Sri Lanka vs Upper middle income: Prevalence of wasting, weight for height
Sri Lanka
9.3%
in 2024
Upper middle income
2.1%
in 2024
Sri Lanka rank
13th
Upper middle income rank
10th
Prevalence of wasting, weight for height over time
- Sri Lanka
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Sri Lanka currently reports 9.3% against 2.1% in Upper middle income, a difference of 7.2%.
That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 4.5 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 11 years both countries report, Sri Lanka has been ahead every year.
Sri Lanka ranks 13th and Upper middle income ranks 10th of 99 countries.
Sri Lanka has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sri Lanka | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 14.3% | 3.3% | 11.0% | Sri Lanka |
| 2010s | 15.4% | 2.6% | 12.9% | Sri Lanka |
| 2020s | 9.2% | 2.2% | 7.1% | Sri Lanka |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher prevalence of wasting, weight for height, Sri Lanka or Upper middle income?
- Sri Lanka, at 9.3% against 2.1% in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in prevalence of wasting, weight for height between Sri Lanka and Upper middle income?
- 7.2%, with Sri Lanka ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sri Lanka and Upper middle income?
- 11 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2024.
- How do Sri Lanka and Upper middle income rank globally for prevalence of wasting, weight for height?
- Sri Lanka ranks 13th and Upper middle income ranks 10th 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.