2.6%

in 2022

Low income rank

7th

Mauritania rank

6th

Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height over time

Low income
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 2.6% against 1.4% in Low income, a difference of 1.2%.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.9 times Low income's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mauritania ahead.

Low income ranks 7th and Mauritania ranks 6th of 14 groups.

Mauritania has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Low income	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
2000s	3.2%	4.0%	0.8%	Mauritania
2010s	2.1%	2.7%	0.6%	Mauritania
2020s	1.6%	1.8%	0.2%	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, Low income or Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 2.6% against 1.4% in Low income as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height between Low income and Mauritania?: 1.2%, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Mauritania?: 11 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
How do Low income and Mauritania rank globally for prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height?: Low income ranks 7th 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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Indicator: Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5)
Unit: % of children under 5
Source: 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'
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 99 places, 1,131 data points, 1986–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

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.