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

7 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.

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 Sierra Leone: Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height

Low income

1.4%

in 2024

Sierra Leone

2.4%

in 2021

Low income rank

7th

Sierra Leone rank

8th

Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height over time

Low income
Sierra Leone

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 2.4% against 1.4% in Low income, a difference of 1.0%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.7 times Low income's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Sierra Leone ahead.

Low income ranks 7th and Sierra Leone ranks 8th of 14 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Low income averaged higher in 1 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Low income	Sierra Leone	Difference	Ahead
2000s	3.5%	4.0%	0.5%	Sierra Leone
2010s	2.1%	1.5%	0.6%	Low income
2020s	1.6%	2.4%	0.8%	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 income or Sierra Leone?: Sierra Leone, 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 Low income and Sierra Leone?: 1.0%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Sierra Leone?: 7 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Low income and Sierra Leone rank globally for prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height?: Low income ranks 7th 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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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.