Lower middle income vs Niger: Prevalence of underweight, weight for age
Lower middle income
17.8%
in 2024
Niger
34.6%
in 2022
Lower middle income rank
3rd
Niger rank
2nd
Prevalence of underweight, weight for age over time
- Lower middle income
- Niger
How they compare
Niger currently reports 34.6% against 17.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 16.8%.
That makes Niger's figure about 1.9 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 17 years both countries report, Niger has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 3rd and Niger ranks 2nd of 14 groups.
Niger has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | Niger | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.1% | 36.9% | 8.8% | Niger |
| 2010s | 23.0% | 34.7% | 11.7% | Niger |
| 2020s | 19.2% | 33.7% | 14.5% | Niger |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of underweight, weight for age, Lower middle income or Niger?
- Niger, at 34.6% against 17.8% in Lower middle income as of 2022.
- What is the difference in prevalence of underweight, weight for age between Lower middle income and Niger?
- 16.8%, with Niger ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Niger?
- 17 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
- How do Lower middle income and Niger rank globally for prevalence of underweight, weight for age?
- Lower middle income ranks 3rd and Niger 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 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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About this data
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.