Lower middle income vs East Timor: Prevalence of underweight, weight for age
Lower middle income
17.8%
in 2024
East Timor
31.9%
in 2020
Lower middle income rank
3rd
East Timor rank
3rd
Prevalence of underweight, weight for age over time
- Lower middle income
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 31.9% against 17.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 14.1%.
That makes East Timor's figure about 1.8 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 7 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 3rd and East Timor ranks 3rd of 14 groups.
East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Lower middle income | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 28.6% | 44.1% | 15.5% | East Timor |
| 2010s | 23.4% | 35.0% | 11.6% | East Timor |
| 2020s | 19.8% | 31.9% | 12.1% | East Timor |
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 East Timor?
- East Timor, at 31.9% against 17.8% in Lower middle income as of 2020.
- What is the difference in prevalence of underweight, weight for age between Lower middle income and East Timor?
- 14.1%, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and East Timor?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2002 to 2020.
- How do Lower middle income and East Timor rank globally for prevalence of underweight, weight for age?
- Lower middle income ranks 3rd and East Timor ranks 3rd 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.