Bangladesh vs Indonesia: Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight
Bangladesh
3.54 million underweight children
in 2022
Indonesia
3.55 million underweight children
in 2023
Bangladesh rank
7th
Indonesia rank
6th
Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight over time
- Bangladesh
- Indonesia
How they compare
Indonesia currently reports 3.55 million underweight children against 3.54 million underweight children in Bangladesh, a difference of 18,310 underweight children.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 14 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Bangladesh ahead.
Bangladesh ranks 7th and Indonesia ranks 6th of 96 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Bangladesh averaged higher in 2 and Indonesia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Indonesia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.21 million underweight children | 6.13 million underweight children | 3.08 million underweight children | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 7.51 million underweight children | 5.22 million underweight children | 2.29 million underweight children | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 4.01 million underweight children | 4.40 million underweight children | 393,613 underweight children | Indonesia |
| 2020s | 3.54 million underweight children | 3.78 million underweight children | 242,910 underweight children | Indonesia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: number of children who are underweight, Bangladesh or Indonesia?
- Indonesia, at 3.55 million underweight children against 3.54 million underweight children in Bangladesh as of 2023.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: number of children who are underweight between Bangladesh and Indonesia?
- 18,310 underweight children, with Indonesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Indonesia?
- 14 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2022.
- How do Bangladesh and Indonesia rank globally for malnutrition: number of children who are underweight?
- Bangladesh ranks 7th and Indonesia ranks 6th of 96 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME) - UNICEF, WHO, and World Bank (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Prevalence of underweight children is the percentage of children under age 5 whose weight for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. The data are based on the WHO's child growth standards released in 2006.