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

5 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2020.

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 Sri Lanka: Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height

Malawi

0.7%

in 2020

Sri Lanka

0.8%

in 2024

Malawi rank

56th

Sri Lanka rank

53rd

Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height over time

Malawi
Sri Lanka

How they compare

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

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 5 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 56th and Sri Lanka ranks 53rd of 85 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
2000s	1.6%	2.0%	0.4%	Sri Lanka
2010s	0.9%	2.3%	1.4%	Sri Lanka
2020s	0.7%	1.2%	0.5%	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, Malawi or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 0.8% against 0.7% in Malawi as of 2024.
What is the difference in prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height between Malawi and Sri Lanka?: 0.1%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sri Lanka?: 5 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2020.
How do Malawi and Sri Lanka rank globally for prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height?: Malawi ranks 56th and Sri Lanka 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.