Which has higher prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, World or Yemen?

Yemen, at 5.2% against 1.9% in World as of 2022.

How many years of comparable data are there for World and Yemen?

6 years are reported by both, from 2003 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.

World vs Yemen: Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height

World

1.9%

in 2024

Yemen

5.2%

in 2022

World rank

5th

Yemen rank

2nd

Prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height over time

World
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 5.2% against 1.9% in World, a difference of 3.3%.

That makes Yemen's figure about 2.8 times World's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 6 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Yemen ahead.

World ranks 5th and Yemen ranks 2nd of 14 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	World	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2.5%	5.4%	2.9%	Yemen
2010s	2.2%	4.4%	2.2%	Yemen
2020s	1.9%	3.3%	1.4%	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height, World or Yemen?: Yemen, at 5.2% against 1.9% in World as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height between World and Yemen?: 3.3%, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for World and Yemen?: 6 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2022.
How do World and Yemen rank globally for prevalence of severe wasting, weight for height?: World ranks 5th and Yemen ranks 2nd 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.