How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Thailand?

5 years are reported by both, from 2006 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.

Sub-Saharan Africa vs Thailand: Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height

Sub-Saharan Africa

1.3%

in 2024

Thailand

2.5%

in 2022

Sub-Saharan Africa rank

8th

Thailand rank

7th

Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height over time

Sub-Saharan Africa
Thailand

How they compare

Thailand currently reports 2.5% against 1.3% in Sub-Saharan Africa, a difference of 1.2%.

That makes Thailand's figure about 1.9 times Sub-Saharan Africa's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 5 shared years of data; in 2006 it was Sub-Saharan Africa ahead.

Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 8th and Thailand ranks 7th of 14 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, Sub-Saharan Africa averaged higher in 1 and Thailand in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Sub-Saharan Africa	Thailand	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2.5%	1.4%	1.1%	Sub-Saharan Africa
2010s	1.8%	2.1%	0.3%	Thailand
2020s	1.4%	2.5%	1.1%	Thailand

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, Sub-Saharan Africa or Thailand?: Thailand, at 2.5% against 1.3% in Sub-Saharan Africa as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height between Sub-Saharan Africa and Thailand?: 1.2%, with Thailand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Sub-Saharan Africa and Thailand?: 5 years are reported by both, from 2006 to 2022.
How do Sub-Saharan Africa and Thailand rank globally for prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height?: Sub-Saharan Africa ranks 8th and Thailand ranks 7th 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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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.