Which has higher prevalence of underweight, weight for age, Low income or Yemen?

Yemen, at 40.7% against 18.0% in Low income as of 2022.

How many years of comparable data are there for Low income 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 underweight, weight for age (% of children under 5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Low income vs Yemen: Prevalence of underweight, weight for age

Low income

18.0%

in 2024

Yemen

40.7%

in 2022

Low income rank

2nd

Yemen rank

1st

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age over time

Low income
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 40.7% against 18.0% in Low income, a difference of 22.7%.

That makes Yemen's figure about 2.3 times Low income's.

Across all 6 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.

Low income ranks 2nd and Yemen ranks 1st of 14 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Low income	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
2000s	27.0%	41.0%	14.0%	Yemen
2010s	23.1%	37.7%	14.6%	Yemen
2020s	19.0%	36.2%	17.2%	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of underweight, weight for age, Low income or Yemen?: Yemen, at 40.7% against 18.0% in Low income as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of underweight, weight for age between Low income and Yemen?: 22.7%, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Low income and Yemen?: 6 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2022.
How do Low income and Yemen rank globally for prevalence of underweight, weight for age?: Low income ranks 2nd and Yemen ranks 1st 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 underweight, weight for age (% 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 underweight, weight for age (% 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: 110 places, 1,307 data points, 1984–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Prevalence of underweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.