Mozambique vs Viet Nam: Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight
Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight over time
- Mozambique
- Viet Nam
How they compare
Mozambique currently reports 854,254 underweight children against 696,300 underweight children in Viet Nam, a difference of 157,954 underweight children.
That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.2 times Viet Nam's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 6 shared years of data; in 2003 it was Viet Nam ahead.
Mozambique ranks 16th and Viet Nam ranks 19th of 96 countries.
Across the 3 decades both report, Mozambique averaged higher in 1 and Viet Nam in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Mozambique | Viet Nam | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 710,564 underweight children | 1.58 million underweight children | 869,471 underweight children | Viet Nam |
| 2010s | 701,558 underweight children | 1.19 million underweight children | 489,722 underweight children | Viet Nam |
| 2020s | 819,183 underweight children | 818,901 underweight children | 282 underweight children | Mozambique |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: number of children who are underweight, Mozambique or Viet Nam?
- Mozambique, at 854,254 underweight children against 696,300 underweight children in Viet Nam as of 2022.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: number of children who are underweight between Mozambique and Viet Nam?
- 157,954 underweight children, with Mozambique ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Viet Nam?
- 6 years are reported by both, from 2003 to 2022.
- How do Mozambique and Viet Nam rank globally for malnutrition: number of children who are underweight?
- Mozambique ranks 16th 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.