Egypt vs El Salvador: Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male
Egypt
3.5%
in 2021
El Salvador
3.2%
in 2021
Egypt rank
53rd
El Salvador rank
55th
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male over time
- Egypt
- El Salvador
How they compare
Egypt currently reports 3.5% against 3.2% in El Salvador, a difference of 0.3%.
That makes Egypt's figure about 1.1 times El Salvador's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Egypt has been ahead every year.
Egypt ranks 53rd and El Salvador ranks 55th of 86 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | El Salvador | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 2.6% | 2.5% | 0.1% | Egypt |
| 2000s | 7.1% | 1.9% | 5.2% | Egypt |
| 2010s | 9.4% | 2.6% | 6.8% | Egypt |
| 2020s | 3.5% | 3.2% | 0.3% | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male, Egypt or El Salvador?
- Egypt, at 3.5% against 3.2% in El Salvador as of 2021.
- What is the difference in prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male between Egypt and El Salvador?
- 0.3%, with Egypt ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and El Salvador?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1988 to 2021.
- How do Egypt and El Salvador rank globally for prevalence of wasting, weight for height, male?
- Egypt ranks 53rd and El Salvador ranks 55th 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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About this data
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.