Burkina Faso vs Burundi: Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight
Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight over time
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
How they compare
Burundi currently reports 606,825 underweight children against 571,923 underweight children in Burkina Faso, a difference of 34,902 underweight children.
That makes Burundi's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Burkina Faso ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 24th and Burundi ranks 23rd of 96 countries.
Across the 2 decades both report, Burkina Faso averaged higher in 1 and Burundi in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Burundi | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 664,258 underweight children | 584,019 underweight children | 80,239 underweight children | Burkina Faso |
| 2020s | 433,910 underweight children | 591,189 underweight children | 157,279 underweight children | Burundi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: number of children who are underweight, Burkina Faso or Burundi?
- Burundi, at 606,825 underweight children against 571,923 underweight children in Burkina Faso as of 2023.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: number of children who are underweight between Burkina Faso and Burundi?
- 34,902 underweight children, with Burundi ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Burundi?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2020.
- How do Burkina Faso and Burundi rank globally for malnutrition: number of children who are underweight?
- Burkina Faso ranks 24th and Burundi ranks 23rd 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.