Which has higher prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, Malawi or Nepal?

Nepal, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Malawi as of 2022.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Nepal?

6 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.

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.

Malawi vs Nepal: Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height

Malawi

0.7%

in 2020

Nepal

0.8%

in 2022

Malawi rank

56th

Nepal rank

53rd

Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height over time

Malawi
Nepal

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 0.8% against 0.7% in Malawi, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Nepal's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 56th and Nepal ranks 53rd of 85 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Malawi averaged higher in 1 and Nepal in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Nepal	Difference	Ahead
1990s	4.2%	1.4%	2.8%	Malawi
2000s	1.5%	2.7%	1.2%	Nepal
2010s	1.1%	2.8%	1.7%	Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, Malawi or Nepal?: Nepal, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Malawi as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height between Malawi and Nepal?: 0.1%, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Nepal?: 6 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2019.
How do Malawi and Nepal rank globally for prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height?: Malawi ranks 56th and Nepal ranks 53rd of 85 countries.
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: 03 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.