Indonesia vs Yemen: Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight
Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight over time
- Indonesia
- Yemen
How they compare
Indonesia currently reports 3.55 million underweight children against 2.50 million underweight children in Yemen, a difference of 1.06 million underweight children.
That makes Indonesia's figure about 1.4 times Yemen's.
Across all 6 years both countries report, Indonesia has been ahead every year.
Indonesia ranks 6th and Yemen ranks 8th of 96 countries.
Indonesia has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Indonesia | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.80 million underweight children | 1.17 million underweight children | 5.63 million underweight children | Indonesia |
| 2000s | 5.36 million underweight children | 1.56 million underweight children | 3.80 million underweight children | Indonesia |
| 2010s | 4.88 million underweight children | 1.84 million underweight children | 3.04 million underweight children | Indonesia |
| 2020s | 3.82 million underweight children | 2.19 million underweight children | 1.63 million 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, Indonesia or Yemen?
- Indonesia, at 3.55 million underweight children against 2.50 million underweight children in Yemen as of 2023.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: number of children who are underweight between Indonesia and Yemen?
- 1.06 million underweight children, with Indonesia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Indonesia and Yemen?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 1996 to 2022.
- How do Indonesia and Yemen rank globally for malnutrition: number of children who are underweight?
- Indonesia ranks 6th 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.