Lower middle income vs Yemen: Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height
Lower middle income
2.7%
in 2024
Yemen
5.2%
in 2022
Lower middle income rank
2nd
Yemen rank
2nd
Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height over time
- Lower middle income
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 5.2% against 2.7% in Lower middle income, a difference of 2.5%.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.9 times Lower middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Yemen ahead.
Lower middle income ranks 2nd and Yemen ranks 2nd of 14 groups.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 3.6% | 5.4% | 1.8% | Yemen |
| 2010s | 3.2% | 4.4% | 1.2% | Yemen |
| 2020s | 2.8% | 3.3% | 0.5% | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, Lower middle income or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 5.2% against 2.7% in Lower middle income as of 2022.
- What is the difference in prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height between Lower middle income and Yemen?
- 2.5%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Yemen?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2022.
- How do Lower middle income and Yemen rank globally for prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height?
- Lower middle income ranks 2nd and Yemen ranks 2nd 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.