Which has higher prevalence of wasting, weight for height, South Asia or Yemen?

Yemen, at 16.8% against 15.7% in South Asia as of 2022.

How many years of comparable data are there for South Asia 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.

South Asia vs Yemen: Prevalence of wasting, weight for height

South Asia

15.7%

in 2024

Yemen

16.8%

in 2022

South Asia rank

1st

Yemen rank

2nd

Prevalence of wasting, weight for height over time

South Asia
Yemen

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 16.8% against 15.7% in South Asia, a difference of 1.1%.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times South Asia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2003 it was South Asia ahead.

South Asia ranks 1st and Yemen ranks 2nd of 14 groups.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	South Asia	Yemen	Difference	Ahead
2000s	17.7%	14.6%	3.2%	South Asia
2010s	16.9%	14.8%	2.0%	South Asia
2020s	15.9%	13.4%	2.5%	South Asia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher prevalence of wasting, weight for height, South Asia or Yemen?: Yemen, at 16.8% against 15.7% in South Asia as of 2022.
What is the difference in prevalence of wasting, weight for height between South Asia and Yemen?: 1.1%, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Asia and Yemen?: 6 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2022.
How do South Asia and Yemen rank globally for prevalence of wasting, weight for height?: South Asia ranks 1st 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.