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

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.

Sierra Leone vs Upper middle income: Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height

Sierra Leone

2.4%

in 2021

Upper middle income

0.5%

in 2024

Sierra Leone rank

8th

Upper middle income rank

10th

Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height over time

Sierra Leone
Upper middle income

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 2.4% against 0.5% in Upper middle income, a difference of 1.9%.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 4.6 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 7 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.

Sierra Leone ranks 8th and Upper middle income ranks 10th of 85 countries.

Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sierra Leone	Upper middle income	Difference	Ahead
2000s	4.0%	1.0%	3.0%	Sierra Leone
2010s	1.5%	0.7%	0.8%	Sierra Leone
2020s	2.4%	0.6%	1.8%	Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, Sierra Leone or Upper middle income?: Sierra Leone, at 2.4% against 0.5% in Upper middle income as of 2021.
What is the difference in prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height between Sierra Leone and Upper middle income?: 1.9%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Upper middle income?: 7 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Sierra Leone and Upper middle income rank globally for prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height?: Sierra Leone ranks 8th and Upper middle income ranks 10th 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.