Kenya vs Vietnam: Prevalence of wasting, weight for height
Kenya
4.5%
in 2022
Vietnam
4.4%
in 2023
Kenya rank
45th
Vietnam rank
46th
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height over time
- Kenya
- Vietnam
How they compare
Kenya currently reports 4.5% against 4.4% in Vietnam, a difference of 0.1%.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 10 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 45th and Vietnam ranks 46th of 99 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 1 and Vietnam in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Vietnam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.1% | 10.7% | 3.6% | Vietnam |
| 2000s | 6.9% | 9.2% | 2.4% | Vietnam |
| 2010s | 5.1% | 6.7% | 1.6% | Vietnam |
| 2020s | 4.5% | 4.4% | 0.1% | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of wasting, weight for height, Kenya or Vietnam?
- Kenya, at 4.5% against 4.4% in Vietnam as of 2022.
- What is the difference in prevalence of wasting, weight for height between Kenya and Vietnam?
- 0.1%, with Kenya ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Vietnam?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2022.
- How do Kenya and Vietnam rank globally for prevalence of wasting, weight for height?
- Kenya ranks 45th and Vietnam ranks 46th of 99 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 (% 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 is the proportion of children 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.