Bangladesh vs Yemen: Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight
Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight over time
- Bangladesh
- Yemen
How they compare
Bangladesh currently reports 3.54 million underweight children against 2.50 million underweight children in Yemen, a difference of 1.04 million underweight children.
That makes Bangladesh's figure about 1.4 times Yemen's.
Across all 8 years both countries report, Bangladesh has been ahead every year.
Bangladesh ranks 7th and Yemen ranks 8th of 96 countries.
Bangladesh has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bangladesh | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 9.58 million underweight children | 1.18 million underweight children | 8.40 million underweight children | Bangladesh |
| 2000s | 7.19 million underweight children | 1.56 million underweight children | 5.63 million underweight children | Bangladesh |
| 2010s | 5.54 million underweight children | 1.71 million underweight children | 3.83 million underweight children | Bangladesh |
| 2020s | 3.54 million underweight children | 2.50 million underweight children | 1.04 million underweight children | Bangladesh |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: number of children who are underweight, Bangladesh or Yemen?
- Bangladesh, at 3.54 million underweight children against 2.50 million underweight children in Yemen as of 2022.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: number of children who are underweight between Bangladesh and Yemen?
- 1.04 million underweight children, with Bangladesh ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Yemen?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 1991 to 2022.
- How do Bangladesh and Yemen rank globally for malnutrition: number of children who are underweight?
- Bangladesh ranks 7th and Yemen ranks 8th 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.