How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Mauritania?

11 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 (% of children under 5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Lower middle income vs Mauritania: Prevalence of wasting, weight for height

Lower middle income

9.5%

in 2024

Mauritania

13.6%

in 2022

Lower middle income rank

2nd

Mauritania rank

3rd

Prevalence of wasting, weight for height over time

Lower middle income
Mauritania

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 13.6% against 9.5% in Lower middle income, a difference of 4.1%.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.4 times Lower middle income's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 11 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Mauritania ahead.

Lower middle income ranks 2nd and Mauritania ranks 3rd of 14 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Lower middle income	Mauritania	Difference	Ahead
2000s	11.8%	12.3%	0.6%	Mauritania
2010s	10.5%	12.6%	2.1%	Mauritania
2020s	9.8%	10.0%	0.2%	Mauritania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of wasting, weight for height, Lower middle income or Mauritania?: Mauritania, at 13.6% against 9.5% in Lower middle income as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of wasting, weight for height between Lower middle income and Mauritania?: 4.1%, with Mauritania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lower middle income and Mauritania?: 11 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2022.
How do Lower middle income and Mauritania rank globally for prevalence of wasting, weight for height?: Lower middle income ranks 2nd and Mauritania ranks 3rd 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 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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Indicator: Prevalence of wasting, weight for height (% 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: 113 places, 1,312 data points, 1984–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

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.