Burkina Faso vs Chad: Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight
Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight over time
- Burkina Faso
- Chad
How they compare
Chad currently reports 624,560 underweight children against 571,923 underweight children in Burkina Faso, a difference of 52,637 underweight children.
That makes Chad's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 7 shared years of data; in 2010 it was Chad ahead.
Burkina Faso ranks 24th and Chad ranks 21st of 96 countries.
Chad has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Burkina Faso | Chad | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 647,414 underweight children | 782,376 underweight children | 134,962 underweight children | Chad |
| 2020s | 502,916 underweight children | 664,587 underweight children | 161,670 underweight children | Chad |
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 Chad?
- Chad, at 624,560 underweight children against 571,923 underweight children in Burkina Faso as of 2022.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: number of children who are underweight between Burkina Faso and Chad?
- 52,637 underweight children, with Chad ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Burkina Faso and Chad?
- 7 years are reported by both, from 2010 to 2021.
- How do Burkina Faso and Chad rank globally for malnutrition: number of children who are underweight?
- Burkina Faso ranks 24th and Chad ranks 21st 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.