Which has higher prevalence of underweight, weight for age, South Asia or Yemen?

Yemen, at 40.7% against 25.2% in South Asia as of 2022.

How many years of comparable data are there for South Asia 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.

South Asia vs Yemen: Prevalence of underweight, weight for age

South Asia

25.2%

in 2024

Yemen

40.7%

in 2022

South Asia rank

1st

Yemen rank

1st

Prevalence of underweight, weight for age over time

South Asia
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 40.7% against 25.2% in South Asia, a difference of 15.5%.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.6 times South Asia's.

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

South Asia ranks 1st and Yemen ranks 1st of 14 groups.

Across the 3 decades both report, South Asia averaged higher in 1 and Yemen in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	South Asia	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
2000s	41.2%	41.0%	0.2%	South Asia
2010s	34.3%	37.7%	3.4%	Yemen
2020s	27.0%	36.2%	9.1%	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of underweight, weight for age, South Asia or Yemen?: Yemen, at 40.7% against 25.2% in South Asia as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of underweight, weight for age between South Asia and Yemen?: 15.5%, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Asia and Yemen?: 6 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2022.
How do South Asia and Yemen rank globally for prevalence of underweight, weight for age?: South Asia ranks 1st 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.