How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Burundi?

5 years are reported by both, from 2000 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 wasting, weight for height, male (% of children under 5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bangladesh vs Burundi: Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male

Bangladesh

10.3%

in 2022

Burundi

9.4%

in 2024

Bangladesh rank

13th

Burundi rank

16th

Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male over time

Bangladesh
Burundi

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 10.3% against 9.4% in Burundi, a difference of 0.9%.

That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.1 times Burundi's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Bangladesh has been ahead every year.

Bangladesh ranks 13th and Burundi ranks 16th of 86 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Burundi	Difference	Ahead
2000s	13.3%	9.2%	4.1%	Bangladesh
2010s	10.2%	6.4%	3.8%	Bangladesh
2020s	10.3%	5.2%	5.1%	Bangladesh

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male, Bangladesh or Burundi?: Bangladesh, at 10.3% against 9.4% in Burundi as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male between Bangladesh and Burundi?: 0.9%, with Bangladesh ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Burundi?: 5 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
How do Bangladesh and Burundi rank globally for prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male?: Bangladesh ranks 13th and Burundi ranks 16th of 86 countries.
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 wasting, weight for height, male (% 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 wasting, weight for height, male (% 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: 86 places, 749 data points, 1986–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Prevalence of wasting, male, is the proportion of boys under age 5 whose weight for height is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months.