Côte d'Ivoire vs Viet Nam: Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight
Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight over time
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Viet Nam currently reports 696,300 underweight children against 618,683 underweight children in Côte d'Ivoire, a difference of 77,617 underweight children.
That makes Viet Nam's figure about 1.1 times Côte d'Ivoire's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Viet Nam has been ahead every year.
Côte d'Ivoire ranks 22nd and Viet Nam ranks 19th of 96 countries.
Viet Nam has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Côte d'Ivoire | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 548,772 underweight children | 3.19 million underweight children | 2.64 million underweight children | Viet Nam |
| 2000s | 1.06 million underweight children | 1.53 million underweight children | 470,250 underweight children | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 591,407 underweight children | 1.21 million underweight children | 616,300 underweight children | Viet Nam |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: number of children who are underweight, Côte d'Ivoire or Viet Nam?
- Viet Nam, at 696,300 underweight children against 618,683 underweight children in Côte d'Ivoire as of 2023.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: number of children who are underweight between Côte d'Ivoire and Viet Nam?
- 77,617 underweight children, with Viet Nam ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Viet Nam?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2016.
- How do Côte d'Ivoire and Viet Nam rank globally for malnutrition: number of children who are underweight?
- Côte d'Ivoire ranks 22nd and Viet Nam ranks 19th 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.