Lower middle income vs Yemen: Prevalence of underweight, weight for age
Lower middle income
17.8%
in 2024
Yemen
40.7%
in 2022
Lower middle income rank
3rd
Yemen rank
1st
Prevalence of underweight, weight for age over time
- Lower middle income
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 40.7% against 17.8% in Lower middle income, a difference of 22.9%.
That makes Yemen's figure about 2.3 times Lower middle income's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.
Lower middle income ranks 3rd 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 | Lower middle income | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 29.5% | 41.0% | 11.5% | Yemen |
| 2010s | 24.3% | 37.7% | 13.4% | 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, Lower middle income or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 40.7% 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 Yemen?
- 22.9%, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Yemen?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2022.
- How do Lower middle income and Yemen rank globally for prevalence of underweight, weight for age?
- Lower middle income ranks 3rd 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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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.