Which has higher prevalence of wasting, weight for height, Middle income or Yemen?

Yemen, at 16.8% against 7.0% in Middle income as of 2022.

How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income 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 wasting, weight for height (% of children under 5). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Middle income vs Yemen: Prevalence of wasting, weight for height

Middle income

7.0%

in 2024

Yemen

16.8%

in 2022

Middle income rank

3rd

Yemen rank

2nd

Prevalence of wasting, weight for height over time

Middle income
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 16.8% against 7.0% in Middle income, a difference of 9.8%.

That makes Yemen's figure about 2.4 times Middle income's.

Across all 6 years both countries report, Yemen has been ahead every year.

Middle income ranks 3rd and Yemen ranks 2nd of 14 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Middle income	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
2000s	8.6%	14.6%	5.9%	Yemen
2010s	7.7%	14.8%	7.1%	Yemen
2020s	7.0%	13.4%	6.4%	Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of wasting, weight for height, Middle income or Yemen?: Yemen, at 16.8% against 7.0% in Middle income as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of wasting, weight for height between Middle income and Yemen?: 9.8%, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Middle income and Yemen?: 6 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2022.
How do Middle income and Yemen rank globally for prevalence of wasting, weight for height?: Middle income ranks 3rd and Yemen ranks 2nd 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.