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

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.

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

Mauritania

2.6%

in 2022

Middle income

2.0%

in 2024

Mauritania rank

6th

Middle income rank

3rd

Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height over time

Mauritania
Middle income

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 2.6% against 2.0% in Middle income, a difference of 0.6%.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.3 times Middle income's.

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

Mauritania ranks 6th and Middle income ranks 3rd of 85 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Mauritania averaged higher in 2 and Middle income in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mauritania	Middle income	Difference	Ahead
2000s	4.0%	2.5%	1.5%	Mauritania
2010s	2.7%	2.2%	0.5%	Mauritania
2020s	1.8%	2.0%	0.2%	Middle income

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, Mauritania or Middle income?: Mauritania, at 2.6% against 2.0% in Middle income as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height between Mauritania and Middle income?: 0.6%, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mauritania and Middle income?: 11 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
How do Mauritania and Middle income rank globally for prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height?: Mauritania ranks 6th and Middle income ranks 3rd 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: 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.