Turkey vs Venezuela: Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight
Turkey
103,875 underweight children
in 2018
Venezuela
84,650 underweight children
in 2009
Turkey rank
55th
Venezuela rank
58th
Malnutrition: Number of children who are underweight over time
- Turkey
- Venezuela
How they compare
Turkey currently reports 103,875 underweight children against 84,650 underweight children in Venezuela, a difference of 19,225 underweight children.
That makes Turkey's figure about 1.2 times Venezuela's.
Across all 5 years both countries report, Turkey has been ahead every year.
Turkey ranks 55th and Venezuela ranks 58th of 96 countries.
Turkey has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Turkey | Venezuela | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 557,182 underweight children | 118,834 underweight children | 438,348 underweight children | Turkey |
| 2000s | 173,381 underweight children | 111,765 underweight children | 61,616 underweight children | Turkey |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher malnutrition: number of children who are underweight, Turkey or Venezuela?
- Turkey, at 103,875 underweight children against 84,650 underweight children in Venezuela as of 2018.
- What is the difference in malnutrition: number of children who are underweight between Turkey and Venezuela?
- 19,225 underweight children, with Turkey ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Turkey and Venezuela?
- 5 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2008.
- How do Turkey and Venezuela rank globally for malnutrition: number of children who are underweight?
- Turkey ranks 55th and Venezuela ranks 58th 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.